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Author Guidelines

We are now welcoming submissions for the upcoming Issue 22 (2025) of Frames. The theme of the issue will be (Re)Locations: Transformations of Place in Film.

Please refer to our Call for Papers and Submission Guidelines for further details.

Please submit your proposal abstracts of no more than 250 words, along with indicative bibliography and a brief third-person bio of approximately 150 words, to Yuanxin Chu and Rachel Ng at framesjournal@gmail.com.

 

Submission Preparation Checklist

All submissions must meet the following requirements.

  • Should be original and previously unpublished.
  • Should not be under consideration elsewhere.
  • Should have a unique, insightful and compelling point of view.
  • Its central argument, theme and methodology engages with the CFP.
  • Its theoretical framework and research angle is up to date with current debates in the field.
  • It appeals to a wide audience, but especially one which is film, media and screen savvy.

Formatting Guidelines

  • Word document (only).
  • Times New Roman.
  • Font size 12.
  • Double-spaced text.
  • Documents should contain page numbers.
  • Citations should follow the Chicago Manual of Style.
  • Title should appear at the start of the document and left aligned, in bold type, font size 12.

Copyright Notice

Authors who publish with this journal agree to the following terms:

  1. Authors retain copyright and grant the journal right of first publication with the work simultaneously licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License that allows others to share the work with an acknowledgement of the work's authorship and initial publication in this journal.
  2. Authors are able to enter into separate, additional contractual arrangements for the non-exclusive distribution of the journal's published version of the work (e.g., post it to an institutional repository or publish it in a book), with an acknowledgement of its initial publication in this journal.
  3. Authors are permitted and encouraged to post their work online (e.g., in institutional repositories or on their website) prior to and during the submission process, as it can lead to productive exchanges, as well as earlier and greater citation of published work (See The Effect of Open Access).