AIMS AND SCOPE
Kwartalnik Filmowy [Film Quarterly] is the most renowned peer-reviewed scientific journal on film studies in Poland. Over the years we have introduced into Polish film studies research the most interesting thematic and methodological trends developing all over the world, while simultaneously disseminating and stimulating interdisciplinary research on Polish film. Most of our issues take on the form of monographic volumes dedicated to a topic chosen by the editorial team relating to the area of film history or theory, audiovisual art, and media, including interdisciplinary and intercultural aspects of the research on audiovisual arts and film cultures. A significant number of the articles published explores classic and contemporary Polish and Eastern-European film, often in light of new phenomena in other cinematographies or within international cinema. We are interested in grounding film studies research in broad cultural and social contexts, therefore we encourage authors to employ interdisciplinary and transnational approaches.
For a number of years now we have published subsequent issues both in paper and online in open access. We also aim at increasing the number of articles published in English, by both Polish and foreign authors, so that the journal may reach an even broader audience of film scholars abroad and serve as a space for an internationalized academic discussion on Polish and foreign cinema. This is facilitated by the collaboration of an experienced Editorial Team with the many world-renowned scholars and researchers invited to be a part of the Academic Advisory Board.
We publish articles in Polish and English in several sections. The core of each volume is a main thematic section divided into smaller subsections, which consists of original research articles and other material selected from the submissions sent in response to the Call for Papers. In the section titled Varia, we publish a selection of the most interesting articles submitted as part of the continuous open call, with a special focus on texts concerning the history of Polish film, approaching film theory from a thematic angle or undertaking hitherto understudied issues. The section For Discussion is dedicated to texts which open a dialogue or polemic with contemporary trends within the area of film studies and in the film studies academic community. The texts published in all of the abovementioned sections are original research articles which have undergone double-blind independent peer review. The section Farewell contains remembrance articles and other text forms profiling recently deceased persons from the Polish film studies academic community (non-reviewed material). In the Books on Film section, we publish reviews of the most important film studies books published in Poland as well as foreign-language books on Polish film and media (these overviews also undergo a double-blind independent peer review process). In the years 2023-2025 (the issues 123-130), in the section From the Archive, we have presented critical editions of archival articles representing the most significant or most interesting from a research perspective achievements of Polish film studies.
Kwartalnik Filmowy invites the submission of texts from film and media researchers on any stage of their academic career, who accept our publication ethics policy and follow our author guidelines. We announce our Call for Papers twice a year, at least one year in advance of the scheduled volume publication. Taking into consideration both the substantive and the literary value of the text, we leave room for writers to develop their own creative individuality. We value stylistic diversity and unorthodox approaches to a given subject. All original research articles undergo a double-blind independent peer review process.
The journal is aimed at academic communities, students of humanities departments, film studies in particular, as well as cinephiles. We publish four volumes a year (the “Spring”, “Summer”, “Autumn,” and “Winter” issues – respectively at the end of subsequent quarters of the year) – both in paper (the reference version, ISSN: 0452-9502) and online (e-ISSN: 2719-2725).
