29. 9. – 4. 10. 2023

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A Day in La Ricarda

A summer day in the iconic modern La Ricarda House through the eyes of two girls. The fictional film offers a female perspective on Antonio Bonet Castellana's 1950s architecture, which...


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Ada – My Mother the Architect

A deeply moving portrait of the famous Israeli architect Ada Karmi-Melamede, directed by her daughter, filmmaker and architect Yael. The author of landmark buildings such as the Supreme Court of...


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Beyond Eternity – Architecture Facing the Impermanence

This visually captivating documentary explores architecture in the context of climate change, resource scarcity, the circular economy, or the refugee crisis. Conceived as a visit to an architectural triennial in...


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Brutalism

Brutalism, an architectural movement full of sharp edges, raw concrete, and monumental aesthetics. This short film comprehensively presents its most striking forms across continents and shows how this style has...


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Dieste [Uruguay]

A rhythmically edited film tour of nearly 30 works by the Uruguayan engineer and architect, Eladio Dieste, whose work is unique and specific in its unconventional brick stacking and use...


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House in an Olive Grove

The island of Corfu became a second home for architect Piers Taylor. Instead of a lavish villa, he designed a building inspired by shepherd's huts and agricultural shelters scattered among...


  • PrahaMon 06/10 18:15
  • PrahaSun 05/10 16:00
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Is Our Future on Water?

Is our future on the water? The French documentary is not another alarming statement about the state of the world, but rather presents the incredible results of several years of...


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Is this an architectural documentary?

A playful animation of the journey of two male artists and one female artist in the footsteps of Minette de Silva, Sri Lanka's first female architect, a pioneer of tropical...


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Jiskrovka

From SIAL Nursery to Rotterdam. The personal and professional story of a Czech architect who, after emigrating, rebuilt her career in the Netherlands. The documentary film by architects Markéta Mráčková...


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LIving in a piece of furniture: Gerrit Rietveld’s houses

The personal and professional affection between the patron Truus Schröder-Schräder and the Dutch architect and designer Gerrit Rietveld led to the creation of the Rietveld and Schröder House in 1924,...


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  • PrahaSun 05/10 19:00
  • BrnoSun 05/10 19:30
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Miralles

A film portrait of one of the most important Spanish representatives of contemporary architecture, Enrico Miralles, who died at the age of only 45. Miralles was the author of extraordinary...


  • PrahaSat 04/10 20:15
  • BrnoFri 03/10 20:15
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Once It Was

They were once important buildings, valuable works of art, icons representing the state. What is left of them and what do they mean today? Soviet construction and its modernist and...


  • PrahaThu 02/10 21:00
  • BrnoThu 02/10 20:15
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Power in Our Hands

What goes on behind the doors of a former foundry in the heart of Amsterdam? In the complex called Tetterode, a large community of artists have found refuge, who have...


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Rabble Rousers: Frances Goldin and the Fight for Cooper Square

How much can one tenacious working mother do against politicians and developers and their plan to gentrify her beloved downtown New York neighborhood? The inspiring story of activist Frances Goldin's...


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  • PrahaFri 03/10 21:00
  • BrnoMon 06/10 20:15
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Raumschiff Enterprise

This short poetic film by Greta Stocklassa, winner of the Český Lev Film Award and author of several films produced by the Kruh association, focuses on the building of the...


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  • PrahaMon 06/10 18:15
  • BrnoThu 02/10 20:15
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  • PrahaSat 04/10 16:30
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Stone of Destiny

A stone that sings, wanders, and doubts. Julie Černá's lyrical animated musical had its world premiere at the Berlinale Film Festival. It tells the story of the Stone of Destiny,...


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The Ariston

On his brief but important visit to Argentina, architect and Bauhaus representative Marcel Breuer designed the Ariston Hotel in the coastal town of Mar del Plata, a utopian promise of...


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The Benches of Ballyloughane

Brutalist concrete buildings on Ireland's Ballyloughane beach are sparking social debate. Two identical elements in the shape of benches, reminiscent of Soviet bus stops, have attracted both enthusiasm and criticism....


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The Children of the Mountain

A special screening of a film portrait of the world-renowned Uruguayan sculptor Pablo Atchugarry by director and this year's guest curator of the Section: Inspiration, Mercedes Sader. The film delves...


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The Maximization of the Circumstance

Three interconnected stories, one house. Electronic music and innovative camera work combine architecture, design, and ideas of recycling, preservation and working with genius loci. It all takes place in an...


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Transmutation

Does the industry manage the waste it produces appropriately? A series of short films made in collaboration between the creative duo Bêka & Lemoine and the well-known Brussels-based collective Rotor,...


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Unforgettable Montevideo

Can a city develop without erasing the historical memory of particular places? The Uruguayan architect and visual artist, Alfredo Ghierra, explores this question with the example of his hometown Montevideo....


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Universal Language

What would it look like if Tehran moved to Canada? In this surreal and slightly satirical comedy, director, co-writer and protagonist Matthew Rankin presents his distinctive and highly disparate, but...


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Vtáčnik

How is the construction of a large-scale development project on a small hill on the outskirts of Bratislava changing the lives of the local population that has lived here peacefully...


  • PrahaThu 02/10 19:00
  • BrnoWed 01/10 20:00
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We Start with the Things We Find

The visionary architecture and design studio LOT-EK was one of the first to transform shipping containers into homes, schools, galleries, and libraries. The duo of Ada Tolla and Giuseppe Lignano,...


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  • PrahaMon 06/10 20:30
  • BrnoSun 05/10 20:00
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When I came to your Door

Images of a demolished neighborhood in an Ethiopian city through the eyes of a woman looking for her partner amidst the rubble. The film depicts the recent violent demolition of...


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Women of the Bauhaus

Everyone knows the names of Walter Gropius, Mies van der Rohe, or Marcel Breuer, but what about the artist Friedl Dicker-Brandeis or the textile artist Gunta Stölzl? The Bauhaus was...


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  • PrahaWed 01/10 20:30
  • BrnoSat 04/10 19:30
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YES!

The corners, slopes, cul-de-sacs, and curves of Tallinn's cruise ship terminal lead to reflection on the dilemmas of today's power society. What is the price of success? And do we...


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