Dear Colleagues,

For the upcoming edition of the peer-reviewed journal Short Film Studies (Issue 13.1), in addition to the ongoing open Call for Papers, which welcomes submissions that reflect your critical and scholarly interests about short films and media, essays are invited that focus on the issue's featured theme: environmental or ‘Green’ shorts that represent, among several possibilities: global warming; climate change; activism; social justice. The shorts may be narrative or non-narrative, fiction or documentary, live-action, animated, or avant-garde.

The film chosen for close study for this issue is Pillars (2020), the brilliant, award-winning short directed and written by Haley Elizabeth Anderson. The film is available @ www.criterionchannel.com/videos/pillars. The trailer is @ www.youtube.com/watch?v=yCUj2SpjtLs

An interview with the director will be available on the journal’s site @ www.intellectbooks.com/short-film-studies under the “Submissions Guidelines” tab (where you will also find  the issue’s full Call for Papers and a list of potential topic areas).

Please send a brief abstract of 50-to-75-words, and a brief biographical statement to [log in to unmask].

Deadline for full submissions: 5 December 2022
Length of manuscripts: 1500 to 4000 words
If you'd like a pdf copy of the full Call for Papers or any additional information about the journal or Issue 13.1, I will be happy to hear from you.

Best,

Cynthia

Editor, Short Film Studies