Lewerentz Divine Darkness (2024)

A group of young architects, confined to a forest in Barcelona during the COVID crisis, explore the problems generated by the ambition of wanting to be completely self-sufficient.

This captivating exploration of Alvar Aalto, the defining figure in Scandic design and one of Europe's greatest modern architects, focuses on his remarkable and loving partnership with wife, Aino. Theirs was a profoundly humanist vision that put people at the centre of design, and ranged from work in furniture design through to huge architectural projects. They mixed with, and influenced, major figures of modernist art and design including Le Corbusier, Gropius, Moholy-Nagy, and Frank Lloyd Wright. Come on a cinematic tour of their iconic buildings all over the world, from a library in Russia, a student dormitory at MIT, an art collector's private house near Paris, to a pavilion in Venice. Narrated by experts in the field and featuring never before seen archive footage, Aalto tells the love story of an extraordinary couple with a great passion for human scale architecture.

Koolhaas Houselife portrays one of the masterpieces of contemporary architecture. The film lets the viewer enter into the house's daily intimacy through the stories and daily chores of Guadalupe Acedo, the housekeeper, and the other people who look after the building. Pungent, funny and touching.

In Barcelona, the Casa Batlló alone sums up the genius of Antoni Gaudí. During the exhibition devoted to it by the Musée d'Orsay, we take a guided tour of this eccentric, colorful residence, completed in 1906.

Diller Scofidio + Renfro has long been at the forefront of design with provocative exhibitions that blurred the boundaries between art and architecture. This film captures their extraordinary evolution and unique process in reimagining the public identities of Lincoln Center and the once derelict High Line railroad tracks.

Vertical Expectations is a documentary that explores the nexus between architecture, development and society through an ethnographic analysis of the current building of the Shard.

The Spirit in Architecture examines the work of John Lautner, one of the most visionary and profound architects, who began his career in Los Angeles in the 1930's. This illuminating journey into Lautner's world features never before seen footage from his apprenticeship with Frank Lloyd Wright at Taliesin; extensive documentation of his extraordinary buildings; and interviews with historians, critics, collaborators, clients, and Lautner himself, which put his achievements in perspective. his building's use in feature films and his Googie's coffee shop design demonstrate his contribution to popular culture.

Aspectos da cidade de Congonhas do Campo. A preponderância da arquitetura barroca, a Basílica do Senhor Bom Jesus de Matozinho, as seis capelas na esplanada que conduz ao Morro do Maranhão. Cada capela contém estátuas representando momentos da Paixão de Cristo. Enquanto na primeira capela há figuração da Santa Ceia, na segunda há a cena do Passo Horto. O beijo da traição e o encarceramento de Cristo constituem a cena da terceira capela. Na quarta estão reunidas duas cenas: a coroação e a flagelação. Na quinta, Cristo carrega a cruz e a crucificação é figurada na sexta capela. Os doze apóstolos de Aleijadinho e as inscrições latinas de cada um deles. O interior da Basílica e seu altar mor, com a figura do Senhor Morto.

A commissioned film for Schweizerischer Werkbund (SWB), Die neue Wohnung was produced for the Basel architectural and interior design exhibition, WOBA, to demonstrate innovative aspects of modern architecture and highlight their differences from the event’s highly conservative approach. Despite its ad campaign roots, Richter's touch is not absent; The surviving version, aimed at a "bourgeois" Swiss public, presents decluttered, functional architecture and decor as superior to the traditional and luxurious "ancient" ways of living.

Dresden is famous for its attempt to meticulously reconstruct its once bombed-out historical center and bring the colorful baroque settings of the 18th century back to life. It’s infamous for the right-wing-surge that has since 2015 swept the city and made it a center of far-right activity in Germany and Europe. This film is an exploration of where the two intersect.

A documentary film about Seoul City Hall Construction. The construction project has a hard going in every way. A city plan, excessive administrative notions, a design and all got mingled up. Can the project sail, yes?

Egypt's only modernist architect Hassan Fathy (1900-1989) was committed to ecology and sustainability in his architecture. This film takes us with slow steps, in still images, to two villages he created. Fathy's historically grounded, forward-looking designs prompt us to reflect on the past as well as contemplate new solutions for the future.

In a corporate world where people walk backwards, Minus needs to control his instincts to fit in society and climb the social ladder.

A filha mais velha de um casal de artistas, Hannah, é uma dedicada esposa, mãe carinhosa e atriz de sucesso. Uma leal defensora de suas duas confusas irmãs Lee e Holly, ela é também a espinha dorsal de uma família que parece se ressentir de sua estabilidade quase tanto quanto dependem da mesma. Mas quando o mundo perfeito de Hannah é silenciosamente sabotada pela rivalidade fraterna, ela finalmente começa a ver que está tão perdida quanto todos os outros, e para poder se encontrar, ela terá que escolher entre a independência e ... a família sem a qual ela não pode viver.

Após um trágico acidente que matou sua filha, o casal Laura (Julie Christie) e John Baxter (Donald Sutherland) muda-se para Veneza, afim de esquecer a tragédia. Porém, quando chegam lá, uma estranha mulher começa a dizer que sua filha está enviando mensagens do mundo dos mortos, e os dois iniciam uma perigosa relação de curiosidade sobre o outro lado da vida.

A documentary about the concrete sections of the Berlin Wall that have been acquired by institutions or individuals since 1989 and are now scattered across the USA. Cherished or abandoned, they have become silent witnesses to recent history.