Films Bring Us in From the Cold

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January 27, 2026

No snow days for the team at ADFF! Just this week, we've got a festival and two special screenings. Then we head to Chicago for our final festival of the 2025/26 season. Our Wednesday screening of Prickly Mountain and My Design Build Life in Boston is sold out, as is our Thursday screening of The Harvard 5: A Story of Love, Architecture, and a Design Revolution in New York.

There are still some tickets available for Humanity in Architecture, our collaboration with Grace Farms. This year's theme is We All Build, focusing on the power of collaborative design to change the world. Trust us, you don't want to miss the chance to experience the beautiful scenery, good films, and fascinating conversations.

Below are highlights from Humanity in Architecture, January 30-31 at Grace Farms. Click here to get your tickets today.

Gateways to New York

2018 / 88 min / Switzerland

Gateways to New York chronicles the extraordinary career of Swiss structural engineer Othmar H. Ammann, who emigrated to New York in 1904 and transformed the skyline with groundbreaking bridge designs. The film places his work within the sweeping story of 20th-century America: the Roaring Twenties, the Great Depression, mass motorization, suburbanization, and post-war prosperity.

The Promise: Architect B.V. Doshi

2023 / 90 min / Germany

The Promise honors the late B.V. Doshi, one of modern architecture’s most revered figures. Known for his captivating designs and deeply humanist philosophy, Doshi’s legacy extends beyond buildings—it lives in the countless lives he touched through teaching, collaboration, and generosity.

Integral Man

2016 / 62 min / Canada

Mathematician Jim Stewart, one of the most published in the world, spent a decade designing Integral House—a Toronto home that reflects his twin obsessions: curves and music. Integral Man is a meditative portrait of Stewart’s passions, pairing exquisite visuals and sound with the story of a life lived through beauty and intellect.

Next month at ADFF:Chicago, February 19-22, we return to our 2025/26 programming for the last time. Click here to buy tickets for Chicago screenings. Below are two ADFF:Chicago films about unique characters who boldly shape the world around them.

Identita: Film o českém grafickém designu (2024) - TRAILER HD

Identity: A Czech Graphic Design Love Story

2024 / 85 min / Czech Republic

What does a country’s design aesthetic reveal about its identity? We follow Nicholas Lowry, a Czech-American auctioneer and obsessive collector who returns to his ancestral homeland to investigate a design tradition, a national identity, and himself.

The Space Architect

2025 / 40 min / US

Meet trailblazing architect Constance Adams, whose groundbreaking work at NASA reimagined how humans might live in outer space. Filmed just four days before her death, The Space Architect captures Adams reflecting on her extraordinary career and her final, passionate focus towards Earth.

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