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51. Beyond Utopia: Changing Attitudes in American Architecture (1983)
59 min | Documentary
While visiting four architectural practices in 1982, we discuss the postmodernist movement through its meaning and motives. Beyond Utopia: Changing Attitudes in American Architecture ... See full summary »
Director: Michael Blackwood | Stars: Peter Eisenman, Frank Gehry, Michael Graves, Philip Johnson
52. Eve: The Temptation (2002)
10 min | Short, Drama, Musical
Director: Britt Randle | Stars: Kev Elev, Caroline Niklas-Gordon
Votes: 25
53. China: The Wild East (1994)
96 min | Documentary, Biography, History
Filmmakers Philip Kaufman and his son Peter explore their relationship with China and their Chinese friends to tell Chinese history as it approaches the millennium. Through segments ... See full summary »
Director: Peter Kaufman | Stars: Philip Kaufman, Yang Bai, Armen Baliantz, Peter Fong
54. Bauhaus World (2019)
164 min | Documentary, History
How has the Bauhaus school of architecture and design, Germany's best-known art-school, shaped the world we live in today?
Stars: Laura Wilkinson, Annemarie Jaeggi, Claudia Perren, Yinka Ilori
Votes: 12
55. Accordéon (2004)
6 min | Animation, Short
Exploration of the connections between sex, love and technology.
Director: Michèle Cournoyer
Votes: 71
56. Resonance: The Works of Pita Pitussi (2013)
17 min | Documentary, Short, Biography
Hidden away in the forests of Nova Scotia is Pita Pitussi, a practicing artist who creates imposing metallic sculptures and large provocative paintings. In 'Resonance - the Works of Pita ... See full summary »
Directors: Becca Babcock, Karolina Szablewska, Justin Tomchuk | Star: Pita Pitussi
57. Pevsner Revisited (2001 TV Movie)
43 min | Documentary, Biography
Jonathan Meades investigates the life of the architectural historian Nikolaus Pevsner, and the writing of his largest work, The Buildings of England.
Director: Jamie Muir | Stars: Jonathan Meades, Bridget Cherry, Susie Harries, Andrew Lloyd Webber
58. De Julia à Emile, 1949 (2002)
6 min | Short, Musical
A mature woman reflects on her life, past, present and future.
Director: Marie Brodeur | Stars: Maryse Carrier, Daniel Firth, Annik Hamel, Rachel Harris
59. Von Loves Her Modernist (2022)
65 min | Documentary, Biography, History
Precocious, brilliant and energetic poet, Max Harris, is Adelaide's own 'enfant terrible'. In the late 1930s, he sets out to throw hand grenades at the cultural establishment. He falls in ... See full summary »
Director: Rob George | Stars: Ann Barson, Philip Butterss, Rob George, Peter Goers
60. Le Corbusier, l'architecte du bonheur (1957)
20 min | Short
How to represent the architect, his work, his projects? This classic documentary film explores many avenues in this regard. Pierre Kast defends and illustrates the theories and achievements... See full summary »
Director: Pierre Kast | Stars: Charles-Édouard Jeanneret-Gris, France Roche
61. Stardust Stricken - Mohsen Makhmalbaf: A Portrait (1996)
70 min | Documentary, Biography
Director: Houshang Golmakani | Stars: Mohsen Makhmalbaf, Akbar Abdi, Dariush Arjmand, Ezzatolah Entezami
Votes: 37
62. Peter Eisenman: Making Architecture Move (1995)
56 min | Documentary, Biography
With the participation of famed architects such as Frank Gehry, Daniel Libeskind and Zaha Hadid, Peter Eisenman: Making Architecture Move provides an intimate look into the work of the ... See full summary »
Director: Michael Blackwood | Stars: Stanley Aronoff, Michael Barz, Jay Chatterjee, Peter Eisenman
63. Paulicéia (1978)
11 min | Documentary, Animation, Short
Director: Flavio del Carlo | Star: Zanoni Ferrite
64. Arata Isozaki II (1990)
57 min | Documentary
Through a blend of Japanese history and Western influence, Arata Isozaki has built a career around his boldly distinctive architectural style. Constantly challenging the concepts of space, ... See full summary »
Director: Michael Blackwood | Stars: Michael Eisner, Toshio Hara, Arata Isozaki, Richard Koshalek
65. Frei Otto: Spanning the Future (2016)
60 min | Documentary, Biography
The life and works of Frei Otto told in his own words and by those he inspired. An in-depth look at the rise of lightweight architecture, form finding, and its continued relevance for the future of architecture.
Director: Joshua Hassel | Stars: Frei Otto, Zaha Hadid, Patrik Schumacher, Jürgen Hennicke
Votes: 9
66. The Root of the Tree (2011)
6 min | Short, Drama
A surreal narrative short, attacking themes of repression, fear, self-acceptance, love and mortality.
