CFP N°24 (2026)

Issue 24 Latente Journal (2026)

MONOGRAPHIC: Illusory Spaces: Presence, Absence, and the Construction of Place in Cinema

This edition of the journal, coordinated by Ruth Barranco Raimundo, will focus on architecture and the city in cinema, approached through an interdisciplinary lens that emphasizes the significance of settings and art direction from conceptual, historical, social, pedagogical, and gender-related perspectives. The issue seeks to explore diverse interpretations of architecture in film: from its exterior dimension, in relation to the city and urban planning; from its interiors—through set design and spatial composition—as connected to notions of intimacy and domesticity; and even through the absence of architecture within the cinematic representation of the urban environment.

Some of the possible thematic lines for this special monograph are:

• Architectural settings in cinema

• The role of interior design as a narrative element in cinema

• Art direction in film

• The city and urban planning as cinematic representations

• The doctrine and pedagogy of cinematic urbanrepresentations

MISCELLANY: Latente continues to receive articles on various topics related to the history and aesthetics of cinema, photography, comics, and visual culture in general for this and future issues.

DOCUMENTS: Latente also publishes previouslyunpublished documents that constitute primary sources for research in visual culture, comics, cinema, and photography.

INTERVIEWS: Latente publishes original interviews with professionals from the worlds of cinema, photography, comics, and visual culture.

REVIEWS: Latente also accepts book reviews focused on the journal’s usual themes. For the 2026 issue, reviews of bookspublished from 2023 onward are accepted.

Full articles must have between 6,000 and 20,000 words and follow the style guidelines indicated on the journal’s website. The deadline for submission of articles — for the monograph, micellany, reviews, and other documents — will be January 18, 2026. 

We look forward to receiving your contributions. 

Latente Editorial Board
University of La Laguna