What’s it like to live in Alterlaa, the largest social housing complex in Austria? The humorous film debut of Bianca Gleissinger reveals the operation of this “city within a city”....
The film essay follows the fate of a nuclear power plant worker who measures his life expectancy by the amount of energy he produces. When this energy begins to run...
What happens when Finnish architectonic studio wins a competition to design an urban plan for a new city in a Nepalese valley? The euphoria of winning and the passion for...
Afterparty of the Day of Architecture and Film and Architecture festivals with concerts and DJs. Predskokan Otrok is an electronic experimental project of composer and saxophonist Miroslav Tóth, whose performance is created by mixing forms of IDM, techno or glitch. "Stavoprojekt" is developed in collaboration with Lucie Tóthová. The compositions were inspired by Lucie's research in archival materials of architecture in former Czechoslovakia.
An epic, intimate and poetic reflection on the fate of architecture and how the design and construction of buildings from the distant past reveal our destruction, yet offer hope for...
The film presents Roman Bolck’s project BIOM which brings a visionary perspective of the future where cities become self-sufficient thanks to innovative architecture and technologies. It explores how to support sustainability in future megalopolises.
The film retells the fascinating story of the residents' struggle against the utopian redevelopment of Minneapolis in the 1970s and coming to terms with the consequences of its partial realization....
In a narrow alley in the Portuguese city of Porto, curious and confused glances meet in front of the slow demolition of a dilapidated house. As this ruin loses its...
This artistically composed film explores three peripheral sites of urban infrastructure: a data center, a ring road and a dilapidated shopping mall. All of these places were built with certain...
The immediate response to the devastating earthquake in Skopje in 1963 was a massive construction in Brutalist style within a joint project of Yugoslav and foreign experts, especially the Japanese...
A unique documentary based on the original idea by Vladimir 518 and directed by Jan Zajíček about the Czechoslovak pre-revolutionary architectural scene. The authors present remarkably and with passion extraordinary...
An entertaining quirky film documenting the complicated process of moving artworks from the Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen in Rotterdam to a new art warehouse designed by MVRDV. Director Sonia Herman...
The love and hate relationships of three artists in the backdrop of an iconic building come to life in a stylish docufiction. In 1929, Irish designer and architect Eileen Gray...
The film presents principal projects by Argentinian architect and designer Emilio Ambasz who is considered to be the pioneer of green architecture. His typical inclusion of vast green areas into...
Film portrait of excentric and yet exceptionally precise Austrian architect who has more than 600 buildings to his credit. Karl Schwanzer was an internationally recognized icon of postwar architecture. His buildings, especially the BMW Headquarters, the iconic “Four-Cylinder”, are known all around the world, however, the architect himself is unfortunately disappearing from the public awareness. In this partially featured film, the authors tell the story of this talented and energetic personality whose temperament was actually a defense mechanism against inner demons.
The film follows the structure of Montreal's Silo n°5, a huge urban building that is inaccessible to the public and under constant surveillance. One night, a guard enters the silo while watching an unusual object. This turns the silo into a space on the edge of reality. The film uses cinematic techniques to navigate a 3D scan of the object, capturing the blurring of the boundaries between fiction and reality.
A short film capturing Kalyon Karapınar, the largest solar power plant in Turkey, and the futuristic architecture of its central control building. The power plant occupies 20 square kilometers and...
This animated film presents a poetic night walk through the La Défense district of Paris, where a homeless man encounters the sculpture "The Red Spider" by Alexander Calder. This hand-drawn film, in which artworks placed in public spaces come surrealistically to life, conveys a sense of alienation and loneliness. The film is also a critique of a slick business district that is not welcoming to all.
The architect Sigurd Lewerentz became famous for his distinctive designs, but throughout his life he avoided interviews and worked in isolation - his personality was shrouded in mystery. Lewerentz's realizations...
A block of short films by architect, designer, director and producer Liam Young, who has been nominated for a prestigious BAFTA award and has worked as a consultant on several...
Portuguese tiles are a symbol of Portuguese culture: it is an icon of public spaces and the pride of its inhabitants, and a stumbling block for urban mobility. This black-and-white...
The unjustly forgotten "story of a man who believed for a while" - the director of a dismantled cultural center. The satirical panopticon from Czechoslovak production also features the character...
The film depicts the creation of a pavilion made of snow as a temporary land art work in the open air. Artist Wanda Koop and designer Thom Fougere created it...
What are the benefits of the Olympics for the host cities and their countries? Is hosting the Olympic Games sustainable from an urban and economic point of view? And what...
A recording of the construction of a minimalist mountain villa designed by the world-famous architect Rem Koolhaas. Director Frans Parthesius documents the project from the initial bold plan up to...
The film offers an ironic look at the Suomi Hloubětín development, which promised to fulfil the ideal of modern Finnish-style living. The film analyses the political potential of 3D visualizations...
Two different stories of historic houses in Taiwan that have witnessed many events. In the north, there is an abandoned building, overgrown with weeds, which symbolizes the tragic era of...
The movie documents the creation of 25 works by the famous land art artist Strijdom van der Merwe. Over the course of a year, the camera follows Strijdom as he...
The film shows the fate of the huge modern building of St Peter's Seminary in Cardross, Scotland, which was completed in 1966 and abandoned in the 1980s. The viewer follows...
A complex film portrait of one of the most significant world architects, Pritzker Prize winner, Álvara Siza Vieira. A spectacular project of a Portuguese gallery presents Siza’s life story through...
A funny documentary road movie in which Canadian photographer Christopher Herwig searches for diverse bus stops in the former Soviet Union. Architecture, just like everything else, was under a strict...
The film captures the challenges posed by the transformation of housing and its implications for future generations of residents. What impact did the devastating earthquake of 2015 have on the...
While Russia continues to destroy Ukrainian cities, Ukrainian architects are working to rebuild them. How to proceed now? Many ambitious projects no longer make sense in the current situation, and...
This mockumentary film provides unique insight into the life of a member of the mostly unknown baroquesexuals for whom Baroque art is an object of desire, love, and excitement. Screened...
Would architect Ludwig Mies van der Rohe have achieved international fame if it wasn’t for a number of distinctive female figures who had his back? Much has been said about...
What challenges await the person who leaves the banking sector to devote himself to planning places in the city with regard to developing community life? The documentary follows Fred Kent,...
A sensitive cinematic excursion around the buildings of Balkrishna Doshi, Pritzker Prize winner and a prominent figure not only in sustainable architecture, who unjustly remains in the shadow of his...
A dynamically edited and visually engaging mid-form documentary about the construction of a house based on organic shapes. Oscar-winning documentary filmmaker Morgan Neville presents the collaborative futuristic vision of artists,...
A film collage depicting the alleged hallucinogenic effects caused by a two-colored pavement near Ostrava's train station. The film combines the personal experiences of locals as well as visitors and...