April 15

WTO/99

An immersive archival documentary that reanimates the clash between the then-emerging World Trade Organization and the more than 40,000 people who took to the streets of Seattle to protest the WTO’s impacts on human rights, labor, and the environment.

April 15

Agatha’s Almanac *SOLD OUT*

Defying modernity, 90-year-old Agatha forges a solitary existence on her ancestral farm, preserving heirloom seeds in her handmade universe.

April 16

A+DFF: Máximapark – From Greenhouses to a Living Landscape

In the heart of the Randstad lies a unique part of the Netherlands: Máximapark. Just 25 years ago, this area was home to greenhouse growers; today it is a vibrant green icon of contemporary landscape architecture and community spirit.

April 16

A+DFF: Prickly Mountain and My Design/Build Life

In the late ’60s and ’70s, a group of architects landed in Vermont with big ideas and a simple plan: to stop just designing buildings and start making them too.

April 16

A+DFF: The First Siza

The First Siza is a documentary about the Four Houses, the first project by Álvaro Siza, designed while he was still a student, and the impact of architecture on people's lives.

April 17

A+DFF: Gardens of Fez

The narrow streets of the old city of Fez wind around walled houses, crumbling palaces and quiet courtyards. Rajae, a schoolteacher, reminisces about the gardens and streams–places once alive with mystery and discovery–that have now fallen into neglect or vanished entirely.

April 17

A+DFF: Out of The Picture

For centuries women have designed spaces, built projects, and transformed architecture. Yet they remain largely invisible in official narratives. This film investigates: why this exclusion? Who organizes and perpetuates it?

April 17

A+DFF: Rule of Stone

Rule of Stone reflects how design, material and policy intersect in one of the world’s most historically and politically complex places.

April 18

A+DFF: Archishorts Screening & Awards Ceremony

April 18

A+DFF: 27 Storeys

The largest social housing park in Austria, called Alterlaa, and its former promise of happiness to its residents is the subject of the humorous debut documentary 27 Storeys by Bianca Gleissinger.

April 18

A+DFF: AKRIS: Fashion With a Heritage

For the first time in its 100-year history, the fashion house Akris grants exclusive access to a documentary film. After more than four decades at its creative helm, Creative Director Albert Kriemler allows a camera into the atelier, offering a rare glimpse into a world usually hidden from view.

April 18

A+DFF: Googie

A definitive feature-length documentary on a pivotal chapter of Modern architecture, this Design Onscreen production directed by award-winning filmmaker Jake Gorst explores the bold, exuberant world of Googie design.