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LantarenVenster F AF R 306 HOLLYWOOD Elan & Jonathan Bogarín - 2018 - USA - 94 min A playful homage to their deceased grandmother. In this unique documentary the filmmakers tell a magical story by means of quirky archaeological research. SATURDAY OCT 12, 12:15 - WITH STORY OF A HOUSE (19’) SUNDAY OCT 13, 19:00 - WITH STORY OF A HOUSE (19’) 690 VOPNAFJÖRÐUR Karna Sigurðardóttir - 2017 - Iceland - 57 min In the middle of the Icelandic wilderness lies Vopnaörður, a small village threatened with extinction. What inspires people to come here and what drives them away in the end? FRIDAY OCT 11, 19:00 - WITH IT’S NOT SILENCE (25’) AND NORTHBOUND (10’) ALEPPO: SILENCE OF WAR Amir Osanlou - 2018 - Iran - 30 min The terrible reality of a city aſter the violence of thousands of mortars, rifles and rockets. The haunting silence aſter the destruction of war. FRIDAY OCT 11, 16:45 - WITH HOW THE HOLIDAY INN BECAME A SYMBOL OF THE LEBANESE CIVIL WAR (15’), INTRODUCTION BY LÉOPOLD LAMBERT ALIS UBBO Paulo Abreu - 2018 - Portugal - 64 min A fun-filled tour with a rickshaw driver through Alis Ubbo, known as the ‘Safe Haven’ (the Phoenician name for Lisbon). A surprising way to learn about mass tourism in the city. SATURDAY OCT 12, 12:45 - WITH ALL INCLUSIVE (10’) - DUTCH PREMIERE ALMOST NOTHING. CERN: THE DISCOVERY OF THE FUTURE Anna de Manincor - 2018 - Italy - 74 min Take a peek inside Cern, the world’s biggest research laboratory complex. A humorous ode to the collective forces that lie at the heart of a megalomaniac project. SATURDAY OCT 12, 14:15 - WITH LIFE IN MINIATURE (5’), INTRODUCTION BY ROB VAN HATTUM ANTHROPOCENE: THE HUMAN EPOCH Jennifer Baichwal, Nicholas de Pencier, Edward Burtynsky - 2018 - Canada - 87 min The Anthropocene: the age in which human activity causes the greatest change to the earth. An urgent call to arms by means of stunningly beautiful yet shocking images. THURSDAY OCT 10, 19:00 SUNDAY OCT 13, 15:15 ARCHITECTURE OF INFINITY Christoph Schaub - 2018 - Switzerland - 85 min With stunning cinematography and interviews with Peter Zumthor, James Turrell and others, this ambitious documentary shows how transcendental spaces are based on an overwhelming sense of infinity. FRIDAY OCT 11, 22:45 - WITH THE DIVINE WAY (15’) SATURDAY 12 OCT, 20:45 - WITH THE DIVINE WAY (15’) THE BORDER FENCE Nikolaus Geyrhalter - 2018 - Austria - 112 min Moving documentary about an Austrian mountain village where a fence is being built to keep out refugees. Xenophobia and fear generate a stifling atmosphere in the once so peaceful mountain valleys. THURSDAY OCT 10, 21:00 CHARM CITY Marilyn Ness - 2018 - USA - 107 min An all-revealing exposé of gun violence in Baltimore, as seen by the police, the authorities and local activists. Filmed during three tumultuous years around the death of Freddie Gray. FRIDAY OCT 11, 18:45 CHEZ LE CORBUSIER Oliver Lemaire - 2018 - France - 33 min A fascinating documentary about the restoration of the apartment in the Immeuble Molitor building in Paris, where Le Corbusier lived for over thirty years. SATURDAY OCT 12, 18:45 - WITH LE CORBUSIER’S CENTURY (55’), INTRODUCTION BY ERNIE MELLEGERS AFFR IS SUPPORTED BY THE MEMBERS OF THE KING KONG BUSINESS CLUB: BiermanHenket BPD Ontwikkeling BV De Makelaars Full House GROUP A Heijmans Vastgoed IMd raadgevende adviseurs Klunder architecten KuiperCompagnons Manhave Vastgoed bv Mei architects & planners MVRDV Novaform Vastgoedontwikkelaars bv Ooms Makelaars Panorama Development Stevast Baas & Groen Stijlgroep landscape & urban design Synchroon BV TW3 makelaardij Van Wijnen West bv Vesteda VolkerWessels Vastgoed bv CITY DREAMERS Joseph Hillel - 2018 - Canada - 80 min An inspiring documentary about the influence of four of the most important female architects of the twentieth century, whose innovative perspective on the city focused on neighbourhoods rather than buildings. FRIDAY OCT 11, 18:45 - BNA EVENT SATURDAY OCT 12, 21:00 - INTRODUCTION BY PETRA BROUWER CITY OF GOLD Laura Gabbert - 2015 - USA - 96 min From Little Ethiopia and Koreatown to Little Armenia and Pico-Robertson, Los Angeles brims with multicultural delights. A fascinating portrait of this global city through the eyes of restaurant critic Jonathan Gold. SATURDAY OCT 12, 16:30 - INTRODUCTION BY HISKE VERSPRILLE A CONCRETE CINEMA Luz Ruciello - 2017 - Argentina - 77 min Omar the bricklayer, a real film buff, lives in a small village in Argentina. As there is no cinema in the village, the old man decides to build one himself. SATURDAY OCT 12, 23:00 DARK EDEN Jasmin Herold & Michael Beamish - 2018 - Germany - 80 min A revealing documentary about the effects of oil extraction and the stubborn denial of