16.08.2010
Piano + Metropolis
This thursday night at the Rotterdamse Open Air Cinema: the screening of Fritz Lang’s Metropolis with live music
18.06.2010
Cinematic Rotterdam
Floris Paalman, programmeur van de Rotterdam Classics, promoveert dinsdag 22 juni op ‘Cinematic Rotterdam, the times and tides of a modern city’. Read more »
16.05.2010
Film + architectuur in Den Bosch
On May 17 onward there will be several interesting screenings in the Verkadefabriek in Den Bosch concerning architecture. This monday it’s Many words for modern of Jord den Hollander, a film screened at the 2007 edition of our AFFR festival.
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09.05.2010
Shopping malls on film
The Barbican in London organises screenings of architecture films on a regular basis. Read more »
28.04.2010
Rotterdam premiere
Living Architectures of Beka & Lemoine has its Dutch premiere on Thursday April 29, the filmmakers will be present at the screening. Make your reservation now at the NAi.
08.03.2010
The opportunity to build
Screening of ‘an opportunity to build’ (1985) by Rob Klaasman and Maarten Kloos.
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 »
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.
Program 2009
The 2009 edition is already over – ahhhh. The next edition will be in Fall 2011. Here you find the program and program changes of 2009, it will be online until Jan 1, 2010. Subscribe to the newsletter for the latest news.
The program magazine (both english and dutch) is available on October 15 at universities, architecture institutes and cultural outlets in Rotterdam. Subscribe to our rss feed or twitter for regular updates. Small program changes might occur, please check for updates on the page you are now. Tickets are for sale since Monday October 19. Download the schedule here and the complete program magazine here.
Program changes 26.10.2009
Change of screening room: Somerstown on Friday 30.10.2009 at 20.15 is switched from Cinerama 4 to Cinerama 2
Change of screening room: The surprisefilm (revealed: Learning from light) on Friday 30.10.2009 at 20.15 is switched from Cinerama 2 to Cinerama 4
New film: The film Dark City on Sunday 01.11.2009 at 20.00 in Cinerama 2 is replaced by a very special screening of the film Taxandria.
New film: The Pre Architecture Shorts program (check it out!) has been added with the fabulous Logorama
The Citymedia program at the underground station Beurs starts daily every hour from 6 PM till 12 PM with a very special program with items about the AFFR films: Visual Acoustics and Koolhaas Houselife and the complete screening of Civic Life-Who killed brown owl? and Civic Life – Moore Street.
Cancelled film: The short Utopia 3, the world’s largest shopping mall, has been cancelled. Replacement on Friday is the beautiful classic Daybreak Express.
Cancelled shorts program: The screening of Avant Garde Architecture of Hope 2 will be replaced by a repeat of Avant Garde Architecture of Hope 2.
Cancelled debate: The Planning Disasters Debate is cancelled due to an unforseen planning disaster 
An extended Q&A with Oeke Hoogendijk will be added to the screening of The New Rijksmuseum
Thu. 29 Oct. 2009, 19:45, Jeugdtheater Hofplein
Openingnight
***SOLD OUT***On thursday October 29 the fifth Architecture Film Festival Rotterdam will be opened by the state minister Cramer. The special opening location is the Jeugdtheater Hofplein. Doors open at 19.45. The program starts at 20.30.
---SPECIAL---
Tickets at 15 euro available exclusively from October 19 onward at specials@affr.nl stationg 'opening evening' and the number of tickets. The opening night is adopted by De Zwarte Hond
Movies:
→ Visual Acoustics
2008, Eric Bricker, (83 min.)
Thu. 29 Oct. 2009, 22:00, Citymedia, underground station Beurs
Program on underground station Beurs
Daily program every hour between 6 PM and 12 PM on Citymedia at the underground station Beurs. With Case Study House Program, Julius Shulman, Koolhaas Houselife and a special screening of two unique films. Skip that train and keep watching!Movies:
→ Civic Life - Moore Street
2004, Desperate Optimists (Christine Molloy, Joe Lawlor), (5 min.)
→ Civic Life - Who killed brown owl
2004, Desperate Optimists (Christine Molloy, Joe Lawlor), (9 min.)
→ Koolhaas Houselife
2007, Ila Bêka en Louise Lemoîn, (63 min.)
→ Visual Acoustics
2008, Eric Bricker, (83 min.)
Fri. 30 Oct. 2009, 12:00, Private
Celluloid City Lunch
Seminar for Architecture Film Festivals in Europe. By invitation only.
