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Submission Preparation Checklist

As part of the submission process, authors are required to check off their submission's compliance with all of the following items, and submissions may be returned to authors that do not adhere to these guidelines.

  • The submission has not been previously published, nor is it before another journal for consideration (or an explanation has been provided in Comments to the Editor).
  • The submission file is in OpenOffice, Microsoft Word, or RTF document file format.
  • Where available, URLs for the references have been provided.
  • The text is double-spaced; uses a 12-point font; employs italics, rather than underlining (except with URL addresses); and all illustrations, figures, and tables are attached as separate files.
  • The text adheres to the stylistic and bibliographic requirements outlined in the Author Guidelines.
  • A short bio (<150 words) and an accompanying abstract have been prepared and will be uploaded as a separate document.

Author Guidelines

Film History publishes original research on the international history of cinema, broadly and inclusively understood. Its areas of interest include the production, distribution, exhibition, and reception of films designed for commercial theaters as well as the full range of nontheatrical, noncommercial uses of motion pictures; the role of cinema as contested cultural phenomena; the technological, economic, political, and legal aspects of film history; the circulation of film within and across national borders; and the relations between film and other visual media and forms of commercial entertainment. 

Manuscripts, in whole or part, that have been previously published or are currently under consideration for publication elsewhere in either article or review form will not be accepted. submissions will be considered for publication on the understanding that the author(s) offer Film History the exclusive option to publish the articles. 

Manuscripts should typically not exceed 10,000 words in length, including endnotes, references, tables, and so on. For all matters of spelling, abbreviation, punctuation, and form, please consult the lateest edition of The Chicago Manual of Style. 

Complete manucripts, in English, should be submitted as a Word document (.docx), be double-spaced, use a 12-point standard font (e.g., Times New Roman), and have one-inch margins. pages shuold be numbered consecutively. There should be only one space between a period, comma, semicolon, or colon and the next character.

Copyright Notice

In the interest of authors, the copyright for all content published in Film History will be the property of The Trustees of Indiana University. Under copyright law, the transfer of copyright from author to publisher must be explicitly stated to enable the publisher to assure maximum dissemination of the author's work. Authors of accepted articles will be asked to complete and submit the Indiana University Press consent to Publish Agreement.