climate change, seen through the eyes of immigrants in the remote northern Canadian city of Fort McMurray. FRIDAY OCT 11, 23:00 - WITH FIRE IN CARDBOARD CITY (9’) DAWSON CITY: FROZEN TIME Bill Morrison - 2016 - USA - 120 min Hundreds of reels of celluloid containing films from the early twentieth century thought to be lost form the basis for this unique documentary about the gold rush in the Yukon. SUNDAY OCT 13, 12:45 DEMEURE Lucie Martin - 2019 - Belgium - 39 min What does it mean to have a home? With film footage of life in a social shelter and a summary of the experiences of homeless people, this young filmmaker tells a gripping story. SATURDAY OCT 12, 12:45 - WITH THE BURDEN (14’), ACCIDENCE (9’) AND THE MESS (4’) - WORLD PREMIERE DOEL Frederik Sølberg - 2018 - Denmark - 67 min While most inhabitants have leſt, twenty-four people remain in this ghost village in Belgium. A warm portrait of people who persevere against all odds and the memories that sustain them. SATURDAY OCT 12, 14:30 - WITH DROP BY DROP (9’), INTRODUCTION BY SASKIA RUIJSINK - DUTCH PREMIERE EARTHRISE Emmanuel Vaughan Lee - 2018 - USA - 30 min The astronauts on board of Apollo 8 were devastated when they saw the earth rise from behind the moon. They look back on the moment they made their most famous picture. SATURDAY OCT 12, 16:30 - WITH THE SKY COMMODIFIED (50’), INTRODUCTION BY GOVERT SCHILLING GATEWAYS TO NEW YORK: OTHMAR H. AMMANN AND HIS BRIDGES Thomas Witz - 2019 - Switzerland - 88 min Breathtaking documentary about the Swiss engi- neer Othmar H. Ammann, whose bridge structures changed the face of New York definitively. THURSDAY OCT 10, 17:00 - ZJA EVENT FRIDAY OCT 11, 21:00 THE HIDDEN CITY Victor Moreno - 2018 - Spain/France/Germany - 80 min A hidden world of tunnels, sewers and metro stations lies beneath the city. With spectacular images and sound, the filmmaker provides a glimpse into a world we don’t see very oſten. SATURDAY OCT 12, 23:00 - WITH THE DIVER (16’) HIGHWAY NL Ben van Lieshout - 2019 - Nederland - 90 min A unique road movie about the fascinating world of the motorway, from abandoned nature to road surveillance systems. A lament against growth and an ode to the beauty of the everyday. SUNDAY OCT 13, 19:15 I AM GENTRIFICATION: CONFESSIONS OF A SCOUNDREL Thomas Haemmerli - 2017 - Switzerland - 98 min A humoristic and autobiographical film that reveals the many sides of gentrification in an original manner. Are we the victims or the causers of gentrification? THURSDAY OCT 10, 21:00 - ARCHINED TIP SATURDAY OCT 12, 23:00 JØRN UTZON: THE MAN & THE ARCHITECT Lene Borch Hansen & Anna von Lowzow - 2018 - AU - 92 min The story of Sydney Opera House architect Jørn Utzon as told by his children, close colleagues and friends. Honest anecdotes present a portrait of a kind soul as well as an influential designer. SATURDAY OCT 12, 20:45 A LAND IMAGINED Yeo Siew Hua - 2018 - Singapore/France/ Netherlands - 95 min A realistic neo-noir about the invisible migrant lives that lie behind Singapore’s building boom. The film shows how some worlds can exist side by side without ever meeting. SATURDAY OCT 12, 22:45 LEANING OUT Basia & Leonard Myszynski - 2018 - USA - 59 min Leslie Robertson, the man behind numerous world-famous buildings, is haunted by his role in the construction of the World Trade Center. The film follows his work as a legendary engineer and peace activist. FRIDAY OCT 11, 13:00 - WITH IN THE HEIGHTS (10’) LE CORBUSIER’S CENTURY Pauline Mazenod - 2015 - France - 52 min A clear overview of Le Corbusier’s most important projects seen through his own eyes, by means of archive footage, photography, personal texts and interviews. SATURDAY OCT 12, 18:45 - WITH CHEZ LE CORBUSIER (33’), INTRODUCTION BY ERNIE MELLEGERS LOSING ALASKA Tom Burke - 2018 - Ireland - 83 min The village of Newtok in Alaska is slowly sinking into the sea as a result of rising sea levels. An urgent account of the drastic effects of climate change. FRIDAY OCT 11, 23:00 - WITH THERE LIVED THE COLLIERS (15’) LOTTE AM BAUHAUS Gregor Schnitzler - 2019 - Germany - 105 min A century aſter the founding of the Bauhaus, filmmaker Gregor Schnitzler tells the neglected story of the school’s female students. An impressive drama inspired by the life of designer Alma Siedhoff-Buscher. SUNDAY OCT 13, 19:15 LOUIS KAHN’S TIGER CITY Sundaram Tagore - 2019 - USA - 109 min Fascinating new documentary about the creation of Tiger City in Bangladesh, a futuristic complex by the legendary architect Louis Kahn, inspired by the philosophy and traditions of the city. SUNDAY OCT 13, 12:45 LUC DURAND LEAVING DELHI Etienne Desrosiers - 2018 - Canada - 80 min Impressive documentary about the work of the Canadian architect Luc Durand in the