Fri. 30 Oct. 2009, 13:15, Cinerama 1
Trafic
With the European premiere of The man who built my childhoodMovies:
→ The Man Who Built My Childhood
2008, Brian Stockton, (5 min.)
→ Trafic
1971, Jacques Tati, (96 min.)
Fri. 30 Oct. 2009, 13:30, Cinerama 2
Shorts Pre Architecture
Collection of films creating the illusion of a real world, combined with films presenting plans in an innovative way. With introductions of Guy Königstein and Squint Opera.Movies:
→ Albert Whitlock, A Master of Illusion
1981, Mark Horowitz & Walton Dornisch, (30 min.)
→ Family stories 1&2
2009, Guy Koenigstein, (12 min.)
→ In Places
2004, Erik Olofsen, (4 min.)
→ The Inhabited Section
2009, Aude-Line Duliere, (3 min.)
→ Logorama
2008, H5, (14 min.)
→ The Work of Squint/Opera
2009, Squint/Opera
→ The making of Meine Stadt
2009, (19 min.)
→ Paper Movie
2008, Eliza Yokina, (4 min.)
Fri. 30 Oct. 2009, 13:30, Cinerama 3
Great Expectations
With the Dutch premiere of Afterville.These films are adopted by UN Studio
Movies:
→ Afterville - the movie
2008, Fabio Guaglione & Fabio Resinaro, (30 min.)
→ Great Expec tations
2007, Jesper Wachtmeister, (52 min.)
Fri. 30 Oct. 2009, 13:45, Cinerama 4
The Garden
Movies:
→ The Garden
2008, Scott Hamilton Kennedy, (80 min.)
→ Civic Life - Who killed brown owl
2004, Desperate Optimists (Christine Molloy, Joe Lawlor), (9 min.)
Fri. 30 Oct. 2009, 14:00, Cinerama - Foyer
Behind the screens tour
Limited number of places! Free tour, reservations at the Cinerama box office.Fri. 30 Oct. 2009, 14:00, Cinerama - Foyer
Exhibition about Cinerama
On three screens: the technique, the history and the future of Cinerama.
Fri. 30 Oct. 2009, 14:30, Cinerama - Foyer
Doodle Earth Rotterdam
Projection of the Rotterdam map with animations of doodles. Animated by Serge Seidlitz and Squint/Opera. Help us make Rotterdam beautiful, or at least... funny!Fri. 30 Oct. 2009, 15:30, Cinerama 1
L'homme de Rio
This film is adopted by De Jong Gortemaker Algra ArchitectenMovies:
→ L'homme de Rio
1964, Philippe de Broca, (112 min.)
→ Beton
2008, Yuval Yefet, (9 min.)
Fri. 30 Oct. 2009, 15:45, Cinerama 2
Shorts Post Architecture
Shortfilmprogram curated by Terence Gower, originally for the New Museum in New York, now for the first time in Holland. Surplussed by two films of Niklas Goldbach. Short Q&A with both filmmakers.Movies:
→ 10104 Angelo View Drive
2004, Dorit Margreiter, (7 min.)
→ Ciudad Moderna
2004, Terence Gower, (6 min.)
→ Easy Though / Rong Xiang
2008, Caspar Starcke, (9 min.)
→ Interiors
2006, Ursula Mayer, (3 min.)
→ The Kiss / Le Baiser
1999, Iñigo Manglano-Ovalle, (12 min.)
→ New Ark
2001, Francois Boué, (10 min.)
→ The Sneeze
2008, Ulrik Heltoft, (1 min.)
→ Unité Mobile, Roads are also places
2005, Domènec, (10 min.)
→ Water and Dust
2004, Sadie Murdoch, (7 min.)
→ Gan Eden
2006, Niklas Goldbach, (10 min.)
→ Habitat (C3B)
2008, Niklas Goldbach, (7 min.)
Fri. 30 Oct. 2009, 15:45, Cinerama 3
Garbage Warrior
Movies:
→ Louis LeRoy
2007, Beate Lendt, (14 min.)
→ Garbage Warrior
2007, Oliver Hodge, (86 min.)
Fri. 30 Oct. 2009, 16:00, Cinerama 4
Yamuna Gently Weeps
Movies:
→ 200000 Phantoms /Nijuman No Borei
2007, Jean-Gabriel Périot, (10 min.)
→ Yamuna Gently Weeps
2006, Ruzbeh N Bharucha, (72 min.)
