First festival of vertical films in Czech republic Vertifilms will be held at the National Gallery in Prague on November 3rd, 2016. Along with screenings of international films shot in portrait format, works of the competition TALL IDEA PRAGUE 2016 will be presented. Creators can enter their vertical films until October 28. Chairman of the jury is seasoned Hollywood producer Rick McCallum, who has been behind titles like Star Wars and Young Indiana Jones Chronicles. 

On Thursday, November 3, in the Convent of St Agnes of Bohemia vertical films will be presented. They are in format, which was previously condemned, but now is currently gaining more and more supporters. "Vertifilms Festival, the first of its kind in Czech Republic, aims to highlight the uniqueness of the vertical image. It is format, in which portraits been historically painted, and which is bringing a completely different perspective of the film image. We are pleased to cooperate on this project with Moving Image Department, which has been running for more than a year as a part of the National Gallery in Prague in the Trade Fair Palace. This connection is a proof of the uniqueness and aesthetics of video format that was previously viewed more as a mistake, " says festival director Krystof Safer.

Vertical films will be screened at the imposing canvas nearly ten meters high in the premises of the church of St. Salvator. "Vertifilms is a great supplement of exhibition series Moving Image Department by which the National Gallery in Prague in 2015 expanded its dramaturgy to showcase contemporary creators in new media. Vertifilms is part of the 5th chapter and we are glad that we can give a project based on the polarity of the phenomenon of classic film and completely novel form," says Adam Budak, the Chief Curator of the National Gallery in Prague.

Creators of vertical films might enter the competition TALL IDEA PRAGUE 2016. Anyone from around the world can participate by sending his film format 9:16 in length from 1-10 minutes. Deadline is October 28, 2016. Festival closing ceremony will be on November 3, preceded by conference on the phenomenon of vertical video.