thriving world of post-colonial India, where he laid the basis for innovative social housing. THURSDAY OCT 10, 19:00 MARIO BOTTA. THE SPACE BEYOND Loretta Dalpozzo - 2018 - Switzerland - 78 min Swiss architect Mario Botta is one of the few people to have designed buildings for each of the three major monotheistic religions in the world. Rare insight into his working method and life-long quest for the ultimate sacral space. FRIDAY OCT 11, 21:00 SATURDAY OCT 12, 19:00 NATURA URBANA: THE BRACHEN OF BERLIN Matthew Gandy - 2017 - Germany - 72 min This unique documentary paints a remarkable portrait of the turbulent history of Berlin using the plant diversity of unspoilt spots in the city. SATURDAY OCT 12, 16:45 - GOETHE INSTITUT EVENT NEUTRA: SURVIVAL THROUGH DESIGN PJ Letofsky - 2019 - Austria/Germany/UK/USA - 104 min From VDL House to the Lovell Health House, Richard Neutra’s residences are among the highlights of modern architecture. This new documentary offers insight into his life and key buildings. SATURDAY OCT 12, 18:30 - EUROPEAN PREMIERE SUNDAY OCT 13, 13:00 THE NOBEL SNOWFLAKE Kajsa Andersö - 2019 - Sweden - 59 min An architecture competition presented as a nail-biting thriller with an unexpected ending. Behind the scenes with architect Gert Wingårdh and his design for the new Nobel Centre in Stockholm. FRIDAY OCT 11, 17:00 - WITH INSTRUMENTS IN THE ARCHITECTURE: BUILDING THE PIANODROME (13’) SATURDAY OCT 12, 16:30 - WITH INSTRUMENTS IN THE ARCHITECTURE: BUILDING THE PIANODROME (13’), INTRODUCTION BY CILLY JANSEN PALLADIO: THE SPECTACLE OF ARCHITECTURE Giacomo Gatti - 2019 - Italy - 97 min Stunning documentary about Renaissance architect Andrea Palladio, one of the most influential architects in the history of the profession and the ‘father of American architecture’. FRIDAY OCT 11, 12:30 PATRIMONIO Lisa Jackson & Sarah Teale - 2018 - US - 85 min When a million-dollar project threatens a small Mexican fishing village, local residents rise up in protest. An all-revealing documentary about the disruptive influence of international developers and a corrupt government. THURSDAY OCT 10, 21:00 PEDREGULHO: A BRAZILIAN ARCHITECTURAL ICON Marita Graça Bittencourt - 2019 - Brasil - 50 min A portrait of the renovated Pedregulho, a utopian housing project with a turbulent history that now symbolizes the problematic housing policy of Brazil. FRIDAY OCT 11, 14:45 - WITH THE HOUSES WE WERE - LIVING IN ROME FROM 1948 TO 2018 (18’), INTRODUCTION BY PAUL MEURS PLAYTIME Jacques Tati - 1967 - France - 155 min Jacques Tati is said to have spent years working on his masterpiece, an ultimate reject of and an ode to modern life. A magical and off-beat classic to watch on the big screen! SUNDAY OCT 13, 15:30 A POETIC OF INHABIT Caroline Alder & Damien Faure - 2018 - Chile/ France - 60 min Architects, artists, poets and other dreamers have created a unique place on the Chilean coast. An inspiring documentary about the poetic philosophy of a remarkable community. SATURDAY OCT 12, 14:30 - WITH THE HOUSES WE WERE - LIVING IN ROME FROM 1948 TO 2018 (18’), INTRODUCTION BY HARM SCHOLTENS PRICED OUT Cornelius Swart - 2018 - USA - 60 min Portland, Oregon. Nikki Williams is the last remaining black resident on a street lined by trendy cafés. A personal look at gentrification, relevant everywhere. FRIDAY OCT 11, 16:45 - WITH JUST A CAR PARK (3’), INTRODUCTION BY TIM VERLAAN RAILWAY MEN Erige Sehiri - 2018 - Tunesia/Sweden - 73 min This confrontational documentary shows the shocking consequences of corruption for the Tunisian railways, one of the deadliest in the world. FRIDAY OCT 11, 13:00 RAMS Gary Hustwit - 2018 - USA - 74 min An intimate portrait of the camera-shy Dieter Rams, the celebrated designer whose minimalist designs reflected the zeitgeist for decades. FRIDAY OCT 11, 22:45 SATURDAY OCT 12, 19:00 THE REAL THING Benoit Felici - 2018 - France - 2018 From London’s Tower Bridge in China to Saint Peter’s Basilica in the Ivory Coast, Benoit Felici has filmed live-size replica’s of iconic architecture around the world, focusing on the role of authenticity and the results of globalization. WEDNESDAY OCT 9, 20:30 - EUROPEAN PREMIERE FRIDAY OCT 11, 21:00 - WITH THE COMMON SPACE (10’)- ARCHINED TIP THE RIVER AND THE WALL Ben Masters - 2019 - USA - 109 min An epic journey along 1200 miles of the American-Mexican border, researching the social and ecological consequences of the wall Donald Trump wants to built here. FRIDAY OCT 11, 12:30 - WITH IT’S GOING TO BE BEAUTIFUL (9’) THE SKY COMMODIFIED Maya Shopova & Locument (Francisco Lobo & Romea Muryn) - 2019 - Chile/USA - 50 min In the middle of the vast Atacama desert in Chili you can find the largest telescopes in the world. A remarkable complex that