JOURNAL OF AUDIOVISUAL ESSAYS

For issues 17 and 18 (June and December 2026), the journal is keeping its regular call for submissions open. Broadly speaking, proposals are invited that focus on the production, consumption, circulation, and cultural exchange of topics related to cinema, television, or the digital universe. The journal has a particular—though not exclusive—interest in receiving proposals on audiovisual production from Spain and Latin America.

In addition, both issues will include a monographic section:

Issue 17: Acting Gesturality and New Forms of Female Subjectivity. Coordinated by Gonzalo de Lucas (UPF) and Diana Toucedo (NFA).
Read the full CFP HERE

Issue 18: Ecofeminisms and Sustainable Leadership in Contemporary Audiovisual Media. Coordinated by GENDERCOM (UGR).
Read the full CFP HERE

Submission Guidelines

Proposals must be submitted to one of the following sections:

Video-Essays: Audiovisual essays that provide a critical perspective on aspects of cinema, television, or popular culture more broadly.

Creation: Experimental or documentary proposals that engage with a specific cultural field, provided it is related to the history and/or practice of the audiovisual domain.

Video-essays must be uploaded privately to VIMEO or YOUTUBE. Each author must send the following information to this email: tecmerinrevista@uc3m.es

• Video URL (the video must be anonymous).
• Video password.
• A presentation text of 500–800 words in Word format (also anonymous).
• Three to five (3–5) keywords describing the video.
• A representative still frame from the video to be used as the cover image if published. This image must not contain the video title.

Neither the submitted videos nor the texts should contain the author’s name, in order to facilitate peer review.

Languages: Video-essays may be in any language, with subtitles in Spanish and/or English.

Length: The preferred maximum length for video-essays is 10–15 minutes.

Guidelines for the Presentation Text of the Audiovisual Essay

The text must accompany the audiovisual essay and its purpose is to explore, from a scholarly perspective, aspects of the piece such as the theoretical framework underpinning the essay or the justification for the analysis. It must not be a transcription of the voice-over narration and should avoid repeating information that appears in the audiovisual essay.

The text must include:

1. Title of the piece
2. Author and full institutional affiliation
3. Abstract (up to 100 words)
4. Keywords (three to five, listed in alphabetical order)
5. Main text (500–800 words)
6. Bibliography (and filmography)

As this is an academic publication, the text must engage in dialogue with previous theoretical contributions and therefore must cite the works on which it draws. These references must appear both within the text and in a bibliography at the end (the bibliography does not count toward the 500–800 word limit). Works that are not cited in the body of the text should not appear in the reference list.

It is also recommended to include a filmography listing the titles referenced in the text. Both bibliographic and filmographic references must follow APA (7th edition) guidelines, which can be consulted in the referenced document.

The presentation text must be written in Spanish or English. If the video-essay is accepted for publication, authors are encouraged to submit the presentation text in both Spanish and English and to include subtitles in both languages in order to increase its reach.

Subtitles: The use of a professional subtitling program such as “Aegisub” or “Jubler” is recommended, or, if the proposal is accepted, subtitles may be added directly on VIMEO, the platform where the journal is hosted. .srt files generated with video editing applications (DaVinci Resolve, Adobe Premiere, etc.) are also accepted.

An author who publishes in the journal may not publish again until one year has passed.