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, articles 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 issue 13.1 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
On the journal’s site @ www.intellectbooks.com/short-film-studies you will 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, along with a brief biographical statement to [log in to unmask]. You will receive a quick reply.
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