creates its own ‘astro- tourism’, with immense consequences for the area. SATURDAY OCT 12, 16:30 - WITH EARTHRISE (30’), INTRODUCTION BY GOVERT SCHILLING VOSTOK N°20 Elisabeth Silveiro - 2018 - France - 49 min A magical film about daily life in Vostok N°20, a railway carriage of the Trans-Siberian Express. An existential meditation about being human, in relation to each other and the passing landscape. FRIDAY OCT 11, 14:45 - WITH THE MAZE (24’), INTRODUCTION BY JEROEN VISSCHERS - DUTCH PREMIERE WAITING FOR BARCELONA Juho-Pekka Tanskanen - 2018 - Finland - 85 min What is survival like in tourist city Barcelona as a migrant without papers? With the police on your heels it is a fearful existence, where resourceful- ness and solidarity play an essential role. THURSDAY OCT 10, 19:15 THE WORLD BEFORE YOUR FEET Jeremy Workman - 2018 - USA - 95 min Matt Green wants to walk all the streets of New York. The film follows him during this epic journey of more than 12,000 kilometers, providing a completely new perspective on the city. FRIDAY OCT 11, 18:30 - INTRODUCTION BY MACHIEL SPAAN SOYALISM Enrioco Parenti & Stefano Liberti - 2018 - Italy - 65 min Penetrating documentary about the social and ecological consequences of the international pork industry, from soy agriculture in Brazil to growing consumption in China. FRIDAY OCT 11, 16:30 - WITH TUNGRUS (13’), INTRODUCTION BY MARIEKE BERKERS THE STONE SPEAKERS Igor Drljača - 2018 - Canada/Bosnia and Herzegovina - 92 min With an eye for beauty and absurdity this film depicts the identity crisis of Bosnia-Herzegovina, seen in the remarkable tourism industry around folklore and religion. THURSDAY OCT 10, 21:15 - WITH MY DEAR KYRGYSTAN (13’), INTRODUCTION BY SAŠA RADENOVIC SUCH STUFF AS DREAMS ARE MADE ON Michael Rieper & Lotte Schreiber - 2019 - Austria - 76 min The infectious and high topical history of collective living in Austria in six remarkable projects. What can we learn from these utopian housing schemes? FRIDAY OCT 11, 14:45 - DUTCH PREMIERE SUNNYSIDE Frederik Carbon - 2017 - Belgium - 72 min In the woods of northern California live two eccentric old men: sound artist Henry Jacobs and architect Daniel Liebermann. a cheerfully melancholic ode to these bickering men and to life itself. SUNDAY 13 OCT, 17:00 - WITH A TRAIN TO ROCKAWAY (13’), INTRODUCTION BY JORD DEN HOLLANDER - DUTCH PREMIERE VILLAGGIO ENI: A PLEASANT SOJOURN IN THE FUTURE Davide Maffei - 2017 - Italy - 52 min In the center of the Dolomites is an impressive social and architectural experiment: a modern holiday village created especially for the employees of oil and gas company Eni. SUNDAY OCT 13, 15:00 - WITH SCENES FROM THE MOST BEAUTIFUL CAMPUS IN AFRICA (25’), INTRODUCTION BY RACHEL KEETON ACCIDENCE Guy Maddin, Evan & Galen Johnson - 2018 - Canada - 9 min On each balcony a different life. A cinematic ode to voyeurism in an apartment building by prize- winning director Guy Maddin, in the style of Hitchcock’s Rear Window. SATURDAY OCT 12, 12:45 - WITH THE BURDEN (14’), DEMEURE (39’) AND THE MESS (4’) ALL INCLUSIVE Corina Schwingruber Ilić - 2018 - Switzerland - 10 min From fitness on the sundeck, conga in the dining hall to a photoshoot with the captain, life on a cruise ship in humorous scenes. Who want to take a cruise aſter this? SATURDAY OCT 12, 12:45 - WITH ALIS UBBO (63’) THE BURDEN Natalia Dabrowska - 2017 - Sweden - 14 min A masterpiece about human failing. Black humour in a surrealist village at the intersection of thoroughfares. It will never be the same. SATURDAY OCT 12, 12:45 - WITH DEMEURE (39’), ACCIDENCE (9’) AND THE MESS (4’) THE COMMON SPACE Raphaële Bezin - 2018 - France - 10 min A cinematic ode to the familiar landscape of the city Rome as it exists in our collective consciousness; built out of fragments from famous films. FRIDAY OCT 11, 21:00 - WITH THE REAL THING (60’) THE DIVER Esteban Arrangoiz - 2015 - Mexico - 16 min In the massive sewage system of Mexico City we meet a lonely diver while he lowers himself into the darkness. A film about the unmissable heroes behind our infrastructure. SATURDAY OCT 12, 22:45 - WITH THE HIDDEN CITY (80’) THE DIVINE WAY Ilaria Di Carlo - 2018 - Germany - 15 min A woman descends the various stairways of the world, as if in Dante Alighieri’s Divine Comedy. More than fiſty different location are poetically depicted. FRIDAY OCT 11, 22:45 - WITH ARCHITECTURE OF INFINITY (86’) - DUTCH PREMIERE SATURDAY OCT 12, 20:45 - WITH ARCHITECTURE OF INFINITY (86’) DROP BY DROP Alexandra Ramires & Laura Gonçalves - 2017 - Portugal - 9 min Despite being up to their necks in the water, these last inhabitants refuse to leave their village. SATURDAY OCT 12, 14:30 - WITH DOEL (67’) FIRE IN CARDBOARD CITY Phil Brough - 2018 - New Zealand - 9 min Armageddon meets Towering Inferno in this hilarious animation film. In exciting cardboard action sequences we follow a car chased by the police through a burning city. FRIDAY OCT 11, 23:00 - WITH DARK EDEN (80’) HET DING (UNTITLED 1957) Mels van Zutphen - 2018 - Netherlands - 16 min Next to the Bijenkorf on the Coolsingel stands one of Rotterdam’s most famous statues, Het Ding by Russian artist Naum Gabo. A film about its restoration, full of fragments from his fiery manifesto. FRIDAY OCT 11, 15:00 - WITH ROTTERDAM SOUTH SIDE, FROM BARNYARD TO MELTING POT (25’) THE HOUSES WE WERE: LIVING IN ROME FROM 1948 TO 2018 Arianna Lodeserto - 2018 - Italy - 18 min A cinematic ode to fiſty years of social housing in Rome, compiled from hundreds of hours of archive footage. A unique film about the demise of a collective social sensibility. FRIDAY OCT 11, 14:45 - WITH PEDREGULHO (50’) - DUTCH PREMIERE SATURDAY OCT 12, 14:30 - WITH A POETIC OF INHABIT (60’) HOW THE HOLIDAY INN BECAME A SYMBOL OF THE LEBANESE CIVIL WAR Abdallah El Binni - 2019 - Lebanon - 25 min The history of war in large hotels, told like an adventure novel. In the center of Beirut is the shell of the Holiday Inn, a strategic hotel that played an important role during the Lebanese civil war. FRIDAY OCT 11, 16:45 - WITH ALEPPO: SILENCE OF WAR (30’) FILM & ARCHITECTURE STUDIO From 5 to 8 October 2019 the Independent School for the City and AFFR are organizing a course on filmmaking in relation to city and architecture by Jord den Hollander with lectures by Lotte Schreiber and Gys Zevenbergen. The course focuses on learning and understanding the narrative of filmmaking and its application in the design process, a hands-on studio in which students will be structuring stories and going through all stages of filmmaking. PUBLIC PRESENTATION TUESDAY OCT 8, 16:00, INDEPENDENT SCHOOL FOR THE CITY, DELFSESTRAAT 33, ROTTERDAM KING KONG BUSINESS EVENT The King Kong Business Club is the AFFR networking programme. Companies and entrepreneurs active in the construction and property sectors link their names to the Architecture Film Festival Rotterdam and lend their support in terms of funding, relations and contents. For members of the club and their relations, AFFR organizes an exclusive film and networking evening every year called the King Kong Business Event. MEMBER ONLY - WEDNESDAY 2 OCTOBER, 18:30 NHOW ROTTERDAM OPENING NIGHT: LOST IN TRANSITION The eleventh edition of AFFR opens with the European premiere of The Real Thing (Benoit Felici, 2018), a film about globalisation and the worldwide replicas of iconic architecture. The screening will be followed by a Q&A with the maker, as well as drinks and music. WEDNESDAY OCT 9, 20:30 THEATER ROTTERDAM - SCHOUWBURGPLEIN 25, ROTTERDAM THE TRANSITION OF THE DELTA - DELTAMETROPOOL EVENT We are at the eve of great change that will need to cross borders. A debate about the future of climate, energy and economy in the Delta, moderated by Joep Klabbers and with, among others, Paul Gerretsen and Joachim Declerck. THURSDAY OCT 10, 17:00, WITH POWERSCAPE (7’) LOST IN TRANSITION DEBATE AFFR is organizing a debate on the theme Lost in Transition. Moderated by Saskia van Stein, the session will explore the way that architecture can deal with issues arising from a world in flux. How do increased migration, inequality and climate change affect our built environment? With the pressure of all these forces, the time has come to address these problems head-on and create positive as well as structural change. A conversation with Derk Loorbach (DRIFT), Eva Pfannes (OOZE), Nanne De Ru (Powerhouse Company) and Thomas Haemmerli, director of I Am Gentrification, the documentary that will be screened aſter the discussion. THURSDAY OCT 10, 19:30 AFFR VR AFFR presents three wonderful VR-experiences, a truly unrivalled way to immerse yourself in architectural projects around the world. Travel through time to Walter Gropius’ final buildings with Bauhaus in Bavaria, discover Dorte Mandrup’s projects in The Leap and experience global architectural replicas in The Real Thing. FRI-SAT, DURING FESTIVAL HOURS - SIGN UP AT THE AFFR DESK ROTTERDAM SOUTH SIDE - AIR EVENT A screening of Rotterdam South Side, from Barnyard to Melting Pot (25’) and debate in collaboration with AIR about the developments in South Rotterdam. FRIDAY OCT 11, 15:00 - WITH HET DING (16’) FILM AND DEBATE IN DUTCH BULLDOZER POLITICS WITH LÉOPOLD LAMBERT Join us for a lecture by the world renowned, Paris-based architect and editor-in-chief of The Funambulist magazine, Léopold Lambert based on his book La politique du bulldozer. He will focus on his research into the demolitions politics of the Israeli army against Palestinian