Subject: ADFF:NY - Day 2

October 13, 2023


ADFF:NY is off to a great start with a sold-out screening of Modernism, Inc. and a lively party at the Moxy! If you missed the film, there's still time to get tickets for the second screening this Saturday at 8:30pm.


Here are some photos from an excellent opening night:

Festival Director Kyle Bergman introduces the opening night film.

Jason Cohn - Modernism, Inc. Director (center left), Camille Servan-Schreiber - Modernism, Inc. Producer (center right), and Fred Noyes - Architect, son of Eliot Noyes (right) speak after the opening night screening.

Ahmed Dadou, Consul General of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in New York, introduced the double-feature screening of TerraForma and House of Adaptation.

A fun opening night party at The Moxy.

Jesse Lazar - AIA New York Executive Director (center right) and Diana Darling - President/Co-Founder of The Architect's Newspaper (far right) with other partygoers at The Moxy.

David Salaz - Ernest NY Business Development Associate (left), Benjamin Talpe - Renson East Coast Sales Director (center), and Andrea Zaghi - Renson US Marketing Manager (right).

ADFF:NY October 13

6 Film Programs

FILM GUIDE | SCHEDULE

6:00 PM - SOLD OUT

Emotional Architecture 1959 (US Premiere)

2022 / 29 min / Spain

Director: León Siminiani

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Soviet Bus Stops (US Premiere)

2022 / 56 min / Canada, Denmark

Director: Kristoffer Hegnsvad

Co-presented by the Consulate General of Denmark in New York and C Suite NY


Tonight's screening is sold out, but the rush line starts at 5:30!

6:15 PM - Buy Tickets

Best in the World (NY Premiere)

2022 / 56 min / Denmark

Director: Hans Christian Post

Co-presented by the Consulate General of Denmark in New York and the Ministry of Culture Denmark


Best in the World offers a closer look at Copenhagen's journey from an industrial city on the brink of bankruptcy to one of the world’s most livable cities. Through conversations with architects, activists, and writers, the film asks us to consider who ultimately benefits from the desirable new city.


This screening is followed by a Q&A with director Hans Christian Post.

6:30 PM - Buy Tickets

2023 / 84 min / Switzerland

Directors: Karin Bucher & Thomas Karrer

Co-presented by the Consulate General of Switzerland in New York


Architect Le Corbusier's utopic vision for Chandigarh came into being 70 years ago at a time of unrest, resettlement, and the partition of India. The Power of Utopia follows four cultural producers in Chandigarh and asks what can be gleaned from attempts at utopia.


This screening is followed by a conversation between Podcaster Avery Trufelman and Journalist Diana Budds.

8:45 PM - Buy Tickets

Life, Assembled

2022 / 70 min / Belgium

Director: Elodie Degavre


Architect and director Elodie Degavre looks back on a little-known chapter of Belgian Architectural history – the story of a post-modern enclave in an otherwise traditional Belgian countryside. Along the way, we learn of a building designed by medical students and hear from legendary architects like Simone and Lucien Kroll.


This screening is followed by a Q&A with director Elodie Degavre.

9:00 PM - Buy Tickets

veins (World Premiere)

2023 / 45 min / Romania

Directors: Laurian Ghinițoiu and Arata Mori

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Point of Origin (US Premiere)

2023 / 45 min / Netherlands

Director: Frans Parthesius


The two films in this double-feature focus on what we can learn from the strengths and restrictions of materials.


This screening is followed by a conversation between Architect Joshua Ramus of REX, veins director Laurian Ghinițoiu, and Josephine Minutillo, the Editor-in-Chief of Architectural Record.

9:15 PM - Buy Tickets

Rehab (from rehab) (US Premiere)

2023 / 86 min / France, Italy

Directors: Louise Lemoine and Ila Beka

Co-presented by the Consulate General of Switzerland in New York


Through a series of vignettes of patients going through physical rehabilitation at Swiss Architects Herzog & De Meuron’s REHAB center in Basel, Rehab (from rehab) demonstrates how a building itself can contribute to patients’ recovery stories.


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