[Commlist] Call for Papers: Short Film Studies 16.2

Call for Papers: Short Film Studies Issue 16.2

Deadline for manuscripts: 15 May 2026

View the full call here>>

https://www.intellectbooks.com/short-film-studies#call-for-papers 
<https://www.intellectbooks.com/short-film-studies#call-for-papers>

1500–4000 words, double-spaced

Short Film Studiesis a humanities-oriented, peer-reviewed journal 
published twice a year. In the contexts of the enormous visibility of 
shorts in our current media landscape and their importance to film 
history, the journal aims to encourage critical attention and research 
that centres short films and media. Contributions that focus on short 
films and media as shorts– as a form with its own history and 
conventions – and in relation to relevant short form media scholarship 
are preferred. Articles can consider historical or contemporary 
narrative shorts, both fiction and nonfiction; live-action and/or 
animated titles; and may address thematic issues and/or close readings 
of single titles (those with running times of 40-minutes or less are 
preferred).

Short Film Studies observes a constantopen Call for Papersand welcomes 
submissions from short film/media scholars that reflect their own 
critical and scholarly interests. Potential topics include, and are not 
limited to, the following:

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    short film theory and specificity;

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    short film canons;

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    representations of and by underrepresented communities;

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    LGBTQ+ themes and representation;

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    narrative music videos;

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    short film exhibition;

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    short film series and anthologies;
    shorts from emerging national cinemas;

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    fashion shorts.

Send a brief, 75-word abstract that specifies your subject, argument, 
contextualization and the objectives of your proposed paper; include a 
25- to 50-word biographical statement and send to the editor, Cynthia 
Felando ((cfelando /at/ filmandmedia.ucsb.edu) 
<mailto:(cfelando /at/ filmandmedia.ucsb.edu)>).

Upon approval of the abstract, full essays should be sent through Pubkit 
(https://submission.pubkit.co/publisher/29/journal/429/ 
<https://submission.pubkit.co/publisher/29/journal/429/>), or by using 
the ‘Submit’ button on the journal page 
<https://www.intellectbooks.com/short-film-studies>.

Articles should follow the Harvard citation style. Please consult the 
Submission Guidelines for citation, images, and other formatting issues, 
and include a separate cover sheet with author details and affiliation 
information. The journal’s editorial board will referee all submissions. 
Please direct any further queries to the editor.


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