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Micro-drama screenings, awards ceremony, networking, and live performances, all on October 30th in Atlanta. General Admission passes on sale now: $20.
The VertiStar Film Festival brings vertical cinema to life. Show up in Atlanta on October 30th for curated micro-drama screenings, the awards ceremony, networking, and live performances — all in one day.
One day. Seven moments. Tap any block to jump to it.
Check in, grab breakfast, meet, mix and mingle with Financiers, Investors, Directors, Producers, Actors, Crew, Writers, and Creators. The opening ceremony kicks off the day.
Three tracks run at once: directing, producing, and casting. Twenty-minute sessions with time to change rooms, closing with audience Q&A in every room.
Rooms 1 to 3. Pick a room, or network at your own pace.
Actors get a first-come, first-served chance to perform for producers, casting professionals, and VertiStar studio leadership, for consideration on future projects.
The Director, Producer, and Casting judges sit together, so each performer gets three professional reads: performance and directability, production viability, and casting potential.
Sign up at check-in from 8:30 AM.
"How Do I Get on the Next Set?"
A crew-focused session for DP and camera, gaffers, vertical framing, movement, set decoration and locations, plus ADs, sound, HMU, wardrobe, and production assistants.
The crew equivalent of the Actors Showcase.
12:00 to 1:00 is the designated networking window for anyone not in the Showcase or Town Hall.
This year's selections screened live in Rooms 1 to 3, in the vertical format they were made for and beyond, with filmmaker talkbacks and Audience Choice voting by QR code.
Nominees, judges, filmmakers, cast, crew, and guests walk the orange carpet, followed by the cast and crew reception.
The premiere of VertiStar's original production, Chill: The Deon Winters Story.
The inaugural VertiStar Awards. Craft awards, Stand-Up Live, and Best Vertical Film to close out the day.
From 50+ entries, these are the vertical films stepping into the spotlight. Shot for the screen in your hand.
Tap a film to enter the spotlight
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