homes since 1948, a topic with urgent relevance. The presentation is followed by two films that provide a fascinating perspective on the horrific consequences of war. FRIDAY OCT 11, 16:45 - WITH ALEPPO: THE SILENCE OF WAR (30’) AND HOW THE HOLIDAY INN BECAME A SYMBOL OF THE LEBANESE CIVIL WAR (25’) MEET THE MAKERS TALKSHOW Conversations between the various filmmakers at the festival, about the reality of film making, telling stories and the relation between film, city and architecture. IMPERIAL VALLEY (CULTIVATED RUN-OFF) Lukas Marxt - 2018 - Austria - 14 min A documentary in drone footage of the American agricultural area Imperial Valley, where a great deal of irrigation allows vegetables and fruit to be grown in a desert. With dire consequences for the surrounding area. FRIDAY OCT 11, 21:15 - WITH SCENES FROM A DRY CITY (13’), TODAY MIGHT BE THE LAST DAY I SEE YOUR FACE (6’) AND A MOMENT IN MEXICO: RUPTURED CITY (12’) IN THE HEIGHTS Edgar Omar Alejandro Gutierrez Neri - 2018 - Mexico - 10 min The welder Jesus is working on the tallest tower of Guanajuato in Mexico, protected by only a safety belt. A nail-biting story about the dangers of working at great heights. FRIDAY OCT 11, 13:00 - WITH LEANING OUT (59’) - DUTCH PREMIERE INSTRUMENTS IN THE ARCHITECTURE: BUILDING THE PIANODROME Austen McCowan & Will Hewitt - 2019 - UK - 13 min The Pianodrome is the world’s first amphitheater built completely from recycled pianos. An infectious film about the creation of a remarkable project. FRIDAY OCT 11, 17:00 - WITH THE NOBEL SNOWFLAKE (59’) SATURDAY OCT 12, 16:30 - WITH THE NOBEL SNOWFLAKE (59’) IT’S GOING TO BE BEAUTIFUL Luis Gutierrez Arias & John Henry Theisen - 2018 - USA/Mexico - 9 min Along the American-Mexican border are eight prototypes for the border wall with Mexico. In a hilarious way the film shows how the wall is tested against drugdealers and human traffickers. FRIDAY OCT 11, 12:30 - WITH THE RIVER AND THE WALL (109’) IT’S NOT SILENCE Joonas Salo - 2018 - Finland - 25 min In the remote northern regions of Norway lies Pyramiden, a former Soviet model city. A film about the nine inhabitants who survive all year round in extreme conditions. FRIDAY OCT 11, 19:00 - WITH 690 VOPNAFJÖRÐUR (57’) AND NORTHBOUND (10’) JUST A CAR PARK Joe Gilbert - 2019 - UK - 3 min The last days of the iconic Welbeck Street car park, the London parking garage known as one of the highlights of brutalist architecture. FRIDAY OCT 11, 16:45 - WITH PRICED OUT (60’) - WORLD PREMIERE LIFE IN MINIATURE Ellen Evans - 2018 - UK - 5 min In minute detail this British woman creates miniatures from the things around here. From an iron to a hospital bed, the mundane is elevated to the miraculous. SATURDAY OCT 12, 14:15 - WITH ALMOST NOTHING. CERN: THE DISCOVERY OF THE FUTURE (74’) THE MAZE Serginho Roosblad - 2018 - USA - 24 min The MacArthur Maze is one of the most important intersections of California. This crossing of freeways dissects four unique landscapes, with each their own story. FRIDAY OCT 11, 14:45 - WITH VOSTOK N°20 (49’) THE MESS Dorothy Allen-Pickard - 2018 - UK - 4 min An imaginative short film about what it’s like to be bi-polar, and what effect this can have on the state of your bedroom. SATURDAY OCT 12, 12:45 - WITH THE BURDEN (14’), ACCIDENCE (9’) AND THE MESS (4’) A MOMENT IN MEXICO: RUPTURED CITY Santiago Arau - 2018 - Mexico/USA - 12 min A shocking report in live audio fragments and drone footage of the earthquake that shook Mexico City in 2017, exactly 32 years aſter the devastating earthquake that cost 10,000 people their lives. FRIDAY OCT 11, 21:15 - WITH IMPERIAL VALLEY (CULTIVATED RUN-OFF) (14’), TODAY MIGHT BE THE LAST DAY I SEE YOUR FACE (6’) AND SCENES FROM A DRY CITY (13’) MY DEAR KYRGYZSTAN Alex Pritz/Noam Argov - 2018 - USA - 13 min Emil does everything he can to get tourists to visit his remote mountain town in Kyrgyzstan. The humorous story of a place that wants to attract instead of repel tourism. THURSDAY OCT 10, 21:15 - WITH THE STONE SPEAKERS (92’) NORTHBOUND Mark Slierings & Boaz Peters - 2019 - Norway/ Russia/Finland - 10 min A short documentary about Finnmark, Europe’s most northern state. The inhabitants of this remote region are divided about the arrival of the mining industry, that offers jobs but also corrodes the environment. FRIDAY OCT 11, 19:00 - WITH 690 VOPNAFJÖRÐUR (57’) AND IT’S NOT SILENCE (25’) POWERSCAPE Alessandro Guida - 2019 - Italy/Netherlands - 7 min A wordless journey through the largest wind park of Italy. With impressive footage this film shows how energy transition affects our landscape. THURSDAY OCT 10, 17:00 - DELTAMETROPOOL EVENT - WORLD PREMIERE ROTTERDAM SOUTH SIDE, FROM BARNYARD TO MELTING POT Eelco Romeijn & Perry Boomsluiter - 2019 - Netherlands - 25 min The South of Rotterdam is developing faster than ever. With impressive archive footage and conversations with architects and inhabitants, this documentary researches its transformation from harbour to melting pot. FRIDAY OCT 11, 15:00 - WITH HET DING (UNTITLED 1957) (16’) SCENES FROM A DRY CITY François Verster & Simon Wood - 2018 - South- Africa/USA - 13 min A film about the modernist Ife campus in Nigeria, a design created in the sixties by architect Arieh Sharon, with elements from Yoruba culture and brutalism. FRIDAY OCT 11, 21:15 - WITH IMPERIAL VALLEY (CULTIVATED RUN-OFF) (14’), TODAY MIGHT BE THE LAST DAY I SEE YOUR FACE (6’) AND A MOMENT IN MEXICO: RUPTURED CITY (12’) SCENES FROM THE MOST BEAUTIFUL CAMPUS IN AFRICA Zvi Efrat - 2019 - Israël - 26 min Due to prolonged droughts there is a massive water shortage in Cape Town. Water is strictly rationed. Fears that the taps will be cut off are increasing. SUNDAY OCT 13, 15:00 - WITH VILLAGGIO ENI: A PLEASANT SOJOURN IN THE FUTURE (52’), INTRODUCTION BY RACHEL KEETON - DUTCH PREMIERE STORY OF A HOUSE Ignacia Masllorens - 2019 - Argentina - 19 min A romantic detective story about a mysterious house, as told by the woman who lived in it last. A look into this example of early modernist architecture in Argentina. SATURDAY OCT 12, 12:15 - WITH 306 HOLLYWOOD (94’) - EUROPEAN PREMIERE SUNDAY OCT 13, 19:00 - WITH 306 HOLLYWOOD (94’) THERE LIVED THE COLLIERS Nelson MacDonald - 2017 - Canada - 7 min An endless sequence of empty houses tells the chilling story of the workers who, between 1850 and 1920, moved to Nova Scotia in Canada to work in the coal-mining industry. FRIDAY OCT 11, 23:00 - WITH LOSING ALASKA (83’) TODAY MIGHT BE THE LAST TIME I SEE YOUR FACE Vasco Mendes - 2019 - USA - 6 min Due to smog this future city is about to disappear into the fog. An ominous film about the urgency of environmental pollution. FRIDAY OCT 11, 21:15 - WITH IMPERIAL VALLEY (CULTIVATED RUN-OFF) (14’), SCENES FROM A DRY CITY (13’) AND A MOMENT IN MEXICO: RUPTURED CITY (12’) - WORLD PREMIERE A TRAIN TO ROCKAWAY William Starling & Carlos Rojas-Felice - 2018 - USA - 13 min Calvin Seibert builds sandcastles. Since the eighties he has created thousands on the beaches of New York. SUNDAY OCT 13, 17:00 - WITH SUNNYSIDE (72’) - EUROPEAN PREMIERE TUNGRUS Rishi Chandna - 2018 - India - 13 min The story of a rooster in a small apartment in Mumbai, once brought home as a joke. It turned out differently. FRIDAY OCT 11, 16:30 - WITH SOYALISM (65’) FILMS SHORTS SPECIALS PRACTICAL INFORMATION AFFR.NL CLUB FOUNTAINHEAD Receive a free ticket for the festive Opening Night in Theater Rotterdam and enjoy a 30% discount on your tickets during the festival in LantarenVenster. Become a true friend of AFFR and join Club Fountainhead for only € 30 a year! ▶ www.affr.nl/clubfountainhead TICKET SALES VIA WWW.AFFR.NL AND LANTARENVENSTER BOX OFFICE: ◼ Regular film ticket: € 10,50 ◼ Club Fountainhead members / CJP / student card: € 7,50 ◼ Cineville / Lantaren Venster Strippenkaart: accepted TICKETS SALE OPENING NIGHT VIA WWW.AFFR.NL AND THEATER ROTTERDAM BOX OFFICE ◼ Regular ticket Opening Night (incl. one drink): € 13,50 ◼ Club Fountainhead Members / Festival Pass: free entrance Please note you always need to show your personal pass (Club Fountainhead, Festival Pass, CJP, Student Card, LV Strippenkaart or Cineville) at the entrance of the cinema room! WANT TO SEE MORE FILMS? BUY A FESTIVAL PASS! An AFFR Festival Pass gives you free entrance to all films including the Opening Night. You can buy the Festival Pass at € 87,50 via www.affr.nl or at the AFFR desk at LantarenVenster during the festival. WANT TO SEE THE TOP 5? JOIN THE BEST OF AFFR! Enjoy five of the very best films of the festival, during the Architectenweb Best of AFFR on Sunday 13 October. You can buy the Best of AFFR Pass at € 34,50 via www.affr.nl or at the AFFR desk at LantarenVenster during the festival. AFFR.NL COLOFON SUPPORT ARCHITECTURE FILM FESTIVAL ROTTERDAM AFFR FESTIVAL VENUE (10-13 October 2019) LantarenVenster Otto Reuchlinweg 996, 3072 MD Rotterdam AFFR OPENING VENUE (9 October 2019, 20.30) Theater Rotterdam Schouwburgplein 25, 3012 CL Rotterdam ORGANIZATION festival director Joep Mol curator Jord den Hollander film editor Cristina Ampatzidou text and debate editor Inez de Coo print researcher Renate Bergsma marketing / communication / press Gilles de Sitter social media Angela Otto production Jeanine Roelse production assistance Laurence Gijsen film technique Frank Koppelmans operator Martin Putto, Hans de Ruiter technique assistance Michelle Koppelmans CRITICAL VIEWERS Ania Molenda, Armina Pilav, Arthur Wortmann, Carine Eijsbouts, Giulia di Pietro, Hanne