Subject: Climate on Our Minds
Climate on Our Minds
September 16th, 2026 at 4:25 pm EDTView onlineSeptember 16, 2026A few years ago, during an ADFF Q A with designer Bruce Mau, he made a memorable observation, We have designed our way into this (climate)problem and we are going to have to design our way out of it. Next week, is Clim ...
ADFF:NY Tickets on Sale Now
September 9th, 2026 at 4:54 pm EDTView onlineSeptember 9, 2026 Tickets are now on sale for ADFF:NY! This season, we’ve selected 11 feature-length films, with each film screening two or three times throughout the festival, giving you plenty of opportunities to see the films that i ...
ADFF Launches Its 18th Season!
August 28th, 2026 at 1:32 pm EDTView onlineAugust 28, 2026 Hello everyone! We are living through interesting times. As we get ready for fall, we’re also preparing for another season of some of the best and brightest films from around the world, exploring where design connects ...
ADFF - Summer is almost here!
June 16th, 2026 at 10:48 am EDTView onlineJune, 15 2026 The days are getting longer and summer is almost here. ADFF Summer is focused on previewing new films for our next season. Each year, ADFF receives submissions from filmmakers around the world capturing the stories of the b ...
ADFF Spring is here with new screenings and series!
April 9th, 2026 at 12:15 pm EDTView onlineApril 09, 2026 The 2025/26 ADFF festival season may have officially wrapped, but the conversation around architecture and film never stops. While we prepare for our 2026/27 season, we continue our focus to the creators and special screen ...
ADFF 2025/26 Festival Season Wraps — More Screenings Ahead
February 27th, 2026 at 12:01 pm EDTView onlineFebruary 27, 2026 We’ve just wrapped up the 2025/26 ADFF festival season. While the main season has concluded, we’ll continue to host special screenings and events in the coming months, leading up to the launch of our 2026/27 season ...
Q&As Not To Be Missed
February 17th, 2026 at 6:03 pm EDTView onlineFebruary 17, 2026 ADFF:Chicago starts this Thursday with opening night at the Chicago Cultural Center (sold out), followed by three days of screenings at the Gene Siskel Film Center. As always, we have an amazing lineup of speakers. Tick ...
2026/27 Film Submission Opens & Grace Farms Highlights
February 9th, 2026 at 1:42 pm EDTView onlineFebruary 9, 2026Call For Films It's that time of year! ADFF is accepting submissions for our 2026/27 season. As always, we're looking for architecture and design stories that are also fundamentally human stories. We welcome it all—from ...
ADFF:Chicago Films
February 4th, 2026 at 4:13 pm EDTView onlineFebruary 4, 2026 We're gearing up for ADFF's final festival of the season. This year, the iconic Chicago Cultural Center will host ADFF:Chicago's opening night. Then we'll move to the School of the Art Institute of Chicago's Gene Siskel ...
Films Bring Us in From the Cold
January 27th, 2026 at 3:40 pm EDTView onlineJanuary 27, 2026 No snow days for the team at ADFF! Just this week, we've got a festival and two special screenings. Then we head to Chicago for our final festival of the 2025/26 season. Our Wednesday screening of Prickly Mountain and My ...