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Mumbai Schedule 2025

Thursday, Jan 9

Friday, Jan 10

Modernism, Inc.: The Eliot Noyes Design Story
Buy Ticket: 20:15
Experimental Theatre

The story of architect Eliot Noyes, one of the leading pioneers of modern design during the mid-century, post-war boom in the United States.

Making a Mountain
Buy Ticket: 20:00
Little Theatre

One visionary architect’s spectacular plan merges waste management with an urban recreational space– CopenHill.

My Architect
Buy Ticket: 19:45
JB Theatre

My Architect details Louis Kahn extraordinary career and his familial legacy from the perspective of his son, Nathaniel Kahn.

DOUBLE FEATURE – Regular or Super: Views on Mies van der Rohe & The Mies van der Rohes
Buy Ticket: 17:15
Little Theatre

Architect Mies van der Rohe (1886-1969) had an iconic career spanning more than six decades. These two films focus on lesser known parts of his life– the design of a gas station in Montreal, and his relationship with his family.

The Happy Film
Buy Ticket: 16:30
Experimental Theatre

Austrian graphic designer Stefan Sagmeister decides to turn himself into a design project. Can he redesign his personality to become a better person? Is it possible to train his mind to get happier?

The Genius of the Place: The Life and Work of Geoffrey Bawa
Buy Ticket: 15:15
JB Theatre

In The Genius of the Place, director Afdhel Aziz introduces us to five of Bawa’s projects through his own personal connection to the work.

Schindler Space Architect
Buy Ticket: 13:45
Little Theatre

An investigation into R.M. Schindler’s philosophy of Space Architecture as contrasted with the International Style that ruled modern architecture during most of the architect’s life. 

Green Over Gray: Emilio Ambasz
Buy Ticket: 13:30
JB Theatre

An exploration of the green architecture revolution through the seminal projects of Emilio Ambasz, a pioneer in the debate on climate impact.

Perception
Buy Ticket: 13:15
Experimental Theatre

Tunisian artist eL Seed and his team respond to negative perceptions of Manshiyat Nasr in Cairo with a massive anamorphic artwork that covers 50 buildings.


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Saturday, Jan 11

Soviet Bus Stops
Buy Ticket: 20:00
JB Theatre

Soviet Bus Stops accompanies Canadian photographer Christopher Herwig on his decades-long bus stop treasure hunt across the former Soviet Union.

Charlotte Perriand: Pioneer in the Art of Living
Buy Ticket: 19:00
Little Theatre

Free-spirited and politically engaged, Charlotte Perriand designed revolutionary furnishings and participated in the invention of modern dwellings that were in harmony with both their inhabitants and their environment.

E.1027 – Eileen Gray and the House by the Sea
Buy Ticket: 17:00
Little Theatre

A story about the power of Irish designer Eileen Gray’s creative expression and Le Corbusier’s desire to control it.

Robin Hood Gardens
Buy Ticket: 14:45
JB Theatre

The now-demolished council estate Robin Hood Gardens often occupies opposing positions within the architectural imagination. Was Alison and Peter Smithson’s 1972 brutalist contribution to the London cityscape a misunderstood masterpiece or a well-intentioned failure?

Fashion Reimagined
Buy Ticket: 11:45
Little Theatre

Fashion designer Amy Powney of cult label Mother of Pearl creates a sustainable collection from field to finished garment, and transforms her entire business.

The Promise: Architect B.V. Doshi
Buy Ticket: 11:30
JB Theatre

The film tells the story of B.V. Doshi’s journey from European modernism of the 1950s to the architecture of the present.

Making a Mountain
Buy Ticket: 18:15
JB Theatre

One visionary architect’s spectacular plan merges waste management with an urban recreational space– CopenHill.

Green Over Gray: Emilio Ambasz
Buy Ticket: 14:00
Little Theatre

An exploration of the green architecture revolution through the seminal projects of Emilio Ambasz, a pioneer in the debate on climate impact.


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Sunday, Jan 12

Lovely Villa: Architecture as Autobiography
Buy Ticket: 17:00
Little Theatre

Lovely Villa explores the architecture of one colony through a personal narrative. It is a film about the relationships between architecture, life, family, and memory.

Biocentrics
Buy Ticket: 11:30
JB Theatre

Biologist Janine Benyus explores nature as a model for reinventing our world. Witness the birth of biomimicry, a new scientific frontier shaping our response to the future.

Soviet Bus Stops
Buy Ticket: 16:15
Experimental Theatre

Soviet Bus Stops accompanies Canadian photographer Christopher Herwig on his decades-long bus stop treasure hunt across the former Soviet Union.

Charlotte Perriand: Pioneer in the Art of Living
Buy Ticket: 16:45
JB Theatre

Free-spirited and politically engaged, Charlotte Perriand designed revolutionary furnishings and participated in the invention of modern dwellings that were in harmony with both their inhabitants and their environment.

E.1027 – Eileen Gray and the House by the Sea
Buy Ticket: 12:45
Experimental Theatre

A story about the power of Irish designer Eileen Gray’s creative expression and Le Corbusier’s desire to control it.

DOUBLE FEATURE – Regular or Super: Views on Mies van der Rohe & The Mies van der Rohes
Buy Ticket: 14:00
JB Theatre

Architect Mies van der Rohe (1886-1969) had an iconic career spanning more than six decades. These two films focus on lesser known parts of his life– the design of a gas station in Montreal, and his relationship with his family.

Schindler Space Architect
Buy Ticket: 11:30
Little Theatre

An investigation into R.M. Schindler’s philosophy of Space Architecture as contrasted with the International Style that ruled modern architecture during most of the architect’s life. 


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