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Onwards, Upwards

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Onwards, Upwards

We asked filmmakers to submit ONE VERTICAL SHOT encapsulating their lived experiences or hopes for the future on a single (extra)ordinary day in human history during the coronavirus pandemic: May Day, 1 May 2020. These shots were edited into a single Creative Commons vertical short film: Onwards, Upwards.

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Vertical Film Festival

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Vertical Film Festival

Adam is co-founder/director of the Vertical Film Festival in Katoomba in Australia's Blue Mountains. Along with his sister Natasha, he created the Festival, the world's first competition for vertical video, as a platform for exploring cinematic undercurrents that make us think about how we frame the world. 
More details and a short essay on the format may be found at the Festival's website: http://vertical.video

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Camel Roundabout

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Camel Roundabout

The wanderings of a herd of camels lost amidst the roundabouts of an abandoned desert ‘suburb’ in the UAE.  Single-channel HD video with sound.

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METROpolis

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METROpolis

A timelapse journey revealing a metropolis seemingly devoid of human presence.
Single-channel HD video with sound.

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Al Quds Underground (I Live in the Centre of the World)

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Al Quds Underground (I Live in the Centre of the World)

In this online documentary, you can navigate your way through the web of streets that form the Old City of Jerusalem (Al Quds).  The interface give you an impression of moving through it.  Sometimes, you will find doorways that you can enter, doorways that take you into the hidden layers of Jerusalem.

 

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The Cats of Santorini

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The Cats of Santorini

Every year at the end of autumn, tourists and workers depart the Mediterranean islands of Greece, leaving behind hundreds of cats to fend for themselves.  To the music of Sibelius'Valse Triste, we follow them through the beautiful, near-deserted island village of Oía on Santorini.

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Sydney Opera House: Miscellaneous Videos

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Sydney Opera House: Miscellaneous Videos

Examples include Architects of Air’s Mirazozo, Joss Whedon live on stage, an interview with Gotham Chopra On The Future of Comics, Babies Proms’ The Four Seasonsand A Load of Rubbish, made as an in-house recycling-awareness video for Greening The House.

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Following Fryderyk Chopin

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Following Fryderyk Chopin

Australia's SBS Radio & Television Youth Orchestra follows in the great Polish composer's footsteps: from Warsaw to Kraków, Prague to Vienna and Paris, 200 years after Chopin’s birth.

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Elena Kats-Chernin’s Wild Swans Suite

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Elena Kats-Chernin’s Wild Swans Suite

SBS Youth Orchestra gives the concert première of the “Wild Swans Suite” by Uzbek-born Australian composer Elena Kats-Chernin.  It features footage of Uzbekistan’s astonishing Silk Road architecture from Khiva, Bukhara and Samarkand.

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Concerto F60

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Concerto F60

Concerto F60 will transform a former mining machine in Lichterfeld, Eastern Germany, into the world's largest musical instrument, to be played by professional musicians and Lusatian locals alike. It will be part of the IBA "Paradise II" programme for 2010, redefining an area transfigured by open-cut coal mining. 

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