A SUBSTATION FOR A PARK
2022 - 3 min - USA
After the devastating floods caused by Superstorm Sandy, an architect sets out to design a new electrical substation to withstand future storm events while also serving as a civic beacon for the community.
By Shannon Goldman
Shannon Goldman is the founder of Super G Films, a New York-based production company, where he directs, edits and produces commercials, features and brand films.
GLIMMEN
2022 - 16 min - Luxemburg
Forgotten spaces that are filled with memories of past lives: a journey immersed in sound through the once so prosperous steel industry in the heart of Europe.
By Ken Rischard
Grown up in Luxembourg, after attending the University for Music and Performing Arts, he became interested in film, and worked as a sound engineer in the making of his first documentary film.
GYPSUM CONCRETE
2022 - 7 min - France
To find less carbon-intensive solutions, the architects of the Ciguë Agency are studying the potential of using plaster instead of cement, which is responsible for 30% of CO2 emissions in the building sector.
By Simon Pénochet
Originally from the south of France, Simon graduated from a Parisian film school. He captures with emotion portraits of passionate women and men combining a neat image with an intimate approach to his subject.
IN BETWEEN
2019 - 13 min - Kosovo
In rural areas of Kosovo, homes are being built for family members working abroad, in the hope that one day they will return to settle in their old homeland.
By Samir Karahoda
He started working as a photographer in 1992. He has directed several short and feature films. The documentary short In Between, from 2019, is his directorial debut. During the same year he also received the Annual Film Award from the Minister of Culture of Kosovo.
JIMI HENDRIX VS MR CATTELAN
2022 - 7 min - Italia
The inhabitants of a peripheral area in Milan take to the streets to defend five murals in the district. The drawings, dating back to the 70s, depict Jimi Hendrix and other counterculture icons, but a company wants to replace them with a mural by the artist Maurizio Cattelan.
By Maurizio Dalla Palma
Raised in Venice, he is now coordinator of the Grazia weekly journal. During his career, after studying Multimedia Storytelling at the Columbia School of Journalism in New York, he served as an editor at TG4 and the European TV channel Euronews. He is the director of a series of short films.
JUBILEE POOLS
2022 - 7 min - Great Britain
The people of Penzance have a long and storied history of swimming so when Jubilee Pools was at threat, the community came together to save it. It is an art deco, sea-feed outdoor swimming complex that has recently been updated by the architect Scott Whitby Studio.
By Jim Stephenson
Trained in architecture, he worked for a number of practices before turning to photography and eventually film making. His film focuses on the process of architecture and the way people interact with it.
TRUSSES / CAPRIATE
2022 - 9 min - Belgio
The film shows two stories at the same time: the one of the four metal trusses of the Amal Amjahid building and the other of the Bogdan & Van Broek Studio’s architects, who ideated it and designed it.
By Jonathan Ortegat
Born in Bruxelles, after studying Communication he moved to Buenos Aires, where he studied Directing and worked as a cinematographer and as a video reporter for the France Press Agency. He came back to Belgium, where he collaborates with various architectural and urban planning offices.