[Commlist] Fwd: Disclosure | Call for Essays for Digital Magazine

The call for submissions of textual essays for the *digital magazine 
F(r)icções <https://www.instagram.com/fric.coes/>* is open until 
*November 21, 2025*. This magazine is produced by Combo Multimídia 
<https://www.instagram.com/combomultimidia/> and supported by the 
Geraldo Pinho Audiovisual Public Notice - Lei Paulo Gustavo (Recife City 
Hall).

Submissions can be made through *this form 
<https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSe0TmxVBY7-8b85AL9poYxhIbKVbQFXCHDp-v34tygwE92FEA/viewform?usp=header>*.

This call aims to select up to *eight (8) textual essay proposals* that 
will comprise the thematic dossiers to be edited by filmmaker, educator, 
and researcher Márcio Andrade, creator of the F(r)icções project.

The dossiers aim to address, based on the collection of texts, podcasts, 
and video essays collected, how self-writing has been intertwined in 
Brazilian and/or Pernambuco cinema based on works produced in recent years.

Broadly speaking, self-writing can be understood as an activity that 
allows us to reflect on what we do and how we live, redefining our 
experience of the world and multiplying our possibilities for rethinking 
our own condition (BRUSS, 1976; LEJEUNE, 1989).

In recent decades, the boom in digital technologies has favored not only 
an amplification but also a diversification of narrative possibilities 
across a wide range of disciplines, especially those involving an 
intense spectacularization of intimacy (SIBILIA, 2008).

Blogs, vlogs, and social media have increasingly established themselves 
as spaces for the exhibition and formation of subjectivities, fostering 
the emergence of a diversity of self-narratives—in formats that flirt 
with diaries, chronicles, autofictions, photographic self-portraits, etc.

In recent decades, self-writing and the evidencing of subjectivity have 
become the subject of academic research in both the arts and film 
fields, while a growing number of works addressing these aspects have 
emerged.

To produce the multimedia thematic dossiers, the F(r)icções project is 
opening a call for submissions of textual essays to be published in the 
digital magazine (friccoes.com <http://friccoes.com/>), scheduled for 
publication in the second half of 2025. Full texts between *13,000 and 
15,000 characters (with spaces)* are welcome until *November 21, 2025 
(at 11:59 p.m.)*.

This call for papers welcomes textual essays written by artists, 
writers, screenwriters, directors, researchers, curators, critics, 
filmmakers, and educators in Cinema, Visual Arts, Communication, and 
Media, etc., from all over Brazil, who aim to reflect on the 
intersections between self-writing and cinema. Texts may address the 
following themes, but proposals with other areas will also be considered:

- Concepts and Historical Trajectories of Self-Writing in Cinema and/or 
Other Artistic Languages
- Self-Writing, Film Scripts, and/or Subjectivities in Transformation
- Intersections of Self-Writing with Diverse Themes (Sexuality, 
Ethnicity, Gender, etc.)
- Studies of Documentary Narratives and Reuse of Personal Archive 
Materials in Artistic Productions
- Strategies and Forms of Self-Narrative in Cinema and/or Other Artistic 
Languages
- Diary Writing and Its Transformations – Time, Place, and Memory
- Self-Representation, ICTs, and Digital Platforms (Facebook, Instagram, 
TikTok, OnlyFans, Chaturbate, etc.)
- Travel Diaries and Relationships with Image, Displacement, and Identity
- Epistolary Writing in Cinema and/or Other Artistic Languages Artistic 
Languages
- Essay Forms and Reflections on Self-Reflection and Metalanguage in 
Cinema and/or Other Artistic Languages
- Autofiction and/or Autobiography in Cinema and/or Other Artistic Languages
- Experience Reports on Autobiographical and/or Autofictional Creation 
Processes in Cinema and/or Other Artistic Languages
- Production, Curation, and Organization of Events, Festivals, and 
Exhibitions with Focus on Self-Writing and Cinema
- Critical Analysis of Films and Works by Directors, Artists, Groups, 
and Collectives with Themes Relating to Identities, Self-Writing, 
Images, etc.
- Art Education, Training, and Self-Writing (Methodologies, Challenges, 
Results, etc.)
- Studies of Scripts, Bodies, Images, and Relationships with Identities, 
Territories, and Spectators
- Autoethnographic Procedures in Creative Processes Artistic in Cinema 
and/or Other Artistic Languages

These themes can be expanded and expanded according to the interests of 
researchers, articulating interdisciplinary approaches to self-writing 
in cinema, television narratives, sound, multimedia, and other languages.

