Call for Papers CONCEPT 2(33)/2026 - Perspectives on Mexican director Alejandro González Iñarritu’s work

2025-12-15

CALL FOR PAPERS CONCEPT 2(33)/2026

PUBLICATION CALENDAR

November 20, 2025 call for papers

June 30-July 15, 2026 deadline for articles

September 2026, peer review process

October-November 2026, editing, proofreading, DTP

December 15, 2026 publication in international databases and on print

Perspectives on Mexican director Alejandro González Iñarritu’s work.

From the “Death Trilogy” (Amores perros, 21 Grams, Babel) to the Oscar-winning films (Birdman, The Revenant)

 

Dear collaborators,

The editorial board of CONCEPT academic journal and UNATC’s Research, Development, and Innovation Department invites you to submit research works, such as original articles and scientific essays, for the dossier Perspectives on Mexican director Alejandro González Iñarritu’s work. From the “Death Trilogy” (Amores perros, 21 Grams, Babel) to the Oscar-winning films (Birdman, The Revenant).

We invite researchers, art and cinema historians, and academics to share their research and experiences regarding the study and analysis of Iñarritu's films.

We accept submissions on topics including, but not limited to:

  • Theoretical review of narrative proposals in Iñarritu's work
  • The value of fragments in his work
  • Narrative as an unbreakable monolith in Birdman
  • The violent content of the early Death Trilogy in relation to the social context of Mexico in the period 2000-2006
  • The violence-conflict relationship as a narrative trigger in Iñarritu's films
  • Cinematic and personal life influences in Iñarritu's work
  • The presence of myth and ritual in the Mexican director's work
  • Narrative and multifaceted mixtures in Iñarritu's trilogy
  • Philosophical theories that underpin the narrative strategies in Iñarritu's work
  • The sacred and the mythical in his work
  • The aesthetic and stylistic choices in Iñarritu's work
  • Time, territory and social context
  • The complexities of the human condition in Iñarritu's work
  • National and International parameters in Iñarritu's work
  • The art of acting and the actors of Innaritu's universe
  • Iñarritu's filmmaking process
  • Technical innovations of his filmmaking
  • Iñarritu's films feminism
  • Creative partnerships and film industry working practices in the Mexican director's productions

 

GENERAL GUIDELINES FOR AUTHORS

 

Abstract

 

 

150-200 words in English

Keywords

5-8 words (phrases) in English

Article

3500 – 7000 words

Accepted languages

ENGLISH, SPANISH

Citation and reference style

HARVARD (https://www.mendeley.com/guides/harvard-citation-guide)

Article structure

Introduction (objectives, hypothesis); Research Methods; Results; Conclusions; Bibliography

(References, Online References, Filmography, Performance References).

Illustrations

Around 3-6: photographs, drawings, diagrams, charts – with explanations included in the Word documents and separately as a .jpg file.

Autor(s) biography

maximum 200 words

Email

yootro@hotmail.com

mihaela.betiu@unatc.ro    

                                              

 

CONCEPT academic journal also publishes book reviews (1500-2000 words) and interviews with personalities from the related fields of Theater and Performing Arts, Cinema and Media.

We accept articles that have not been published in other scientific journals.

CONCEPT is a biannual open access academic publication, edited by the I.L. Caragiale National University of Theater and Film, which has been published since 2010. CONCEPT uses a double-blind peer-review system, is classified by the Romanian National Council for Scientific Research, and is indexed in several international databases: ERIH PLUS, CEEOL, SCIPIO, EBSCO.