A story dedicated to two works by two great Italian architects of the twentieth century: Carlo Scarpa and Aldo Rossi. The Brion funeral complex and the San Cataldo Cemetery in Modena are the object of an emotional and symbolic journey into the visionary universe of the two architects, a journey…
The film offers a behind-the-scenes look at the key events that unfolded after the fire at the Colectiv club in Bucharest, in October 2015. Following journalists, whistleblowers, burn victims, and government officials, the film exposes an entire network of corruption, deceit, and manipulation. Ten years after…
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…
Forever is a film about the power and vitality of art, about a place where love and death go hand in hand, and beauty lives on: the Père-Lachaise cemetery in Paris. Père-Lachaise – one of the world’s most famous and beautiful cemeteries – is the final resting place of a…
Lowland Kids follows the story of the last two teenagers living on the once thriving Isle de Jean Charles, LA, their strikingly beautiful ancestral home that is now being swallowed by the sea. Surrounded by lush, crumbling landscapes, Howard & Juliette along with their Uncle Chris, navigate the emotional journey…
Basel Adra, a young Palestinian activist from Masafer Yatta, has been fighting his community’s mass expulsion by the Israeli occupation since childhood. Basel documents the gradual erasure of Masafer Yatta, as soldiers destroy the homes of families – the largest single act of forced transfer ever carried out in the…
The film is an immersive journey to Ukraine and follows 5 architects on their determined journeys to continue creating & building during wartime. As Russia continues to turn former Ukrainian cities to dust, Ukraine’s leading architects are already building upwards & advanced new buildings are rising again as symbols of…
In the heart of war-ravaged Mosul, a single marble gate stands amid the ruins. Carved into its stone are two lions—the last trace of what was once one of the city’s grandest homes along the Tigris River. Like thousands of historic buildings in Mosul’s Old City, the house is gone.
Beirut lies in ruins. After the explosion in the city’s port, collective trauma rises to the surface. How can life succeed after such a tragedy? The film carefully observes the following three years and zooms in on the lives of Aya – a Syrian refugee girl, Selim – an activist…
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…
The Canterbury earthquakes. It’s the people’s story shot in the streets of Christchurch. Who New Zealanders when our lives are turned? Filmed on the hoof without narration, When a City Falls offers a new and grassroots understanding of what happened to half a million New Zealanders the year their lives…
Ten years in the making; ‘When A City Rises – The People’s Story’, chronicles Christchurch’s most extraordinary decade. From despair to recovery. From grief to optimism. A people profoundly changed. A new people in a new city. The film will be screend together with When…
