Subject: ADFF:NY- Day 4

October 15, 2026

Today marks the halfway point of ADFF:NY presented by Eventscape! Tonight at 6:00, join us for Googie, followed by a conversation with Paul Goldberger and director Jake Gorst.

6:00 PM

Googie

2026 / 58 mins / USA

Director: Jake Gorst

NY Premiere

Q&A with Paul Goldberger and Jake Gorst
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Googie architecture was one of the most visually exuberant and culturally formative design movements of the mid-20th century, yet it remains widely misunderstood. Googie transformed everyday buildings into roadside spectacle. Coffee shops, bowling alleys, car washes, banks, and churches were designed not just for function, but to captivate motorists cruising by. Rooted in Los Angeles, the movement drew inspiration from visionary architects such as Frank Lloyd Wright and John Lautner,

6:15 PM

bauhaus forever.

2026 / 96 mins / Germany & Netherlands

Director: Nico Weber

US Premiere

Q&A with Nico Weber

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A cinematic essay on perception and the afterlife of ideas — told through a place in transition.

The Bauhaus existed for only fourteen years, yet became an idea large enough to survive its own end. The film inhabits the space in between — past and present, idea and institution, preservation and change. 

6:30 PM

Young Climate Stories 

2026 / 75 mins

Produced by The World Around 

FREE - but Tickets are required

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Young Climate Stories is a documentary series produced by The World Around that follows participants in its Young Climate Prize, a mentorship program for climate innovators under 25 from. The film program features three short films: How to Plant a Lake (14 min) A Garden in the Desert (14 min) and, The Only Way Forward (10 min). After the screenings, Beatrice Galilee, Director and Founder of The World Around, will speak with Dayana Blanco Quiroga and Sebas Acampante from the film How to Plant a Lake

8:00 PM

Máximapark- from Greenhouses to a Living Landscape

2025 / 83 mins / Netherlands

Director: Hans den Hartog

Q&A after with Hans den Hartog

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The film Máximapark is an ode to the power of collaboration, the importance of heritage, and

the beauty of a landscape in which people and nature strengthen one another. Only 25 years ago it was still home to greenhouse growers; today it is a vibrant, green icon of modern landscape architecture and community spirit. The park is a living mosaic of nature, history, and culture..

8:15 PM

Barbara Buser - Swiss Pioneer of Sustainability

2026 / 118 mins / Switzerland

Director: Gabriele Schärer

US Premiere

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Architect Barbara Buser saves buildings from demolition and rebuilds them with reused materials. She transforms former industrial sites into urban living spaces that symbolize a careful approach to our environment and to each other. As a woman who is successfully forging her own path in a male-dominated field, Barbara Buser is a role model for the younger generation, fighting for a more sustainable, fairer world.

8:45 PM

The Tower That Built A City

2026 / 92 mins / Canada

Director: Mark Myers

US Premiere

Q&A with Mark Myers

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In the 1970s, Toronto set out to build the world’s tallest tower. What rose was more than an engineering feat: it became a mirror of the city itself. 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” .


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