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…
Arne Jacobsen’s Modern Denmark is a documentary about a disobedient but talented student who became one of Denmark’s most famous designers and architects. His ideas were way ahead of their time and were often criticized. But 50 years after his death, Arne Jacobsen’s creations continue to exist around us –…
This film takes shape in the form of an investigative documentary, exploring a town adrift: Chișinău. Joined by a group of researchers, academics, architects, sociologists, urban activists and visual artists, the director probed the transformation processes and the urban planning undergone by the city before and after the proclamation of…
Everybody in the city of Havana knows that it’s better to walk in the middle of the street and not on the sidewalk, where you may be hit by a crumbling balcony. Still, the balcony is a loyal friend, connecting people with their neighbours, the hawkers, the noise and smell…
Entering the lives of the people who work or live in one of the biggest cultural Center in Europe, the directors of Barbicania paint the portrait of an unique world. From the top floor to the basement, in the concert hall, in the laundry room, in the hall ways or…
Berlin’s brutalist heritage is under fire. The city’s powerful Charité hospital wants to demolish the notorious former animal research facility known as the Mäusebunker, but a stalwart group of gallerists, architects and preservationists push to landmark and re-use this uncompromisingly unique work of architecture. Preservation can be brutal.
Berlin’s brutalist heritage is under fire. The city’s powerful Charité hospital wants to demolish the notorious former animal research facility known as the Mäusebunker, but a stalwart group of gallerists, architects and preservationists push to landmark and re-use this uncompromisingly unique work of architecture. Preservation can be brutal.
The film describes the fascinating story of the Bauhaus as a statement, failure and renewal of a social utopia. And it tells of artists, scientists and architects today who, in their examinations of current challenges, also relate to the Bauhaus. That way, the story of this unfinished utopian project with…
Best in the World provides a revealing look beyond the photogenic image of Copenhagen. The Danish capital is often considered one of the most liveable, inclusive and creative cities in the world. But this was not always the case. Thirty years ago, Copenhagen was an industrial city on the brink…
Copenhagen, once the shining example of a humane and open city that was affordable for everyone, has turned into a bubble that is only accessible to the rich. Is Copenhagen forerunner for a development that other cities still have in store or have in a similar manner already embarked on?…
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…
According to The Wall Street Journal, Bjarke Ingels has rapidly become one of the design world’s biggest stars’ and his name recently appeared in TIME’S 100 Most Influential People. An intimate insight into the life of a genius innovative mind and his struggle to maintain his own persona while making…
