Call for contributions

Proposals for issue #12 (December 2026) are open

Issue #11 will be launched in December, 2025

General policy

Found Footage Magazine is a double-blind peer reviewed publication.

For each annual edition, Found Footage Magazine will select essays, articles, interviews, book reviews, and video-essays that engage with scholar discourses from a wide range of found footage filmmaking theory and praxis.

General conditions for submission
  • Articles must be written in clear, grammatical English.
  • Found Footage Magazine does not pay remuneration to authors.
  • Found Footage Magazine only admits unpublished and original writing pieces and video-essays.
  • Works must not be under review or be submitted for an elsewhere publication.
  • Authors will be notified of acceptance or rejection as soon as possible.
  • Essays length: between 3,000 and 7,000 words (including footnotes).
  • Film reviews length: between 1,500 and 3,000 words (including footnotes).
  • Book reviews length: between between 1,000 and 3,000 words.
  • Video-essays (which incorporate found footage or pre-existing images) as a form for film criticism and analysis.
  • The author will be responsible for obtaining permission for the use of images under copyright.
  • Found Footage Magazine will not accept liability for the opinions expressed in submitted writings.

All submissions must be submitted by email to: submissions@foundfootagemagazine.com

Privacy statement

The names and email addresses sent to Found Footage Magazine site will be used exclusively for the stated purposes of this journal and will not be made available for any other purpose.

Copyright notice

Authors retain copyright and grant Found Footage Magazine 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.