[Commlist] Call for Papers: 'Screen Pedagogies Now'

Call for Papers: Film International

Special Issue: ‘Screen Pedagogies Now’

(To be published in 2027)

View the full call here>>

https://www.intellectbooks.com/film-international-journal-of-world-cinema#call-for-papers 
<https://www.intellectbooks.com/film-international-journal-of-world-cinema#call-for-papers>

What are we preparing filmmakers for?

Film schools worldwidestand at a critical point of inflection.

Once justified by privileged access to equipment, institutional 
prestige, and industry endorsement, film education now operates within a 
volatile and rapidly evolving landscape. Technologies and platforms 
shift with unprecedented speed, professional pathways are increasingly 
unstable and digital resources have democratized both knowledge and 
production. It has never been easier to make compelling work – nor 
harder to sustain a creative career.

While discourse around curriculum innovation is expanding, there remains 
no coherent, comparative framework for understanding the pedagogical 
diversity of film schools internationally. As Bachmann and Zahn note, 
‘there is hardly any extensive theory of film education, let alone a 
many-voiced discourse surrounding it’ (2018). It has been more than a 
decade, for example, since Petrie and Stoneman's Educating 
Film-Makers(2014) interrogated then-pressing challenges as well as the 
historical relationship between education and industry, with both 
sectors evolving significantly since that time. This moment of pivotal 
change provides an impetus to seek and share contemporary global 
approaches to educating filmmakers.

As a themed issue of Film International, ‘Screen Pedagogies Now’ invites 
contributions that examine the role, value and future of screen 
education in an evolving global context. We seek articles that reflect 
on how tertiary institutions, educators and industry partners prepare 
practitioners for dynamic professional environments, and how creative 
practice itself is shaped, challenged and extended through education.

Suggested topics

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    The evolving role and value of film schools in the age of DIY
    learning, creator platforms and online tutorials.

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    Integrating film history and theory into practice-based education
    and vice versa.

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    Pedagogical responses to new forms and technologies (vertical
    content, streaming, AI, VR/AR, virtual production).

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    Industry partnerships and the relationship between academic training
    and professional practice.

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    Inclusive and equitable screen education: First Nations and
    Indigenous storytelling, diverse cohorts and access pathways.

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    Sustainability and resilience in screen education.

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    National or regional case studies of production-based pedagogy.

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    Reflections from practitioners on how screen education has shaped
    creative practice.

Article types

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    Research articles (6000–8000 words including references)

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    Practice reports / case studies (3000–5000 words) – concise analyses
    of courses, labs, partnerships or assessments with evidence of 
outcomes.

  *

    Dialogues / interviews (2500–4000 words) –
    practitioner–educator–industry conversations surfacing models and
    methods.

Submission guidelines

Proposals/abstracts (250–300 words) with a brief bio are due by 15 
February 2026, and should be emailed to David Balfour (University of 
Melbourne) at (david.balfour /at/ unimelb.edu.au) 
<mailto:(david.balfour /at/ unimelb.edu.au)>, Duncan McLean (Australian Film 
Television and Radio School) at (duncan.mclean /at/ aftrs.edu.au) 
<mailto:(duncan.mclean /at/ aftrs.edu.au)> and David Melbye at 
(dwmelbye /at/ gmail.com) <mailto:(dwmelbye /at/ gmail.com)>.

Please note that encouraged proposals do not guarantee publication in 
the issue. This will be determined by double-blind peer review of 
completed submissions.


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