Fri. 30 Oct. 2009, 16:00, Cinerama - Foyer
Debat Great Planning Disasters
Debate is cancelled due to unforseen planning disaster.. Extended Q&A with director Oeke Hoogendijk after the screening of Het Nieuwe Rijksmuseum.Fri. 30 Oct. 2009, 17:45, Cinerama 2
Shorts Block
Six films about housing blocks across the world.Movies:
→ Block B
2008, Chris Chong Chan Fui, (20 min.)
→ Borgate
2008, Lotte Schreiber, (15 min.)
→ Chungking Dream
2008, JeanLouis Schuller, (17 min.)
→ Tallaght
2007, Lilli Kuschel & Anna Fiedler, (27 min.)
→ Quadro
2002, Lotte Schreiber, (10 min.)
→ Framing
2007, Bert Gottschalk, (6 min.)
Fri. 30 Oct. 2009, 18:00, Cinerama 4
Havana, the new art of making ruins
Movies:
→ Under Con struction
2007, Zhenchen Liu , (10 min.)
→ Havana, the new art of making ruins
2007, Florian Borchmeier, (86 min.)
Fri. 30 Oct. 2009, 18:00, Cinerama 3
Het nieuwe rijksmuseum
Please check the Box offfce if there are English subtitles. Q&A with director Oeke HoogendijkMovies:
→ The New Rijks museum
2008, Oeke Hoogendijk, (120 min.)
Fri. 30 Oct. 2009, 18:00, Citymedia, underground station Beurs
Program on underground station Beurs
Daily program every hour between 6 PM and 12 PM on Citymedia at the underground station Beurs. With Case Study House Program, Julius Shulman, Koolhaas Houselife and a special screening of two unique films. Skip that train and keep watching!Movies:
→ Civic Life - Moore Street
2004, Desperate Optimists (Christine Molloy, Joe Lawlor), (5 min.)
→ Civic Life - Who killed brown owl
2004, Desperate Optimists (Christine Molloy, Joe Lawlor), (9 min.)
→ Koolhaas Houselife
2007, Ila Bêka en Louise Lemoîn, (63 min.)
→ Visual Acoustics
2008, Eric Bricker, (83 min.)
Fri. 30 Oct. 2009, 18:30, Cinerama 1
Fresno
European premiere.This filmprogram is adopted by ArchitectenCie
Movies:
→ Hashima
2003, Thomas Nordanstad & C.M. von Hausswolff, (30 min.)
→ Fresno
2009, Steve Payne, (70 min.)
Fri. 30 Oct. 2009, 20:15, Cinerama 4
And the Surprise Screening is...
(switched from Cinerama 2 to Cinerama 4)The European premiere of Learning from Light, the vision of I.M. Pei of director Bo Landin. Including a Q&A with the director.
Movies:
→ Up into the unknown / Back into the real world - Kunsthaus Graz
2006, Wanda Hu, (5 min.)
→ Learning from Light - The vision of I.M. Pei
2009, Bo Landin & Sterling Van Wagenen, (87 min.)
Fri. 30 Oct. 2009, 20:15, Cinerama 2
Somers Town
Switched from Cinerama 4 to Cinerama 2Movies:
→ Time out of Place
2007, Semiconductors, Ruth Jarman, Joe Gerhardt, (9 min.)
→ Somers Town
2008, Shane Meadows, (75 min.)
Fri. 30 Oct. 2009, 20:30, Cinerama 1
Infinite Space
European premiere.Movies:
→ Retropolis
1999, Semiconductors, Ruth Jarman, Joe Gerhardt, (5 min.)
→ Infinite Space, the architecture of John Lautner
2009, Murray Grigor, (90 min.)
Fri. 30 Oct. 2009, 20:30, Cinerama 3
El Cerrito
Movies:
→ Urban Rhapsody
2006, Maxim Vandeputte, (10 min.)
→ El Cerrito
2006, Juan Andres Bello, (57 min.)
Fri. 30 Oct. 2009, 22:15, Cinerama 2
Shorts Modernist Architecture of Hope
Modernisme around the world. Q&A with Neeltje ten Westenend, director of Perfect Day.Movies:
→ Doble Forza
2008, Lorenzo Tripodi, (30 min.)
→ Dr. Duncan's Tema
2009, Jord den Hollander, (23 min.)
→ Perfect Day
2008, Neeltje ten Westenend & Henriette Waal, (26 min.)
→ PRL de Luxe
2008, Edyta Wroblewska, (15 min.)
