Kwartalnik Filmowy [Film Quarterly] is a quarterly academic journal published by the Institute of Art of the Polish Academy of Sciences (Instytut Sztuki Polskiej Akademii Nauk – ISPAN). It is one of the most highly valued Polish periodicals concerning film and culture. The scope of its interest embraces history and theory of film, audiovisual arts and media. Its aim is to present the most important phenomena and trends in contemporary film and media studies and also to broaden the knowledge about interdisciplinary and intercultural aspects of film art with emphasis on Polish context. The journal is addressed to academics, students of the humanities, especially in film studies, and cinephiles. Usually it is published in the form of monographic volumes devoted to a particular problem or eminent filmmakers. We accept articles in Polish and English. The articles are peer reviewed in a double-blinded mode. We publish four volumes a year – both in paper and electronic version. According to the List of Scored Journals of The Ministry of Education and Science of Poland the publication in Kwartalnik Filmowy earns 100 points.
All articles are published in open access under the CC BY 4.0 licence. In issues from 105-106 (2019) to 119 (2022) all articles were published under the CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 licence.
The original (reference) version of the journal is printed one (ISSN: 0452-9502).
The call for submissions for the volumes no. 130 and 131 now open!
2024-07-10
Dear Authors,
the call for submissions for the next two volumes of 2025 is now open:
- no. 130 (Summer): NEW GENRE IDENTITY (submission deadline: March 10, 2025),
- no. 131 (Autumn): CINEMA/MEDIA ECOLOGY (submission deadline: June 2, 2025).
We invite you to get acquainted with the call for papers and to make submissions.
New issue of "Kwartalnik Filmowy" now online!
2024-07-03
The latest issue no. 126 (Summer 2024, "Fantasy and Phantasm") is available in CURRENT section.
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The project Internationalization and improvement of the publishing quality of the journal “Kwartalnik Filmowy” is financially supported by the Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of Poland under the “Development of scientific journals” program. Agreement no. RCN/SN/0685/2021/1. Project duration: 15.12.2022-14.12.2024. The total funding value is PLN 50 000; the total value of the project is PLN 50 000. The aim of the project is to raise the level of publishing and editing practices and to increase the international range of the journal Kwartalnik Filmowy.
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The project Publishing of “Kwartalnik Filmowy” in 2024 in paper version is financially supported by the Polish Film Institute under the operational program “Dissemination of film culture”. Agreement no. DUK.602.9.2024. Project duration: 11.01.2024-16.12.2024. The total funding value is PLN 24 000.
