Dear Colleagues, I’m pleased to share some information about the next edition of the peer-reviewed journal, *Short Film Studies. *For Issue 12.2*, *in addition to an ongoing open Call for Papers that welcomes submissions that reflect your critical and scholarly interests about short films and media, essays are invited that focus on the issue's featured auteur Janicza Bravo, whose filmography includes: *Eat *(2011), *Gregory Go Boom* (2013), *Pauline Alone* (2014), *Man Rots from the Head *(2016), and *Hard World for Small Things *(2016). The featured short for 12.2 is the award-winning *Exam/* *Emtehan* (2019, Iran), directed and co-written by Sonia K. Hadad. A link to the film is available @ https://vimeo.com/540205649, and a shot-by-shot breakdown is available @ https://www.intellectbooks.com/short-film-studies under the “Submissions Guidelines” tab (where you’ll also find the issue’s full Call for Papers and a list of potential topic areas). Please send a brief, 50- to 75-word abstract and a brief biographical statement to [log in to unmask] Deadline for full submissions: 1 May 2022 Length of manuscripts: 1500 to 3000 words If you'd like any additional information about the journal or Issue 12.2, I will be happy to hear from you. Best, Cynthia Editor, *Short Film Studies* ---- For past messages, visit the Screen-L Archives: https://listserv.ua.edu/archives/screen-l.html