Fri. 30 Oct. 2009, 22:15, Cinerama 3
Oscar Niemeyer, a vida e um sopro
Q&A with Eva Weber, director of City of Cranes (res.) This filmprogram is adopted by Kuiper CompagnonsMovies:
→ City of Cranes
2008, Eva Weber, (14 min.)
→ Oscar Niemeyer, A vida e um sopro
2007, Fabiano Maciel, (90 min.)
Fri. 30 Oct. 2009, 22:15, Cinerama - Foyer
Talkshow
Subject and guests will be announced beforehand.Fri. 30 Oct. 2009, 22:30, Cinerama 1
Malls 'R Us
European premiere.This filmprogram is adopted by Meyer en van Schooten
-- with different short then announced ---
Movies:
→ Daybreak Express
1953, D.A. Pennebaker, (5 min.)
→ Malls R Us
2008, Helene Klodawsky, (78 min.)
Fri. 30 Oct. 2009, 22:30, Cinerama 4
Danger Diabolik
Movies:
→ Civic Life - Twilight
2004, Desperate Optimists (Christine Molloy, Joe Lawlor), (9 min.)
→ Danger: Diabolik
1968, Mario Bava, (105 min.)
Sat. 31 Oct. 2009, 13:45, Cinerama 2
Shorts Modernist Architecture of Hope
Modernism around the worldMovies:
→ Doble Forza
2008, Lorenzo Tripodi, (30 min.)
→ Dr. Duncan's Tema
2009, Jord den Hollander, (23 min.)
→ Perfect Day
2008, Neeltje ten Westenend & Henriette Waal, (26 min.)
→ PRL de Luxe
2008, Edyta Wroblewska, (15 min.)
Sat. 31 Oct. 2009, 13:45, Cinerama 4
Infinite Space
Movies:
→ Retropolis
1999, Semiconductors, Ruth Jarman, Joe Gerhardt, (5 min.)
→ Infinite Space, the architecture of John Lautner
2009, Murray Grigor, (90 min.)
Sat. 31 Oct. 2009, 14:00, Rotabs
Jane Jacobs bike + film
Experience the Northern part of Rotterdam and meet the people who live and work there. We start in the Rotabs-style center, which you can also visit. From there we start walking. Professionals including BVR, PWS, Stipo, Gallery on the Rotte, the Kinderparadijs Meidoorn Foundation, the University Rotterdam, Inspiring Cities and others talk about the different Jane Jacobs places here, the strength and the development of Rotterdam Noord.In The Rotabs style center is the screening of the film "Urban Goddess: Jane Jacobs, Reconsidered" (Sharon Bliss, 2008) and "New York, the City and the World" (Ric Burns, 1999).
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Movies:
→ Urban Goddess: Jane Jacobs Reconsidered
2008, Sharon Bliss, (52 min.)
→ New York, the city and the world
1999, Ric Burns, (73 min.)
Sat. 31 Oct. 2009, 14:00, Cinerama 3
Fresno
This filmprogram is adopted by de ArchitectenCieMovies:
→ Hashima
2003, Thomas Nordanstad & C.M. von Hausswolff, (30 min.)
→ Fresno
2009, Steve Payne, (70 min.)
Sat. 31 Oct. 2009, 14:00, Cinerama 1
Volume Zero: the Works of Charles Correa
Movies:
→ Soms Moet je Ontwerpen
2006, Jord den Hollander, (12 min.)
→ Volume Zero The Works of Charles Correa
2008, Arun Khopkar, (59 min.)
Sat. 31 Oct. 2009, 14:00, Cinerama - Foyer
Doodle Earth Rotterdam
Projection of the Rotterdam map with animations of doodles. Animated by Serge Seidlitz and Squint/Opera. Help us make Rotterdam beautiful, or at least... funny!
Sat. 31 Oct. 2009, 14:00, Cinerama - Foyer
The Works of Niklas Goldbach
Three screens in the upper foyer show the fascinating work of Niklas Goldbach, dream like, sometimes surreal films about the space between public and private.Movies:
→ Dawn
2008, Niklas Goldbach, (1 min.)
→ Haunt No. 1-3
2007, Niklas Goldbach, (1 min.)
→ Civil Twilight
2006, Niklas Goldbach, (1 min.)
→ Rise
2007, Niklas Goldbach, (2 min.)
Sat. 31 Oct. 2009, 14:00, Cinerama - Foyer
Behind the screens tour
Limited number of places! Free tour, reservations at the Cinerama ticket booth.Sat. 31 Oct. 2009, 15:45, Cinerama 4
Sleeper
Movies:
→ All people is plastic
2005, Harald Hund, (12 min.)