Director: Britt Randle | Stars: Bruno Billio, Caroline Niklas-Gordon
67. The New Modernists: 6 European Architects (1992)
58 min | Documentary
Featuring six young, renowned innovators, The New Modernists: 6 European Architects explores the ideology, method, and influence surrounding modernism. Critic Kenneth Frampton sees this ... See full summary »
Director: Michael Blackwood | Stars: Jean Nouvel, Antonio Cruz, Kristian Gullichsen, Jacques Herzog
68. Offeret (2012)
35 min | Short, Drama, Horror
A woman in her early twenties suffers from insomnia. One night out, she's assaulted, which leads to dire consequences for her.
Director: Christian Thomas Roaas | Stars: Helene Eggen, Christian Thomas Roaas, Tor Itai Keilen, Pål Fredrik Gundersen
69. Luc Durand Leaving Delhi (2019)
80 min | Documentary
An old Canadian architect returns to Delhi where he started his career fifty years ago. A new journey begins. From Montreal to Geneva, from New Delhi to Chandigarh, the amazing life of a ... See full summary »
Director: Etienne Desrosiers | Stars: Luc Durand, Eugène Beaudoin, Jack Bertoli, Bimla Bissell
70. Os Irmãos Roberto (2012)
72 min | Documentary
Members from the same generation of innovative Brazilian architects Lucio Costa, Oscar Niemeyer and Afonso Eduardo Reidy, the brothers Marcelo, Milton and Maurício Roberto, professionally ... See full summary »
Director: Tiago Arakilian | Stars: Ana Luiza Nobre, Alfredo Luiz Porto de Britto, Ernani Freire, Dayse Góis
Votes: 22
71. Richard Meier (1986)
58 min | Documentary
At mid-career, Meier guides the viewer on a retrospective of his white buildings, from private houses of the 1960s to the Frankfurt and Atlanta Museums of the 1980s--all variations on his ... See full summary »
Director: Michael Blackwood | Stars: Arthur Cohen, Elaine Cohen, Michael Graves, Philip Johnson
72. The Black Boots (1995)
12 min | Short, Fantasy
Director: Bridget Murnane | Stars: Deborah Abel, Sarah Barton, Diane Daley Blackman, Jacqueline Blombach
73. The Artist's Studio: E.W. NAY (2012)
53 min | Documentary
A visit to the studio of Ernst Wilhelm Nay, a remarkable, if somewhat solitary German artist, who established his status at age 30, just before the advent of the Nazi takeover. Nay belonged... See full summary »
Director: Michael Blackwood | Stars: Magda Claesges, Siegfried Gohr, Christian A.J. Klein, Elisabeth Nay
74. Sala X (2018)
Short, Fantasy
A young man is watching a movie that will transport him to the After Life and force him to guide three picturesque people to their final fate
Director: Isabel Padilla | Stars: María Gómez, Eva Meseguer, Paúl Moré, Valeria Sevillano
75. Modesto Modernism (2013)
14 min | Documentary, Short, History
Modesto was on the cutting edge of environmental and artistic design and it received national attention. In the 1940s, the New York Museum of Modern Art published three books featuring ... See full summary »
Director: Jessica Gomula | Stars: Bob Barzan, Alan Hess, Cindy van Empel
76. Le Corbusier (1968)
29 min | Documentary, Short, Biography
Making a documentary on Le Corbusier is not easy, because he is undoubtedly the architect most familiar to the general public but also the most unknown. If most people know his great ... See full summary »
Director: Roy Oppenheim | Stars: Charles-Édouard Jeanneret-Gris, André Wogenscky, Heidi Weber
77. My Little Underground (2012)
7 min | Animation, Short, Drama
A young girl seeks self-discovery and rebirth, drifting between real and imagined events.
Director: Elise Simard | Star: Elise Simard
Votes: 11
78. Liberation (III) (2013)
2 min | Animation, Short
Tormented forms struggle to break free of their bonds.
Director: Shahid Quadri
79. Desierto Blanco (2010)
5 min | Animation, Short
The awaiting of an invisible enemy.
Director: Esteban Azuela
80. L'intuition intuitionnee (2005 TV Movie)
71 min | Documentary
-Film with the painters who signed the Manifesto of the Plastic Artists of 1955 Louis Belzile, Fernand Toupin and Jean-Paul Jérôme, as well as the participation of Bertin Savard in the role... See full summary »
Director: André Desrochers | Stars: Louis Belzile, Patricia Bergeron, Martin Boileau, Françoise de Repentigny
81. Reverie.exe (2012)
2 min | Animation, Short
A dormant computer dreams of humans forms, transforming their digital data into abstract and playful shapes.
