Subject: ADFF:NY Day 4

October 1, 2022


We could not have requested better weather this weekend for a film festival. Pale grey, not too cold, and a little rain - a perfect combination to come to the theatre for films. Today we have 12 screenings starting at 1:45. The last film begins at 9:15.

ADFF:NY October 1
12 Film Programs
Click the links for more information, trailers, showtimes, and to purchase tickets.

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2020 / 70 min / USA

Director: Spencer Wilkinson

Co-presented by National Building Museum

A compelling story of how artists in Oakland came together as a community demonstrates that gentrification has a better chance of success when communities work in unison with developers.


Reserve Seats - 1:45

2021 / 63 min / Italy

Directors: Francesco Conversano, Nene Grignaffini

Carlo Scarpa’s Brion funeral complex VR; Aldo Rossi's San Cataldo Cemetery


Reserve Seats - 2:15

 

Program 9: 2 short films

Vladimir Kagan: A Life of Design

2021 / 30 min / USA

Directors: Edgar Howard, Elisabeth Clark, Thomas Piper

Co-presented by Holly Hunt
A portrait of the iconic Vladimir Kagan, furniture designer, sculptor, and writer.

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Richard Henriquez: Building Stories

US Premiere

2022 / 30 min / Canada

Directors: Gavin Froome, Mike Bernard

Born in Jamaica but living in Vancouver, this film highlights Henriquez's art and sculptures alongside his architectural practice.


Get Tickets - 2:45

Maija Isola – Master of Colour and Form - US Premiere

2021 / 90 min / Finland

Director: Leena Kilpeläinen

Co-presented by Consulate General of Finland, New York

Finnish artist Maija Isola was one of the first designers of Marimekko


Get Tickets - 4:00

Builders, Housewives and the Construction of Modern Athens - US Premiere

2021 / 87 min / Greece

Directors: Tassos Langis, Yiannis Gaitanidis

Co-presented by Onassis Foundation

This film unveils a new perspective of the city of Athens, examining the most distinctive building type – the polykatoikía.


Q&A with the directors


Get Tickets - 4:15

 

Program 12: 2 short films

Segregated by Design

2020 / 17 min / US

Director: Mark Lopez

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Committee of Six

2022 / 37 min / US

Director: Fred Schmidt-Arenales


The two films in Program 12 explore the discriminatory practice of redlining.


Q&A with the director of Committee of Six


Get Tickets - 4:30

Grethe Meyer – The Queen of Danish Design - US Premiere

2021 / 61 min / Denmark

Director: Isabel Bernadette Brammer

Co-presented by Suite NY & Danish Consulate New York

A pioneering architect who, despite her enormous consequences, created classic Danish designs such as the Royal Copenhagen Blue Edge set.


Get Tickets - 6:30

A World to Shape - US Premiere

2022 / 52 min / Netherlands

Director: Ton van Zantvoort

Co-presented by Dutch Cultures USA

Nienke Hoogvliet and Dave Hakkens represent a new generation of contemporary Dutch designers who don't care about existing boundaries between art, design and science.

 

Get Tickets - 6:45

Building Bastille! The Tangled and Improbable story of the Opera Bastille -

US Premiere

2021 / 76 min / Canada

Director: Leif Kaldor

A half-billion dollar project, a crushing architectural challenge, an impossible deadline, two warring political titans, and a blind competition. What could go wrong?


Get Tickets - 7:00

Robin Hood Gardens - World Premiere

2022 / 90 min / Germany

Directors: Thomas Beyer, Adrian Dorschner

Co-presented by Goethe Institute New York and Swiss Consulate New York

A story of complexity and contradiction in modern architecture about Alison & Peter Smithson's controversial public housing project.


Get Tickets - 8:45

Under Tomorrow's Sky  - US Premiere

2021 / 71 min / Netherlands

Director: Jan Louter

Co-presented by Eventscape and Dutch Cultures USA

Architect Winy Maas, Founder and Co-Partner of MVRDV, is passionate about finding innovative solutions for the city.


Get Tickets - 9:00

GES-2 

2021 / 77 min / Russia

Director: Nastia Korkia

Renzo Piano transforms a former power plant in Moscow into a new cultural institution, providing cultural energy for all.


Get Tickets - 9:15

Some photos from last night:

Adrian Dorschner (Architect & Co-Director of Robin Hood Gardens), Helene Binet (Photographer), Thomas Beyer (Journalist & Co-Director of Robin Hood Gardens)

Ambassador Jarmo Sareva (Consulate General of Finland in New York)

Builders, Housewives, and the Construction of Modern Athens Q&A - Yiannis Gaitanidis (Co-Director) , Tassos Langis (Co-Director) Ioanna Theocharopoulou (Author), Ruth Samalo (ADFF Senior Programer)

 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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