→ Sleeper
1973, Woody Allen, (89 min.)
Sat. 31 Oct. 2009, 16:00, Cinerama 2
Shorts Berlin
Special collection of shorts by Interfilm and some other shorts about Berlin before and after the fall of the Berlin Wall.Movies:
→ Eingemauert!
2009, Art+Com, (10 min.)
→ Berlin Blue
1989, Hartmut Jahn & Peter Wensiersk, (15 min.)
→ DEFA Disco 18 Berlin
1977, Uwe Belz, (6 min.)
→ Die Andere Seite
2007, Ellie Land, (5 min.)
→ Ein-Blick / In-Sight
1987, Gerd Conradt, (10 min.)
→ Some Figures on the PopuIation of BerIin
1994, Ralf Schuster, (2 min.)
→ All Squares Must Fly!
2004, Stephan Flint Müller, (13 min.)
→ Schwarz fahrer
1992, Pepe Danquart, (10 min.)
→ What would the drop know about that?
2007, Jan Zabeil, (12 min.)
→ The Monument
1990, Klaus Georgi, Lutz Stützner, (4 min.)
Sat. 31 Oct. 2009, 16:00, Cinerama 1
Herman Hertzberger, ik zag ruimte
World premiere of this film. Herman Hertzberger and director Kees Hin are introduced by artist Marijke de Goey.Movies:
→ Herman Hertzberger: ik zag ruimte
2009, Kees Hin, (75 min.)
Sat. 31 Oct. 2009, 16:15, Cinerama 3
Koolhaas Houselife
Dutch premiere of La petite maison. Q&A with Tânia Moreira David.Movies:
→ La Petite Maison, an architectural seduction
2009, Tânia Moreira David & Charlotte Skene Catling, (10 min.)
→ Koolhaas Houselife
2007, Ila Bêka en Louise Lemoîn, (63 min.)
Sat. 31 Oct. 2009, 17:45, Cinerama 1
Oscar Niemeyer, a vida e um sopro
This film program is adopted by Kuiper CompagnonsMovies:
→ Oscar Niemeyer, A vida e um sopro
2007, Fabiano Maciel, (90 min.)
→ City of Cranes
2008, Eva Weber, (14 min.)
Sat. 31 Oct. 2009, 18:00, Cinerama 4
Trafic
Movies:
→ The Man Who Built My Childhood
2008, Brian Stockton, (5 min.)
→ Trafic
1971, Jacques Tati, (96 min.)
Sat. 31 Oct. 2009, 18:00, Cinerama 3
The one man village
Q&A with Liza Kemman, director of Ultra All InclusiveMovies:
→ Ultra all inclusive
2008, Liza Kemman, (8 min.)
→ The One Man Village | Semaan Bil Day'ia
2009, Simon El Habre, (86 min.)
Sat. 31 Oct. 2009, 18:15, Cinerama 2
Faubourg Tremé
Movies:
→ Earth Moves
2006, Semiconductors, Ruth Jarman, Joe Gerhardt, (5 min.)
→ Faubourg Tremé
2008, Dawn Logsdon, (79 min.)
Sat. 31 Oct. 2009, 19:00, Citymedia, underground station Beurs
Program on underground station Beurs
Daily program every hour between 6 PM and 12 PM on Citymedia at the underground station Beurs. With Case Study House Program, Julius Shulman, Koolhaas Houselife and a special screening of two unique films. Skip that train and keep watching!Movies:
→ Civic Life - Moore Street
2004, Desperate Optimists (Christine Molloy, Joe Lawlor), (5 min.)
→ Civic Life - Who killed brown owl
2004, Desperate Optimists (Christine Molloy, Joe Lawlor), (9 min.)
→ Koolhaas Houselife
2007, Ila Bêka en Louise Lemoîn, (63 min.)
→ Visual Acoustics
2008, Eric Bricker, (83 min.)
Sat. 31 Oct. 2009, 20:00, Cinerama 1
Snakebit, Samuel Mockbee and the Spirit of the Rural Studio
Avant premiere of Snakebit. Q&A with 2012 architects about SuperUse and Q&A with the filmmaker Sam Wainwright Douglas and architect Sarah Ann Mockbee, daughter of the founding father of Rural Studio. This film program is adopted by Zwarts&JansmaMovies:
→ Superuse The Film
2008, Richard Allen, (15 min.)
