Frequently cited by contemporary film scholars and critics alike as one of the most important films of all time, Alfred Hitchcock’s 1958 psychological thriller received little critical attention when it was first released. Starring James Stewart and Kim Novak, Vertigo is based on Boileau-Narcejac’s 1954 novel The Living and the Dead, which tells the story of a retired San Francisco detective with a crippling fear of heights who tracks the activities of a woman possessed by a spirit from another time. An influential work for the generation of filmmakers following Hitchcock, Vertigo had a deep impact on the work of Chris Marker, whose film, La Jetée, inspired the

The acknowledged master of the thriller genre, Alfred Hitchcock was also a brilliant technician who deftly blended suspense and humor. Born in England, Hitchcock entered the film industry in 1920, writing scenarios and assistant directing. In 1939, he went to Hollywood, where his first film, Rebecca, won an Academy Award for best picture. During the next three decades, he made a film a year, including the classics Rear Window and Psycho. He received the American Film Institute's Life Achievement Award in 1979 and died in 1980. He made over 60 films, nearly all commercial and critical successes.

Prospero's Books, Peter Greenaway's celebrated cinematic adaptation of Shakespeare's The Tempest, interweaves dance, opera, and mime into its narrative. A palimpsest of filmed and animated images, Prospero's Books, starring John Gielgud as Prospero, the former duke of Milan who was exiled with 24 of his books, was a pioneering work in the digital manipulation of the cinematic image.

Warning: this film contains nudity and may not be suitable for some audiences.

Cinematic Chimera presents works that strive for a radical synthesis of artistic genres, reviving the notion of the Gesamtkunstwerk, or total artwork. United by their integration of theater, dance, music, architecture, literature, and visual art, these films also realize the Gesamtkustwerk’s technological imperative by making use of advanced cinematic techniques.

In the three weeks leading up to the onedotzero festival, AntiVJ worked in residence at EMPAC to create this performance and installation. En route to EMPAC, Joanie Lemercier (co-founder of AntiVJ) discovered that a volcano in Iceland that caused the cancellation of all flights. The volcano—Eyjafjallajökull—became the subject of AntiVJ’s new work, a painted wall mural augmented with projections to create the sensation of three-dimensional forms. Lemercier had been fascinated by geometry and minimalism for years; with this work he incorporated more organic shapes and visual elements that would connect geometric patterns with mountainous terrain, ocean waves, wind, snow, and rain. By projecting a “virtual layer” of light, color, and animation over the static painted scenery, he created an imagined landscape of futuristic mountains, where the audience’s perception of space is progressively challenged. 

The AntiVJ visual label is a project initiated by a group of European visual artists whose work is focused on the use of projected light and its influence on our perception, presenting performances and installations that create wonderment and challenge the senses.

In an age driven by non-stop digital culture on fast-forward, many creatives have revived a handcrafted approach to producing new works. across promos, broadcast and independent shorts alike, directors have begun to rewind to the homemade, stitched and stuck together. from ambitious personal experiments breathing life into corrugated card to quirky productions utilising sewing kits and 3d, a more tactile aesthetic emerges, offering surprising collisions of a new post-digital look.

• multitouch barcelona: hi, human interface / spain 2009 / 06:22
• max hattler: aanaatt / jemapur / uk + japan 2008 / 04:45
• ian kibbey + corey creasey: synesthesia / usa 2009 / 04:00
• makoto yabuki: white box / japan 2009 / 04:08
• george wu: "and when the light fades, i shall never forget" / bonnie carr / uk 2005 / 03:37
• johnny kelly: the seed / jape / uk 2008 / 02:09
• geoffroy de crecy: bubbalicious / rex the dog / uk 2008 / 03:41
• mathematics: like it or not / architecture in helsinki / australia 2008 / 02:55
• ben falk + josiah newbolt: this is where we live / uk 2008 / 02:47
• david wilson: we got time / moray mclaren / uk 2009 / 03:55
• the glue society: misfit / chris colonna / australia 2009 / 03:50
• chris ritson: sirius, bright star of the celestial wolf / usa 2009 / 02:30
• taboo plus: the city strums / israel 2009 / 05:00
• diego maclean: the art of drowning / canada 2009 / 02:07
• daniel britt: woody / metronomy / uk 2009 / 01:07
• toma dutter: shadows / double u / france 2008 / 03:35
• thiago maia: recycle invaders / uk 2009 / 01:10
• jen stark: streaming gradient / usa 2008 / 00:38
• kyle bean: a sustainable relationship / uk 2009 / 00:56
• chris gavin: txt island / uk 2009 / 03:30
• transforma: bang out / clp / germany 2009 / 02:05
• corin hardy: warrior’s dance / the prodigy / uk 2009 / 03:28

The heart of onedotzero’s festival ethos of ‘convergence and collaboration’ inspired designers Wieden + Kennedy to take advantage of onedotzero’s vast fan base and harnessing and bringing together constant, global live conversations from a diverse range of social networking to create the identity. Aggregated words and opinions are channeled via specially created software devised by computation designer Karsten Schmidt. Colorful strands behave organically, gravitating towards invisible paths that will ultimately make the onedotzero logo. a living, breathing identity driven by onedotzero’s audience and online community as well as in person at EMPAC. Projected on the lobby ceiling, you interact with the visuals via cellphone, text and online message.

Serves up the most exciting and offbeat music videos from around the world, including work for röyksopp, n.a.s.a and fleet foxes. this area has spawned current cinematic titans such as spike jonze, michel gondry and jonathan glazer, amongst others. it remains a fertile breeding ground for breaking talent and startling new ideas.

