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,…
Walking on Water follows internationally renowned artist Christo on his quest to realize “The Floating Piers”, originally conceived in 1970 by Christo and his late wife and collaborator, Jeanne-Claude. In 2016, seven years after Jeanne-Claude’s death, this stunning, site-specific masterpiece was finally cleared to be mounted on Italy’s Lake Iseo,…
Acclaimed director Carlos Saura portrays the evolution and relationship of art with the wall as a creative canvas, travelling from the first graphic revolutions of the prehistoric caves to the most avant-garde urban expressions. A thrilling and personal journey in the company of figures including Miquel Barceló (the first contemporary…
The renowned director Carlos Saura illustrates the evolution and relationship of art with the wall as a creative canvas, traveling from prehistoric cave paintings to the most avant-garde expressions of urban art. An emotional and personal journey in the company of artists such as Miquel Barceló (the first living contemporary…
The creation of the Warsaw Ghetto as seen from both sides of the Ghetto wall, and its legacy in today’s city. New light on a tragic time of division, destruction and mass murder, incorporating unknown amateur Polish 8mm found footage and survivor testimony. In 1941 soon after the creation of…
Filmed in ultra high-definition and imbued with spectacular aerial perspectives, this documentary shows us that water is a defining element for our planet, reminding us at the same time of the need we harbor for it. In Watermark, the viewer dives in a world defined by this force of nature,…
This film focuses on the way the UNHCR manages camps that shelter more than 16 million refugees all around the world, creating a virtual country as large as the Netherlands. How does the UNHCR deal with the urgent needs of thousands of new refugees that arrive each day? How has…
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…
When We Live Alone explores the ways in which we live alone together in contemporary cities. The unprecedented growth of urban dwellers living on their own challenges normative ideas about the home and raises questions about how this change in social structure and lifestyle affects cities as a whole. While…
When We Live Alone explores the ways in which we live alone, yet together, in contemporary cities. The unprecedented increase in the number of people living alone challenges theories about housing and raises questions about how this change in social structure and people’s lifestyles affects cities as a whole. Through…
When you return I’ll be living by the waterside is about the clash between an ambitious architect and his passionate client during the creative process of designing a perfect home. The film is a meticulous ode to an imaginary space built on conflicting interests, unanswered desires and fallen dreams.For a…
