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The film invites viewers to reflect on the transformative journey from a raw, anonymous block of marble to a meticulously crafted building.
10 Minutes’ Mayors. A part of Actopolis/Bucharest-South
Inhabitants of the Southern (the less privileged and known) part of Bucharest were invited to imagine that the area has become an independent city and that they were elected its mayors. They received a (mobile) office and some official insignia. The game turned into serious business when the mayors had…
16 DISTRICT, 16 FLOORS, 16 PEOPLE
16 District, 16 Floors, 16 People”, is a short film featuring a district in Yerevan, Armenia, where the legacy of the Soviet Union still occupies the minds and daily lives of the residents living in these huge unfinished monolithic structures built to write the letters CCCP.The film highlights the communities…
60 Elephants. Episodes of a Theory
In 60 Elephants, Michael Klein and Sasha Pirker portray the thoughts and work of Yona Friedman, a ninety-five-year-old French architect and humanist who was awarded the Friedrich Kiesler prize in 2018. Friedman developed visions of an improvisation-capable, mobile architecture for a migrating global society as early as the 1950s and…
A walnut tree
What does a refugee camp look like? An elderly man tells us the story of his homelands, while his longing for home follows him far and near. He wants to go back, but that place is no longer there. His family, just like himself, have been forced to leave Pakistan…
All The Memory Of The World
An essay on the organisation of the Bibliothèque nationale de France, which is seen as a metaphor for the momory of the world. An homage to all its employees who file, register and watch over its valuable content and without whom it would remain inaccessible. Part of Le cœur battant…
Always on the run, but not today
An unexpected story in an unexpected environment. The movie unraveles the story of a man who motivated a whole village to practice eco-friendly methods. An example of good local practice that changes a boy’s life and his family’s. Small actions, great reactions. The film will be followed by a Q&A…
Amare Gio Ponti
This film is meant as a portrayal of the man and architect Gio Ponti. Throughout his career (which surpasses 50 years), Ponti has experimented with arts, crafts, objects, architecture and materials; his creation ranged from small to big – from the creation of a doorknob, to the urban planning of…
ANTHROPOCENE: The Human Epoch
Third in a trilogy that includes Manufactured Landscapes (2006) and Watermark (2013), the film follows the research of an international body of scientists, the Anthropocene Working Group who, after nearly 10 years of research, are arguing that the Holocene Epoch gave way to the Anthropocene Epoch in the mid-twentieth century,…
Aquarius
Clara, a 65 year old widow and retired music critic, was born into a wealthy and traditional family in Recife, Brazil. She is the last resident of the Aquarius, an original two-story building, built in the 1940s, in the upper-class, seaside Boa Viagem Avenue, Recife. All the neighboring apartments have…
Archival Films: City, Art, and Artists
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)…
Archival Films: Exploring the Socialist City
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…