DAY 2 - ADFF:Toronto

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Nov 3, 2022

Last night we kicked off ADFF:Toronto — presented by Eventscape — with a great evening of parties, fun, and an inspiring film.

This evening we're screening four films, all featuring projects from well-known architects including Carlo Scarpa, Aldo Rossi, Winy Mass, and Alison and Peter Smithsonian.

ADFF:Toronto Nov 3
4 Film Programs + 1 Presentation
Click the links for more information, trailers, showtimes, and to purchase tickets.

FILM GUIDE | SCHEDULE

Robin Hood Gardens - Canada Premiere

2022 / 90 min / Germany

Directors: Thomas Beyer, Adrian Dorschner

6:30 - Buy Tickets

This film had its world premiere last month at ADFF:NY and has been widely seen around the world in the last month.

Robin Hood Gardens is a story of complexity and contradiction in modern architecture. Built by British architects Alison & Peter Smithson, the controversial East-London council estate was not only unloved by its first residents in 1972 but also garnered divisive responses from internationally-renowned critics. Decades later, the brutalist building was demolished to pave the way for site redevelopment yet simultaneously exhibited at the Venice Biennale. In light of the estate’s 50th anniversary, the documentary offers surprising insights from residents and critics and presents a second look at the construction of the ostracized project.

After the screening, Azure Senior Editor Stefan Novakovic will talk with Architect Michael McClelland, Founding Principal of ERA Architects, about public housing in Toronto.

Concrete Landscape - Canada Premiere

2022 / 72 min / Brazil

Directors: Laura Artigas, Luiz Ferraz

6:45 - Buy Tickets

Concrete Landscape presents a narrative view of the life of Portuguese architect Alvaro Siza, highlighting small strokes of remarkable moments that have changed and influenced his work and daily life. The film explores his relationship with Brazil, including his familial roots and the Ibere Camargo Institution – Siza’s only building in his home country.

Beyond the Life of Forms - Canada Premiere

2021 / 63 min / Italy

Directors: Francesco Conversano, Nene Grignaffini

9:00 - Buy Tickets

Beyond the Life of Forms is a story dedicated to two works by two great Italian architects of the twentieth century – Carlo Scarpa’s Brion funeral complex in San Vito d’Altivole and Aldo Rossi’s San Cataldo Cemetery in Modena. The film layers architectural images and spoken words from the architect of record and others’ voices, demonstrating the contrast in Scarpa and Rossi’s work and thus their respective views about life on this earth and afterlife. The audience embarks on two separate emotional and symbolic journeys into the visionary universe of the two architects – a trip beyond the life of forms.

Under Tomorrow’s Sky

2021 / 71 min / Netherlands

Director: Jan Louter

9:15 - Buy Tickets

Renowned architect and urbanist Winy Maas is passionate about finding innovative solutions for the city of the future. As the co-founder of MVRDV Architects and director of The Why Factory think tank at the Delft University of Technology, Maas advocates for ‘high rises on a human scale’ – stacked structural volumes with open spaces and greenery around them that feel like vertical villages – instead of uniform tower blocks. From sincere discussions with clients to challenging design meetings and construction site visits in Asia, Under Tomorrow’s Sky provides a behind-the-scenes glimpse into Maas’ professional life and explores how his designs can keep future cities compact and livable.