08.03.2010

Soon in Amsterdam

Screening of ‘an opportunity to build’ (1985) by Rob Klaasman and Maarten Kloos.

06.03.2010

And the winner is….

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Nominated for the best bedroom: Sherlock Holmes

06.02.2010

The Complete Metropolis

Only 200 meters missing, as the newspaper announced. In 2008 the only (almost) complete reel of Fritz Langs’ Metropolis was found. Friday Febrary 12 live on Arte TV. Read more »

03.02.2010

Infinite Space on TV

02.02.2010

Oscar nomination for Logorama

Yes, we recognize the beauties, because the short animation film Logorama we screened at our festival is nominated for an Academy Award! We keep our fingers crossed for the people of H5, especially Nicolas Schmerkin.

14.01.2010

Megunica in Amsterdam

Een van de populairdere films van het AFFR 2009 was Megunica van Lorenzo Fonda (2008) over de animatie/graffitti artiest Blu. De film is zelden te zien, dus als je hem gemist hebt op ons festival, dan een hele week herkansing bij onze vrienden van SmartProjectSpace: vertoningen van 14-1 tot en met 31-1.

12.12.2009

Film on TV

. Sunday December 13 at 18.25 on Dutch TV Ned.2: the TV premiere of Oscar Niemeyer – La vida es un sopro, one of the hits of AFFR 2009.

23.11.2009

Films on DVD?

We receive many questions about the availability of films screened at AFFR2009, for public screenings or for private DVD purchases.

01.11.2009

Garbage Warrior

So far, the movie Garbage Warrior (Oliver Hodge, 2007) is one of the audience favorite. The film runs Sunday, November 1 again.

31.10.2009

Snakebit

The secret preview

by Rita Brons

Snakebit is made for American public television, but has not been aired. AFFR is therefore even more proud that the movie is to prepremiere in the Netherlands. The movie is eagerly awaited for months by many fans. Sam Wainwright Douglas, the director is one of the special guests on the AFFR.

Snakebit

The secret preview

by Rita Brons

Snakebit is a documentary about the architect Samuel Mockbee and his unique radical building program called “Rural Studio” that he started in poorly Alabama, after he had left a prestigious architectural firm. With the appealing slogan “shelter for the soul” he motivated many engineering students to volunteer to design houses for the local poor community. The Rural Studio demonstrates as no other program that architecture has strong roots in the community and affects the lives of people en their environment directly. Through donations and donated materials they could design houses for the residents. It led to surprising, and unique designs tailored to sometimes eccentric inhabitants, including “The Music Man”. Never before seen interviews are part of the film and slowly the image arises of this special and relevant way of designing in and for a community. The current mortgage crisis in America shows that the time for such projects are not a least bit outdated. There should be a much larger movement motivated to designs shelters for everyone. And Snakebit shows sharp that only a small group of people are needed to change the world.

Snakebit, Samuel Mockbee and the Spirit of the Rural Studio (Sam Wainwright Douglas, 2009). Screening Saturday, October 31 (20:00) & Sunday, November 1 (14:00).