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.
April 18
A+DFF: The Great Arch
1983. French President François Mitterrand decides to launch an international architectural competition for the flagship project of his mandate: the Great Arch of La Défense, aligned with the Louvre and the Arc de Triomphe.
April 19
A+DFF: The New Museum
When a new National Museum is being built in Norway, everybody does their very best to make the best museum possible. But what does “best” really mean?
April 19
A+DFF: Two Chairs
A philosophical journey into the world of chairs: conversations with design icons about aesthetics and functionality.