ANTIGRAVITY |
Vertical Film Section
Break the pull. Rebuild the frame.
While horizontal remains the cinematic default, NOYIFF turns its lens toward a format that has long been underestimated—but is rapidly redefining the future: vertical storytelling.
The Antigravity Section is created in direct response to the rise of vertical video as a native language of our mobile-first generation. It’s not just about turning the screen—it’s about flipping expectations, challenging conventional grammar, and exploring what it means to tell a story in a world that scrolls, not pans.
We welcome films that are made for vertical—not cropped, not adapted, but imagined and designed with verticality at their core. Whether narrative, experimental, documentary, or animation, your work should embrace the unique spatial relationships, compositional strategies, and temporal rhythms that vertical framing offers.
This section honors not just a visual format, but a cultural moment. Vertical film is more than a technical trend—it is a reorientation of space, body, and audience connection. A vertical close-up can feel more intimate; a vertical journey can feel more ascendant. What new emotions, meanings, and metaphors can be discovered when gravity breaks?
We’re looking for creators who don’t just follow the frame—but reshape it.
Award in this section:
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Vertical Vision Award