Glasgow Short Film Festival 2015 opens with a mesmerising audio-visual experience. Vertical Cinema is a series of ten specially commissioned large-scale works by internationally renowned experimental filmmakers, projected vertically on 35mm celluloid in vertical cinemascope. Spinning the traditional screen by 90°, abstract cinema, structural experiments, found footage remixes, chemical film explorations and live laser action are all presented.

The Vertical Cinema project re-imagines the actual projection space and uses a custom-built projector. It is a 90-minute programme which premiered at Konstraste Dark As Light Festival 2013. It features works by artists from Austria, the Netherlands and Japan including Tina Frank, Björn Kämmerer, Manuel Knapp, Johann Lurf, Joost Rekveld, Rosa Menkman, Billy Roisz & Dieter Kovačič, Makino Takashi & Telcosystems, Esther Urlus, Martijn van Boven & Gert-Jan Prins.

Pyramid Flare by Johann Lurf

Colterrain by Tina Frank

You can preview all ten films on vimeo here and find out more about Vertical Cinema here.

For more information and to book tickets, please visit Glasgow Short Film Festival here.

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