• shynola: strawberry swing / coldplay / uk 2009 / 04:13
• wyld stallyons: the reason / the blizzards / uk 2008 / 03:20
• spike jonze + ty evans: heaven / unkle / usa 2009 / 06:52
• logan: a volta / n.a.s.a / usa 2009 / 04:23
• reuben sutherland: happy up here / röyksopp / uk 2009 / 00:49
• martin de thurah: when i grow up / fever ray / denmark 2009 / 03:55
• pecknold [aka grandchildren]: fleet foxes / usa 2009 / 03:48
• andrius kirvela [petpunk]: who’s shot the silence / lithuania 2009 / 03:32
• kenny frankland: printer jam / mistabishi / uk 2009 / 04:10
• adam comiskey: one mississippi / hey negrita / uk 2009 / 03:09
• arri reschke + claudio pavan: over exposed / the parlotones / south africa 2008 / 03:00
• daniel franke + martin w. maier: watusii / cortney tidwell / germany 2009 / 03:06
• han hoogerbrugge: love etc / pet shop boys / uk 2009 / 03:29
• laurie thinot: stay the same / autokratz / uk 2008 / 03:18
• david o’reilly: bang tour visuals / m.i.a / ireland 2009 / 01.25
• nabil: t.i.a. / k’naan / usa 2009 / 03:48
• jess holzworth: raindrops / basement jaxx / uk 2009 / 03:25
• david nord + boris nawratil: rock away / lazee / sweden 2008 / 03:53
• jo apps + kate moross: audacity of huge / simian disco mobile / uk 2009 / 03:02

Unfiction is a series of documentary films that turn truth into something other than fact, using poetry and imagination, rather than transparency and objectivity. These filmmakers question the very notion of authenticity, and disobey the typical documentary filmmaking practices; instead they stage their own realities on location, employing techniques such as reenactment, personal voice-overs and special effects.

A study of the sublime and the absurd at the southernmost point of the planet, Encouters at the End of the World is Werner Herzog’s most recent documentary, commissioned by the National Science Foundation. From the outset Herzog proclaims that it is “not a film about fluffy penguins”; instead the film examines the psychology of the scientists and technicians who have chosen to live and work in this formidable landscape.

Werner Herzog (real name Werner H. Stipetic) was born in Munich on September 5, 1942. He grew up in a remote mountain village in Bavaria and never saw any films, television, or telephones as a child. Since the age of 19 he has produced, written, and directed more than 40 films, published more than a dozen books of prose, and directed as many operas.

Associated with the German New Wave Movement, Herzog's films blur the distinctions between documentary and narrative practice through Herzog’s direct intervention into the context he is filming in order to extract what he has called the "ecstatic truth" of a situation. Please see Herzog's "Minnesota Declaration" reproduced here which was published on the occasion of his 1999 retrospective at the Walker Art Center.

Unfiction is a series of documentary films that turn truth into something other than fact, using poetry and imagination, rather than transparency and objectivity. These filmmakers question the very notion of authenticity, and disobey the typical documentary filmmaking practices; instead they stage their own realities on location, employing techniques such as reenactment, personal voice-overs and special effects. Examined Life pulls philosophy out of academic journals and classrooms, and puts it back on the streets... In Examined Life, filmmaker Astra Taylor accompanies some of today’s most influential thinkers on a series of unique excursions through places and spaces that hold particular resonance for them and their ideas. Peter Singer’s thoughts on the ethics of consumption are amplified against the backdrop of Fifth Avenue’s posh boutiques. Slavoj Zizek questions current beliefs about the environment while sifting through a garbage dump. Michael Hardt ponders the nature of revolution while surrounded by symbols of wealth and leisure. Judith Butler and a friend stroll through San Francisco’s Mission District questioning our culture’s fixation on individualism. And while driving through Manhattan, Cornel West—perhaps America’s best-known public intellectual—compares philosophy to jazz and blues, reminding us how intense and invigorating a life of the mind can be. Offering privileged moments with great thinkers from fields ranging from moral philosophy to cultural theory, Examined Life reveals philosophy’s power to transform the way we see the world around us and imagine our place in it. Featuring Cornel West, Avital Ronell, Peter Singer, Kwarne Anthony Appiah, Martha Nussbaum, Michael Hardt, Slavoj Zizek, Judith Butler and Sunaura Taylor.

An exceptional panel of international artists, engineers, and producers representing the evolving field of works created for the 360° panoramic screen. The panelists in Full Immersion – Stewart Smith, Bernd Linterman, Eric Ameres, and Thomas Soetens and Kora Van Den Bulcke of Workspace Unlimited – come from the visual arts, film, and data presentation. Some specialize in grand gestures, some write code. What they have in common is expertise in realizing works that surround the viewer, with effects that may be subtle, spectacular, or unsettling. In addition to talking about their field, they’ll also be showing up-to-the-minute examples of what’s been accomplished in it. The result will boggle not just the mind, but the eye and ear. The panel will be followed by a reception in the café. Attendees will also have a chance to see Workspace Unlimited’s installation They Watch on the panoramic screen in Studio 1.

Musician and multimedia artist Jesse Stiles performs a new live score within Quayola’s brilliant video installation Strata viewed on a massive screen suspended from the ceiling.

Quayola is a visual artist based in London. His work simultaneously focuses on multiple forms exploring the space between video, audio, photography, installation, live performance and print. Quayola creates worlds where real substance, such as natural or architectural matter, constantly mutates into ephemeral objects, enabling the real and the artificial to coexist harmoniously. Integrating computer-generated material with recorded sources, he explores the ambiguity of realism in the digital realm.

Working in both the artistic and the commercial field, Quayola intelligently experiment with mediums traditionally perceived as separate. Currently active as Visual Artist, Graphic Designer and Director, he constantly collaborates with a diverse range of musicians, animators, computer programmers and architects. Quayola creates hybrid works blurring the boundaries between art, design and filmmaking.