ADFF:NY- Day 2 & Opening Night Recap

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October 13, 2026

Last night, we celebrated a wonderful opening night screening at MoMA, followed by a party hosted by Eventscape. Take a look at the photos in the header!

ADFF now moves to Village East by Angelika at 189 2nd Avenue. We look forward to seeing you at the screenings!

6:00 PM

The World in a Square

2026 / 72 mins / France, Italy / Directors: Ila Beka and Louise Lemoine / US Premiere

After the screening, a Q&A with directors Ila Beka and Louise Lemoine and Landscape Architect Martin Rein-Cano.

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THE WORLD IN A SQUARE - Trailer - Bêka & Lemoine

Iman, Peter, Johanne, Kala, and Elisa seem to have little in common at first glance. A political activist, an astronomer, a tattoo artist, a cook, and a babysitter rarely cross paths. What connects them is that they all live in Nørrebro, Denmark’s most socially and ethnically diverse neighbourhood. Over ten years ago, a park was built at its heart to bring the community together. Like a village square where the world converges, Superkilen quickly became both a landmark and a vibrant civic hub.

6:15 PM

OUT OF THE PICTURE

2025 / 88 mins / Belgium Director: An. Ash Smolar / US Premiere

After the film Q&A with director An. Ash Smolar

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Out of the Picture explores the invisibilisation of women in the history of architecture, a discipline long dominated by men. Through the voices of architects, including Denise Scott Brown, historians, and researchers, the film investigates the cultural and institutional mechanisms that erased their contributions, while highlighting the solidarities and strategies they develop today to reclaim visibility and legitimacy. Through archives, interviews, and animated sequences, the documentary reveals how power and history determine who gains access to the frame and who remains excluded.

Co-presented by

Wallonie-Bruxelles International (WBI)

8:15 PM

MUNDO FRÁGIL

2026 / 102 mins / Italy/France Directors: Ila Beka and Louise Lemoine / World Premiere

Q&A after with the directors, Ila Beka and Louise Lemoine.

SOLD OUT - Rush line starts at 8:00

MUNDO FRÁGIL - Bêka & Lemoine with Smiljan Radić

MUNDO FRÁGIL is a road movie that takes artist-filmmakers Ila Bêka and Louise Lemoine across Chile with architect Smiljan Radić, from the Atacama Desert to the Cordillera mountains. Known for their anthropological and often humorous approach to architectural subjects, Bêka & Lemoine turn their lens on one of Latin America's most singular architectural minds: a Chilean of Croatian heritage whose work refuses easy categorization, threading together primitive construction logic, sculptural thinking, and a deep attunement to landscape and material. Winner of the 2026 Pritzker Architecture Prize, Radić has long worked out of an intentionally small Santiago practice, producing buildings that move between the rough and the delicate, the geological and the handmade. The Chilean terrain becomes the frame through which the film asks how place, myth, and physical matter shape an architect's imagination.

8:45 PM

The Tower That Built A City

2026 / 92 mins / Canada / Director: Mark Myers / US Premiere

Q&A with director Mark Myers
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Hot Docs 2026 Trailer: THE TOWER THAT BUILT A CITY

In the 1970s, Toronto set out to build the world’s tallest tower- partly out of necessity, to restore failing broadcast signals, and partly to escape Montreal’s shadow. What rose was more than an engineering feat: it became a mirror of the city itself. Told through six chapters, the story follows the CN Tower as a living character - conceived in ambition, tested in construction, dismissed as kitsch, and ultimately reborn as an icon. Alongside the tower’s arc, Toronto’s own transformation unfolds: from an overlooked “second city” to a cultural force in sports, music, and global identity.

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