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Vertigo is a unique project which champions innovation and diversity in form and culture for independent film and the moving image. Through its magazine, website and special events, Vertigo engages audiences, educators, students and practitioners, introducing new work and critical debate.Vertigo is the Uk's leading independent film magazine, dedicated to promoting independence, innovation and diversity in moving image culture. Founded in 1993 and initially supported by Channel 4, it now appears quarterly in print and online with monthly web issues and is sponsored by the Arts Council of England and the UK Film Council.From the start, it has combined fighting its corner in key debates about the future of British and world media with cutting-edge features on unique, exciting and challenging films from all over the world. Vertigo has also organised screenings, workshops and lectures, including the Derek Jarman lecture by Tilda Swinton at the Edinburgh International Film Festival, and the Film Parliament at the Cambridge Film Festival.Past contributors include writers and critics Stuart Hood, Mick Eaton, Hugh Brody, Ronan Bennett, Sukhdev Sandhu, Geoff Andrew, Mark Cousins, Don DeLillo, Deborah Levy and John Berger, filmmakers Med Hondo, Ken McMullen, Lynne Ramsey, Alex Cox, Chris Marker, Andrew Kotting, Ken Loach, Shekhar Kapur, Michael Winterbottom, Abbas Kiarostami and producers Jacques Bidou and Philippe Carcassonne.Subscribe now, and read our articles, at www.vertigomagazine.co.uk.