In this call, textual essays can develop academic research projects, 
reflect on accounts of creative, theoretical, and/or critical 
experience, and address essayistic, poetic, and/or subjective tones. 
They may use the first person without needing to conform to a strictly 
academic format.

For the selection of texts, affirmative action policies will be 
considered through the reservation of places, from which at least one 
candidate will be selected.

At least three (3) essays written by people belonging to one of these 
categories: LGBTQIAP+ individuals, individuals with disabilities, Black 
individuals, Indigenous individuals, cis or trans women, etc. (to be 
identified via the form). In addition to these policies, we also 
consider the following criteria:

a) Evidence of knowledge of the topic addressed
b) Ability to synthesize, cohere, and cohesion between the ideas 
proposed in the essay
c) Clarity and originality of the proposed reflections
d) Correctness and appropriateness of the language
e) Theoretical and/or artistic consistency
f) Adequacy of the proposal to the journal's themes

After the submission process of the submitted essays, the curatorial 
team will have access to the proposals and, after selection, the authors 
will be announced and invited to the review and editing processes, 
including possible changes, suggestions, and corrections until they 
reach the version that will be published in the journal.

For the production and review of the texts, the selected authors will 
receive a stipend of R$500.00 (five hundred reais), to be transferred 
upon completion of the work, depending on the conditions to be agreed 
upon. The amount of R$500.00 will be paid in Brazilian currency (real). 
In the case of foreign authors, the payment will be converted to the 
local currency according to the current exchange rate, and transfer fees 
or taxes may apply. *No payment or submission fee will be required from 
the authors. Participation is completely free.*

Note: We also accept co-authored texts, as long as they are written with 
up to three authors (i.e., with up to two co-authors), and the 
production fee will remain the same: R$500.00. The form includes 
specific fields for filling out information regarding the proposal's 
co-authors.

If you have any questions or would like more information, please send an 
email to *(multimidiacombo /at/ gmail.com) 
<mailto:(multimidiacombo /at/ gmail.com)>* or *(projetofriccoes /at/ gmail.com) 
<mailto:(projetofriccoes /at/ gmail.com)>*

________________________________

*About the project F(r)icções*

/Friction/ – feminine noun. 1. the act of rubbing; friction.

F/iction/ – feminine noun. 1. imaginary creation; fantasy.

Taking the possible interpretations of the words "frictions" and 
"fictions," the F(r)ictions project invests in the possibility of 
understanding reflective thought about cinematic images as a game. Here, 
the game appears in friction as a friction between thoughts and 
worldviews, and in fiction as a hypothesis and elaboration on the world 
through images.

The project began in 2017, following the F(r)ictions – Cinema Essay 
Laboratory workshop, whose objective is to combine reflections on 
cinematic language with content production in text, audio, and video 
formats. The first edition took place in the cities of Triunfo, Caruaru, 
and Recife, supported by the 9th Call for Proposals of the Pernambuco 
Audiovisual Production Development Program – 2015/2016 (PE).

The second and third editions of the training, in turn, took place 
online and were supported, respectively, by the Aldir Blanc Law – 
Training and Research Call (PE) and the 16th Call for Proposals of the 
Pernambuco Audiovisual Production Development Program – 2021/2022 (PE).

In 2021, the journal F(r)icções was created (supported by the Aldir 
Blanc Law – Training and Research Call – PE) as a way to host the 
content produced through the workshops, as well as to publish its own 
content. This content, in turn, is compiled into thematic dossiers that 
use the following formats: a) podcasts; b) video essays; c) textual 
essays; d) live interviews.

In the first year of F(r)icções (2021), three dossiers were published: 
/Ruins of an [Im]Perfect Past/, which explored memory to reflect on the 
aesthetics of the construction of History(s); /Shards of Violence and 
Resistance/, which addressed cinematic representations of violence and 
resistance; and /Fables of the Present/, which explored how fable 
narratives can intersect with political imaginaries of the present.

