ADFF / ADFF:TORONTO / Films
Toronto Films 2024
82 mins | Israel, US | 2024
A deeply moving portrait of one of the most accomplished female architects in the world directed by her daughter, filmmaker and former architect Yael Melamede.
80 mins | Canada | 2024
Arthur Erickson: Beauty Between The Lines chronicles the untold personal and professional triumphs and tragedies of one of the most captivating modernist architects of the 20th century.
107 mins | Brazil | 2024
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.
83 mins | Netherlands | 2024
The happy story of the world’s first museum depot entirely open to visitors– a shared vision of architect Winy Maas, a founding partner of MVRDV, and Sjarel Ex, the Boijmans Museum executive director.
90 mins | Switzerland | 2024
A story about the power of Irish designer Eileen Gray’s creative expression and Le Corbusier’s desire to control it.
77 mins | Italy | 2024
An exploration of the green architecture revolution through the seminal projects of Emilio Ambasz, a pioneer in the debate on climate impact.
16 mins | Canada | 2024
Traveling to Peru, an Indigenous instructor and a group of students follow an ancient migration path, opening possibilities for a deeper and more experiential approach to working with people different from themselves.
75 mins | Netherlands | 2023
A group of young people aim to create a housing cooperative that is sustainable, social, and affordable.
59 mins | Tunisia, United Arab Emirates | 2019
Tunisian artist eL Seed and his team respond to negative perceptions of Manshiyat Nasr in Cairo with a massive anamorphic sculpture that covers 50 buildings.
90 mins | US | 2024
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.
90 mins | US | 2024
A portrait of prolific landscape architect Laurie Olin told through a prism of concerns that have defined his life’s work: urbanization and a lost connection to nature, economic marginalization, and the grave importance of humanity in design.
83 mins | US | 2024
A tragi-comic road movie across continents as two influential architect spouses–Denise Scott Brown and Robert Venturi–look back to the events and buildings that inspired a partnership and love affair of over half a century.
46 mins | US | 2024
An exploration of the creative process behind the Crawford House in Montecito, California, one of the world’s most widely studied pieces of residential architecture.
77 mins | Italy | 2023
A cinematic journey into the world of Venetian architect Carlo Scarpa and his passion for Japanese culture, through the words of philosopher Ryosuke Ōhashi.
30 mins | US | 2023
The story of one of the most unique homes in the world, a combination of art, technology, and play designed by Robin Donaldson.
30 mins | Canada | 2023
What is the role of urban design and politics in addressing the needs of a growing aging population? The story of two models of elder care in two radically different cities.