At the end of the 1960s, the young Belgian architect A.J. Lode Janssens built an experimental, inflatable home for his family. Using materials and technologies that had only just been developed, Lode Janssens explored timeless ideas about the essence of a house. The film is a portrait of…
In 2017 housing rose to the top of the British political agenda for the first time in a generation. But despite the media spotlight, few stories examined the catastrophic long-term failures that resulted in a chronic shortage of social housing in the United Kingdom. Dispossession: The Great Social Housing Swindle…
Natalia (67), a strong, independent anarchist with a sharp sense of humour, is determined to defend her beloved land against all odds. What begins as a battle against developers soon takes on a deeper meaning when Russia invades Ukraine, intensifying her fight for survival. Flowers of Ukraine paints a compelling…
In Search of Paradise Lost explores reverse migration in Romania, following seven city dwellers who chose rural life in search of simplicity and authenticity. The film examines the diverse motivations behind this change: disappointment with urban life, stress, pollution, the desire to reconnect with nature, rediscovery…
Truus Schröder’s love for Gerrit Rietveld led to the design of the iconic Rietveld Schröderhuis in 1924. The first house that Rietveld designed, in collaboration with, and for Truus Schröder, was a huge experiment. Truus lived in the house for 60 years. Not only was she Gerrit Rietveld’s…
In the former German Democratic Republic, the war left an urgent need for space, and some of the responses were innovative: the creation of ingeniously designed mobile and telescopic structures that served as emergency housing, hospitals, community spaces, or cafés. Some of them still exist today, yet they…
In the heart of Rome, an apartment has remained untouched since 1958. It is the house-studio where Giacomo Balla, one of the most important Futurist painters and a key figure of the early 20th-century European avant-garde, spent the last thirty years of his life. The entire space —…
Riverside Stories comprises four short films and a music video exploring the multifaceted ways in which people interact with the river. The omnibus’s themes center on a single waterway, the Someș in the Cluj area, ranging from the passage of time and the river’s flow, occasionally marred by…
Having experienced firsthand what it means to have no roof over one’s head, carpenter Khaleel Seivwright began building small, yet well-insulated, shelters for people who spend the winter on the streets of Toronto. Against the backdrop of Canada’s housing crisis, his initiative quickly crossed the city’s borders — drawing both…
The Bubble explores life in the largest retirement community in America, a sunny and meticulously maintained paradise, featuring 54 golf courses and 70 swimming pools, sprawling over nearly 100 square kilometers and home to more than 150,000 residents. Yet life in this place is not as…
The First Siza is a documentary about the Four Houses, the first project by Álvaro Siza, designed while he was still a student, and the impact of architecture on people’s lives. Through the reunion, 60 years later, between the architect and Fernando Neto — his first client and owner of…
The Baaibuurt-West neighborhood in Amsterdam is undergoing a transformation to address the housing crisis in the Netherlands. The urban regeneration project involves raising the sinking ground with seven meters of sand to prepare the area for new residential buildings. The documentary captures the stories and spaces…
In the context of the housing crisis, living together with several people under the same roof is sometimes the only option. Artist Susanna Tomassini explores young people’s perspective on collective living and how they come to share space, belongings, and inevitably, a part of their personal lives.
A group of young, educated, and well-off families is selected to move to Tingbjerg, a disadvantaged neighborhood on the outskirts of Copenhagen with a history marked by conflict and segregation. As part of a social experiment, they purchase newly built homes at reduced prices, on the condition that…
Toujours semer – The Architecture of Șerban Sturdza follows the life and work of one of Romania’s most important contemporary architects, urban planners, and restorers. At 77, Șerban Sturdza remains a bridge-builder — between past and future, between forgotten crafts and contemporary architecture, between local communities and international cultural…