In 2025, the F(r)icções project released its first collected book, 
entitled /Images of a Search for the Self/, edited by researcher Márcio 
Andrade. It features ten articles, ten podcasts, and five video essays 
on self-writing in literature, film, and other media. Organized by Combo 
Multimídia and supported by Funcultura, the book had in-person launches 
in São Paulo, Brasília, Belém, Recife, Caruaru, Triunfo, Tabira, and 
Afogados da Ingazeira, as well as virtual launches in partnership with 
various institutions in Ceará, Bahia, and other states.

_________________________________

*About the Editor of F(r)icções Magazine*

*Márcio Andrade <https://www.instagram.com/marcioh.andrade/>* is a 
filmmaker, researcher, producer, and multimedia educator. He holds a PhD 
in Communication (PPGCOM/UERJ), with a sandwich program at the 
University of Navarra - Pamplona (Spain). He also holds a Master's in 
Technological Education (PPGEDUMATEC/UFPE), and a Bachelor's degree in 
Radio and Television (UFPE). He is the organizer of the book "/Images of 
a Search for the Self/" (2015), author of the book "/Autobiographies of 
the Other - Layers of Selfies in Pernambuco Documents/" (2015), and 
author of academic articles published in academic journals such as 
Galáxia (USP), FAMECOS (PUCRS), Doc-Online (UBI/Portugal), Eikon 
(UBI/Portugal), Rumores (ECA/USP), Insólita (Intercom/UAM), Fronteiras 
Estudos Midiáticos (Unisinos), etc.

Currently, he coordinates the content production company Combo 
Multimedia, responsible for short film projects, multimedia digital 
magazines, narrative podcasts, and workshops. As a screenwriter and 
multimedia director, he has participated in events such as VI ROTA - 
Audiovisual Screenplay Festival (where he was awarded Second Best 
Pitching from the Series Projects Laboratory in 2022) and Rio WebFest 
2022 (awarded Best Podcast) - both with the project /Lá na Frente/. 
Furthermore, as the director of the animated short /Lá na Frente/, he 
has received numerous awards, such as Best Direction in Animation at 
FestCine Itaúna, Best Artistic Narrative at the 2nd Animation Week in 
Pernambuco, Best Film, Direction, and Screenplay at Mostra Primeiro Ato, 
and Best Independent Brazilian Short Fiction at the 24th MAUAL.

Among his creative, research, and training projects involving 
autobiographical and/or autofictional narratives, he produced the short 
documentary "Preces Fora do Armário" (sponsored by Canal Futura and 
available HERE). In 2025, he launched the narrative podcast "Espejos 
Partidos" (Broken Mirrors). He has been working on the documentary 
series "Images and Similarities" and the experimental film "Pa_Terno" 
(all with municipal and/or state funding). In the field of training, he 
has held the workshops "Autobiographies of the Present" (supported by 
the 13th Funcultura Audiovisual Public Notice), "Self-Writings - Paths 
of [Auto]Fiction" (part of the Marieta Cultural Center's annual 
program), "Side-Writings - Self-Writings for [Auto]Fiction Scripts" (at 
MOV.7 - Pernambuco International University Film Festival), and 
"Sound-Writings of the Self - Autofictional Podcasts Laboratory" (at the 
31st FIG).

Among other activities, he has served as a reviewer on judging 
committees evaluating audiovisual projects from various public notices 
launched in states such as Pernambuco, Ceará, Goiás, Bahia, Paraíba, Rio 
de Janeiro, São Paulo, Minas Gerais, and other states. He has also 
served on juries for festivals such as Janela Internacional de Cinema do 
Recife, Recifest, FestCine, and Cine Chinelo.

During his research career, he was a member of the research groups 
Archaeology of the Sensitive (UFBA), an interdisciplinary group that 
develops theoretical and experimental research related to the 
experiences of images; Limiting Experiences, of Archive and Memory: 
Contemporary Brazilian Documentary Image (UERJ), which aims to produce a 
cartography of contemporary images consolidated around two domains of 
Brazilian documentary cinema; and the Screenwriting Research Network 
(interinstitutional), which brings together academics, professionals, 
and researchers interested in research and reproduction worldwide.


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