Verwoert, Jeroen Visschers, Joeri Pruys, Marieke Berkers, Marina van den Bergen, Marten Kuijpers, Martijn de Waal, Martine Bakker, Mattijs van ‘t Hoff, Meta van Drunen, Michiel van Raaij, Sander van Wettum, Sasa Radenovic, Tijs Barendse. BOARD Jacob van Rijs, Marieke Berkers, Carine Eijsbouts, Rob Vester. TEXT & VISUALS graphic concept & design Studio Beige, web development Rob Peters, leader Harold Houdijk, translation: Billy Nolan, festival photography Sander van Wettum FUNDING Filmfonds, Fonds 21, gemeente Rotterdam, King Kong business club, Rotterdam Festivals, stichting Volkskracht, Stimuleringsfonds Creatieve Industrie. AFFR PARTNERS AIR, Amsterdam Academy of Architecture, Archined, Architectenweb, BNA, Delſt University of Technology, Goethe Institut, Independent School for the City, KABK The Hague, LantarenVenster, Open Rotterdam, Rotterdam Academy of Architecture, Theater Rotterdam, University of Amsterdam, Vereniging Deltametropool, Willem de Kooning Academy, Zwarts & Jansma architects. AFFR wishes to thank all filmmakers, lecturers, volunteers and members of Club Fountainhead. MORE INFORMATION, LONG READS AND TICKETS: AFFR.NL City Dreamers — Joseph Hillel — 2018 Architecture of Infinity — Christoph Schaub — 2018 Anthropocene: The Human Epoch — Jennifer Baichwal, Nicholas de Pencier, Edward Burtynsky — 2018 ARCHITECTURE FILM FESTIVAL ROTTERDAM 09.10 — 13.10 2019 Almost nothing —Anna de Manincor — 2018 FRIDAY OCT 11, 18:00 - SATURDAY OCT 12, 16:00 SATURDAY OCT 12, 18:30 CITY DREAMERS - BNA EVENT The European premiere of a remarkable film about four internationally renowned female designers from recent architectural history. Aſter the screening a conversation will take place about the influence of female designers and city planners in the Netherlands, led by journalist and presenter Tracy Metz. FRIDAY OCT 11, 18:45 - EUROPEAN PREMIERE LOST IN TRANSITION WITH KADIR VAN LOHUIZEN In impressive images documentary maker Kadir van Lohuizen gives a preview of his latest NTR series Rising Water, in which he focuses on the human consequences of the rising sea level. Followed by a programme of four short ‘disaster movies’. FRIDAY OCT 11, 21:15 - WITH TODAY MIGHT BE THE LAST DAY I SEE YOUR FACE (6’), IMPERIAL VALLEY (CULTIVATED RUN-OFF) (14’), RUPTURED CITY (12’) AND SCENES FROM A DRY CITY (13’) AFFR FILM FORUM International filmmakers and producers whose films will be screened at AFFR and local filmmakers and producers meet for a festive brunch to share knowledge and experiences. INVITATION ONLY - SATURDAY OCT 12, 10:30 ARCHIPRIX INTERNATIONAL 2019 World premiere of the documentary Conflicting Territories | Conflicting Communities. Archiprix participants traveled from all over the world to Santiago, Chile to design plans to free the Matadero-Franklin neighborhood from its planning deadlock. SATURDAY OCT 12, 12:30 DIVIDED CITIES BY GUARDIAN CITIES World premiere of the short documentary series Divided Cities, produced by Guardian Cities. These short documentaries focus on international cities with a clear division, whether physical, cultural or economic, each in their own way. SATURDAY OCT 12, 14:45 - WORLD PREMIERE NATURA URBANA: THE BRACHEN OF BERLIN - GOETHE INSTITUT EVENT A film about plant diversity in the unspoilt areas of Berlin and conversation about city nature, with film maker and ecologist Matthew Gandy, Amsterdam-based city ecologist Remco Daalder and Kees Moeliker, director of the Museum of Natural History in Rotterdam. SATURDAY OCT 12, 16:45 AFFR SECRET PREVIEW As is tradition, this year AFFR will again offer an exclusive preview of a new film that has been selected to premiere at another international film festival. A unique opportunity to be the first to see this fascinating film about an important moment in architectural history. SATURDAY 12 OCT, 20:30 ARCHITECTENWEB BEST OF AFFR AFFR is teaming up with partner Architectenweb to screen the five best festival films in succession on the final day of the festival. Dive into the world of cinema, city and architecture. All-in tickets for the Architectenweb Best of AFFR are on sale on the website and at the AFFR desk. SUNDAY OCT 13, 12:30-21:00 OPERATION JANE WALK AFFR presents a special live performance by Leonhard Müllner and Robin Klengel; a pacifist city tour through the dystopian environment of the computer game Tom Clancy’s The Division. SUNDAY OCT 13, 17:30 ARCHINED TIPS The editors of Archined, the independent community-based website about architecture and more, combed the AFFR 2019 programme and recommend two remarkable films that should be seen by everybody. Films will be introduced by Archined and followed by a Q&A. I AM GENTRIFICATION, THURSDAY OCT 10, 21:00 THE REAL THING, FRIDAY OCT 11, 21:00