Director: Wen Zhang
Votes: 7
82. Margins (2007)
1 min | Animation, Short
A mood piece: a chance encounter between a lone figure and an indifferent crowd.
Director: Oliver Tsuji
Votes: 6
83. Between Time (2010)
7 min | Short, Fantasy, Music
Four different locations become settings for an alternative use of space as seven dancers explore fashion, architecture and music.
Directors: Guntar Kravis, Zoja Smutny | Stars: Jodee Allen, Emmanuelle Calve, Britton Darby, Elinor Fueter
84. Scientifiq Piqniq (2013)
2 min | Animation, Short
The cosmic unveiling of the strange macro/micro structures of the Universe.
Director: Paloma Dawkins
Votes: 5
85. Back to the House of Tomorrow (2023)
41 min | Documentary, Short
Back to the House of Tomorrow tells the story of a house important for its role in Palm Springs history, and for its personal themes of family and community, tragedy and renewal. The film ... See full summary »
Director: Simcha Shtull
86. The Man Who Built My Childhood (2008)
5 min | Short
A profile of, and a tribute to Saskatchewan architect Joseph Pettick.
Director: Brian Stockton | Stars: Joseph Pettick, Brian Stockton
87. Nikos Karouzos: O dromos gia to ear (2020)
101 min | Documentary, Biography
A frustrated researcher travels through Athens, prison islands, Stockholm and Kronstadt, and through time, to restore the collective memory of Greece's most underrated poet - a leftist, a Christian, an alcoholic - and his tumultuous times.
Director: Yannis Karpouzis | Star: Dimitris Katalifos
Votes: 20
88. Dada Dum (2007)
6 min | Short, Musical
A surreal dance narrative set within the aesthetic of an old black-and-white silent film.
Director: Britt Randle | Star: Caroline Niklas-Gordon
Votes: 27
89. Will Osborne and His Orchestra (1939)
Approved | 10 min | Short, Music
In a bandstand setting of modernistic design,in this entry of the Melody Mster series, the baton of Will Osborne waves over his orchestra as they perform a series of pop songs. The ... See full summary »
Director: Roy Mack | Stars: Will Osborne, Lynn Davies, Dick Rogers
90. Corée du Sud, la civilisation méconnue (2014 TV Movie)
53 min | Documentary
Beginning of the journey in Seoul: Gyeongbokgung, one of the four imperial palaces of Seoul where we can see the the change of the guard: the soldiers have Korean traditional dresses.Then ... See full summary »
Director: Eric Bacos
91. Eve (I) (2001)
6 min | Short, Musical
Adam, Eve, the garden and the snake is retold with a modern edge, with nods to black and white films from the 1920s.
Director: Britt Randle | Stars: Kev Elev, Caroline Niklas-Gordon
92. The Attic in Action (1958)
8 min | Documentary, Short
Director: Eino Ruutsalo | Stars: Wiking Forsström, Olavi Haarala, Olavi Martikainen, Eino Ruutsalo
93. False Saints (2003)
2 min | Animation, Short
This experimental animated short film examines society's deification of architecture and urbanization in the modern world and the impact on our relationship to nature.
Director: Malcolm Sutherland
Votes: 9
94. Alvar Aalto's Masterpiece Villa Mairea (2006)
50 min | Documentary
Architectural documentary of the villa Mairea, designed by the Finnish modernist architect Alvar Aalto for Harry and Maire Gullichsen in Noormarkku, Finland. The building was constructed in 1938-1939.
Director: Rax Rinnekangas | Stars: Pekka Milonoff, Heikki Innanen, Pekka Hako
95. Blind Evolution (2010)
2 min | Short
A mystical journey from the human form to - something entirely different.
Director: Zane Kozak
96. Documentary (2013)
15 min | Documentary, Short | Completed
What is a documentary? What are our expectations and assumptions? Taking its cue from the 'city-symphony' genre, 'Documentary' voyeuristically explores the dominant concerns of documentary ... See full summary »
Director: Thomas Grimshaw | Star: Chloe White
97. Untitled Short Film by Christian Thomas Roaas (2010)
17 min | Short, Drama, Mystery
A lonely woman is wandering in the woods looking for better days.
Director: Christian Thomas Roaas | Stars: Helene Eggen, Christian Thomas Roaas, Georg Andreas Roaas
99. Ukrainian Brutalism (2018)
4 min | Short
Short film in support of the upcoming book Soviet Modernism. Brutalism. Post-modernism. Buildings and Projects in Ukraine 1960-1990 (Osnovy Publishing / DOM publishers). Its a wonderful ... See full summary »
Director: Roman Blazhan
100. Subway (2006)
6 min | Short, Musical
Strangers erupt into break dance in a deserted subway station.
Director: Guillaume Paquin-Boutin | Stars: Jodee Allen, Joe Danny Aurelien, Jennifer Casimir, Yan Fradette