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November 24, 2021
As we wrap up another year of amazing films, ADFF:ONLINE now has it all available online, including Q&A’s with the subjects themselves...and the filmmakers. Here are just a few of the films available online and the Q&A’s/conversations that follow:
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2021 / 76 mins / Austria
Directors: Benji and Jono Bergmann Language: English
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Below: Bruce Mau and Bisi Williams in conversation with Mark Busse after the
opening night screening of Mau in Vancouver...
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| Bruce Mau is a brilliantly creative optimist whose love of thorny problems led him to create a methodology for whole-system transformation. Across thirty years of design innovation, he’s collaborated with global brands and companies, leading organizations, heads of state, renowned artists, and fellow optimists. Read more |
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| | Aiyemobisi “Bisi” Williams serves as Chief Insights Officer for Massive Change Network (MCN),the design consultancy she co-founded in 2010 with Bruce Mau. Bisi combines more than 20 years of communications experience and strategic design expertise with a deep focus on innovation at the intersection of disciplines. Read more
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| | Mark Busse is a creative strategist, communication designer, engagement specialist, facilitator, and leadership coach with a strong belief in the power of curiosity, creativity, and dialogue as catalysts for positive impact and change. Mark’s career has put him on the frontier of applying design methods to Read more
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2021 / 81 mins / USA
Director: Nathan Havey
Language: English
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Below: Director Nathan Havey in conversation with ADFF Director Kyle Bergman...
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When first-time filmmaker Nathan Havey encountered Ray Anderson’s story in 2010, he began using it to teach business leaders to thrive by setting their sights beyond profit to solve humanity's most pressing problems. Now an emerging leader in the global movement to evolve capitalism, Nathan is eager to bring “the most important business story of the last 100 years” to the screen.
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Below: Director James Crump in conversation with ADFF Director Kyle Bergman...
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James Crump is an award-winning American film director, writer and producer and acclaimed art historian and curator. His feature documentaries have screened in scores of prestigious festivals worldwide and include Black White + Gray: A Portrait of Sam Wagstaff and Robert Mapplethorpe which premiered at the 2007 Tribeca Film Festival; Troublemakers: The Story of Land Art which premiered at the 2015 New York Film Festival with The Wall Street Journal declaring “takes its place among the great art documentaries of the past half century.” Read more
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From Earth to Sky
2021 / 72 mins / USA
Director: Ron Chapman
Language: English
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Below: Director Ron Chapman in a Q&A with ADFF Director Kyle Bergman...
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Director and Producer Ron Chapman is an award-winning Toronto filmmaker. His feature documentaries have garnered acclaim worldwide and have aired on major networks and platforms. They include: Who the F**K is Arthur Fogel, featuring Lady Gaga, U2, The Police, Madonna, Rush, and key music industry insiders; The Poet of Havana, with Carlos Varela, Benicio Del Toro, Jackson Browne; and The Forbidden Shore, an in-depth exploration of Cuba's top musical artists. Read more
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Below: Smithsonian's curator Christina L. De León in conversation with the stars of Mud Frontier: the designers Ronald Rael and Virginia San Fratello and the film’s director Chris J. Gauthier...
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| Prior to joining Cooper Hewitt, de León served as associate curator at Americas Society, where she organized numerous exhibitions and publications throughout her six-year tenure. She has Read more
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| | Ronald Rael is a designer, activist, trained architect, author, and Eva Li Memorial Chair in Architecture at the University of California Berkeley. He has served as Department Chair,
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| | | Virginia San Fratello is an educator, designer and creative technologist. She is the Chair of the Department of Design at San Jose State University in Silicon Valley and an International Interior |
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| | | Motivated by both the neglect of traditional adobe houses that once covered the region and the rise of concrete buildings, Studio Rael San Fratello has for the past few years been Read more |
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Holy Frit
2020 / 119 mins / USA
Director: Justin Monroe
Language: English
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Below: Artist Tim Carey and Director Justin Monroe in conversation with ADFF Festival Director Kyle Bergman...
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| I was trained in traditional drawing and painting at Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, Ca and spent the first 5 years of my career as a figurative oil painter and muralist. I discovered stained glass and specifically glass painting by chance, on a tour of The Judson Studios in
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| | | Justin’s previous feature film credits include the award-winning comedy, THE ROCK ‘N’ ROLL DREAMS OF DUNCAN CHRISTOPHER (Director/Producer), and the thriller, THE UNRAVELING (Co-writer/Producer). His latest directing/producing venture is his first feature documentary |
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| | Architect Kyle Bergman is the Architecture and Design Film Festival founder and director. He has always recognized the strong connection between film and Architecture and identifies the festival as an opportunity to educate, entertain and engage
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Openings: Gazes Beyond the Limit
2021 / 52 mins / Italy
Director: Francesca Molteni & Mattia Colombo
Language: Italian with English subtitles
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Below: Director Francesca Molteni in a Q&A with ADFF Director Kyle Bergman...
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Francesca Molteni, a graduate in philosophy at the Università degli Studi in Milan, studied film production at New York University. Since 2002, she produced and directed documentaries, tv formats, videos and installations, and curated design exhibitions. In 2009 she founded MUSE Factory of Projects, a production company based in Milan, focusing on contemporary design, architecture and culture. Read More
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Unity Temple: Frank Lloyd Wright's Modern Masterpiece
2020 / 55 mins / USA
Director: Lauren Levine
Language: English
Q&A with Lauren Levine |
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Below: Director Lauren Levine in a Q&A with ADFF Director Kyle Bergman...
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| Lauren has produced and directed hundreds of hours of network, reality, and documentary content for 20+ years in Los Angeles. Her latest venture as Producer/Director/Editor delves into a chapter in the life of America’s greatest architect, revealing the history and restoration of one of Frank Lloyd Wright’s most iconic buildings, Unity Temple. The film intersperses the architects' philosophies with quotes narrated by Brad Pitt who is an architectural enthusiast and a fan of Frank Lloyd Wright. Lauren launched her career at Whitewater Films in Los Angeles as Director of Development for Read more |
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Below: Director Marc-Christoph Wagner in a Q&A with ADFF Director Kyle Bergman...
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| Marc-Christoph Wagner was born in West Berlin in 1970 and has an advanced degree in political science from Aarhus University and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin. He has reported from Northern Europe for many years for German radio and tv. He is also chairman of the German-Danish Sankt Petri School in Copenhagen. |
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