ADFF:NY Sept 28-Oct 2
15 Film Programs
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FILM GUIDE | SCHEDULE
Fashion Reimagined (Opening night - Sept 28)
2022 / 92 min / UK / Program 1
Director: Becky Hunter
Co-presented by Design For Freedom
Can one woman change the course of an entire industry? Maybe.
Under Tomorrow's Sky - US Premiere
2021 / 71 min / Netherlands / Program 2
Director: Jan Louter
Co-presented by Eventscape and Dutch Cultures USA
Architect Winy Maas, Founder and Co-parter of MVRDV is passionate about finding innovative solutions for the city.
Robin Hood Gardens - World Premiere
2022 / 90 min / Germany / Program 3
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.
Builders, Housewives and the Construction of Modern Athens - US Premiere
2021 / 87 min / Greece / Program 4
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.
Beyond the Life of Forms - US Premiere
2021 / 63 min / Italy / Program 5
Directors: Francesco Conversano, Nene Grignaffini
Carlo Scarpa’s Brion funeral complex VR; Aldo Rossi's San Cataldo Cemetery
Building Bastille! The Tangled and Improbable story of the Opera Bastille -
US Premiere
2021 / 76 min / Canada / Program 6
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?
Grethe Meyer – The Danish Porcelain Queen - US Premiere
2021 / 61 min / Denmark / Program 7
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.
Alice Street
2020 / 70 min / USA / Program 8
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.
Vladimir Kagan: A Life of Design
2021 / 30 min / USA / Program 9
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 / Program 9
Directors: Gavin Froome, Mike Bernard
Born in Jamaica but living in Vancouver, this film highlights Henriquez's art and sculptures alongside his architectural practice.
Maija Isola – Master of Colour and Form - US Premiere
2021 / 90 min / Finland / Program 10
Director: Leena Kilpeläinen
Co-presented by Consulate General of Finland, New York
Finnish artist Maija Isola was one of the first designers of Marimekko
GES-2
2021 / 77 min / Russia / Program 11
Director: Nastia Korkia
Renzo Piano transforms a former power plant in Moscow into a new cultural institution, providing cultural energy for all.
Committee of Six
2022 / 37 min / US / Program 12
Director: Fred Schmidt-Arenales
Segregated by Design
2020 / 17 min / US / Program 12
Director: Mark Lopez
The two films in Program 12 explore the discriminatory practice of redlining.
Concrete Landscape - US Premiere
2022 / 72 min / Brazil / Program 13
Directors: Laura Artigas, Luiz Ferraz
The film explores the architect Álvaro Siza's only building in his home country of Brazil.
Bawa's Garden - US Premiere
2022 / 84 min / UK / Program 14
Director: Clara Kraft Isono
A road movie searching for the work of renowned Sri Lankan architect Geoffrey Bawa, a leading voice in tropical modernism.
A World to Shape - US Premiere
2022 / 52 min / Netherlands / Program 15
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.
