2 x 8 Minutes About Timișoara (De 2 x 8 minute despre Timișoara) – Mirel Ilieșiu, 1969, 20 min In Beloved Bucharest (În Bucureștiul iubit) – Ion Grigorescu, 1977, 3 min Special Edition – Republica Factories (Ediție specială – Uzinele Republica)…
Beauty Accompanies Our Steps (Frumosul ne însoțește pașii) – Savel Stiopul, 1960, 9 min On the Streets of the City (Pe străzile orașului) – Zoltan Terner, 1980, 10 min (2023 edition) Houses – Our Friends (Casele – prietenele noastre) – Mirel Ilieșiu, 1974, 12 min Know That I Am Well…
When a foreign-owned developer seeks to destroy Spadina Gardens, a quirky cast of unlikely activists battle to safeguard a Toronto historical landmark they consider themselves the caretakers of. Built in 1904, the half-block mid-rise apartment complex at Spadina and Lowther is the oldest Toronto building to maintain its original floor…
A documentary film about Hans Fackelmann, a prominent architect from the Banat region, showcasing powerful stories and documents from his discreet life.
This beautiful, charming, cinematic documentary captures a community project over 130 years in the making. On a small island in the middle of the Irish sea, a giant derelict pier juts out into the rough sea. Closed for decades, now the town is getting a new lease of life thanks…
As a visibly disabled person, filmmaker Reid Davenport sets out to make a film about how he sees the world, from either his wheelchair or his two feet, without having to be seen himself. The unexpected arrival of a circus tent outside his apartment in Oakland, CA leads him to consider the history and legacy of P.T. Barnum’s Freak Show and its lingering presence in his daily life in the form of gawking, lack of access, and other forms of ableism.
First project of the Living Architectures series, Koolhaas Houselife portrays one of the masterpieces of contemporary architecture.
Living Together: The Story of De Warren is a documentary about the establishment of Housing Cooperative De Warren.
The documentary follows experts from across Europe as they explain why demolishing buildings wastes homes, jobs, energy, and history. The film shows the darker side of the real estate speculation, then reveals how renovation and transformation are real alternatives. At the same time it proposes a change of direction, where…
London, 1972 – the city is growing, and with it the need to house working populations. Post-war values of social welfare make experimenting with new forms of housing possible, ushering in an era of modernist, utopian projects. Among the most daring and innovative, Peter and Alison Smithson’s Robin Hood Gardens…
An international tech entrepreneur purchases an impossibly narrow piece of steep mountain slope in Austria, where he grew up. The building site will only allow for a 4-meter-wide house. This challenge sparks the interest of well-known architect and founding partner of OMA Rem Koolhaas.
Balkrishna Doshi (1927-2023) is one of India's most influential 20th century architects and recipient of the Pritzker Architecture Prize. Doshi and his practice Vastu-Shilpa has a portfolio spanning over 70 years, including collaborations with both Le Corbusier and Louis Kahn.
The film follows, over the course of 20 years, artist Boris Bakal’s efforts to rehabilitate a residential building in Zagreb—a masterpiece of modernist architecture—by mobilizing the local community of co-owners and residents. The building becomes a metaphor for Croatian and Eastern European society, reflecting its dynamics, antagonisms,…