→ Citizen Architect, Samuel Mockbee and the Spirit of the Rural Studio
2009, Sam Wainwright Douglas, (58 min.)
Sat. 31 Oct. 2009, 20:15, Cinerama 4
Megunica
Movies:
→ Civic Life - Revolution
2005, Desperate Optimists (Christine Molloy, Joe Lawlor), (10 min.)
→ Megunica
2008, Lorenzo Fonda, (52 min.)
Sat. 31 Oct. 2009, 20:15, Cinerama 3
Great Expectations
With the Dutch premiere of Afterville. Q&A with Angelo D'Agostino, producer of Afterville.These films are adopted by UN Studio
Movies:
→ Afterville - the movie
2008, Fabio Guaglione & Fabio Resinaro, (30 min.)
→ Great Expec tations
2007, Jesper Wachtmeister, (52 min.)
Sat. 31 Oct. 2009, 20:30, Cinerama 2
Shorts Post Architecture
Shortfilmprogram curated by Terence Gower, originally for the New Museum in New York, now for the first time in Holland. Surplussed by two films of Niklas Goldbach. Both filmers are present.Movies:
→ 10104 Angelo View Drive
2004, Dorit Margreiter, (7 min.)
→ Ciudad Moderna
2004, Terence Gower, (6 min.)
→ Easy Though / Rong Xiang
2008, Caspar Starcke, (9 min.)
→ Interiors
2006, Ursula Mayer, (3 min.)
→ The Kiss / Le Baiser
1999, Iñigo Manglano-Ovalle, (12 min.)
→ New Ark
2001, Francois Boué, (10 min.)
→ The Sneeze
2008, Ulrik Heltoft, (1 min.)
→ Unité Mobile, Roads are also places
2005, Domènec, (10 min.)
→ Water and Dust
2004, Sadie Murdoch, (7 min.)
→ Gan Eden
2006, Niklas Goldbach, (10 min.)
→ Habitat (C3B)
2008, Niklas Goldbach, (7 min.)
Sat. 31 Oct. 2009, 22:15, Cinerama 4
L'homme de Rio
This film is adopted by De Jong Gortemaker Algra ArchitectenMovies:
→ Beton
2008, Yuval Yefet, (9 min.)
→ L'homme de Rio
1964, Philippe de Broca, (112 min.)
Sat. 31 Oct. 2009, 22:15, Cinerama 1
Journeyman
European premiere. Q&A with Stephen Prina and Heather Purcell.Movies:
→ The Way He Always Wanted It II
2008, Stephen Prina, (30 min.)
→ Journeyman architect: the life and work of Donald Wexler
2009, Jake Gorst, (66 min.)
Sat. 31 Oct. 2009, 22:15, Cinerama - Foyer
Talkshow
Subject en guest will be announced shortly.
Sat. 31 Oct. 2009, 22:30, Cinerama 2
Shorts Pre Architecture
Collection of films creating the illusion of a real world, combined with films presenting plans in an innovative way. With introductions of Sebastian Soukup and Squint Opera.Movies:
→ Albert Whitlock, A Master of Illusion
1981, Mark Horowitz & Walton Dornisch, (30 min.)
→ Family stories 1&2
2009, Guy Koenigstein, (12 min.)
→ In Places
2004, Erik Olofsen, (4 min.)
→ The Inhabited Section
2009, Aude-Line Duliere, (3 min.)
→ The making of Meine Stadt
2009, (19 min.)
→ Paper Movie
2008, Eliza Yokina, (4 min.)
→ The Work of Squint/Opera
2009, Squint/Opera
→ Logorama
2008, H5, (14 min.)
Sat. 31 Oct. 2009, 22:30, Cinerama 3
BombIt
Worldpremiere of Supernova.Movies:
→ Supernova
2009, Adam Vukmanov, Sara Marenic, (6 min.)
→ Bomb It
2007, Jon Reiss, (92 min.)
Sun. 01 Nov. 2009, 13:45, Cinerama 4
Journeyman
Movies:
→ The Way He Always Wanted It II
2008, Stephen Prina, (30 min.)
→ Journeyman architect: the life and work of Donald Wexler
2009, Jake Gorst, (66 min.)
Sun. 01 Nov. 2009, 13:45, Cinerama 2
Shorts Blok
Six shorts about housing blocks across the world.Movies:
→ Block B
2008, Chris Chong Chan Fui, (20 min.)
→ Borgate
2008, Lotte Schreiber, (15 min.)
→ Chungking Dream
2008, JeanLouis Schuller, (17 min.)
→ Tallaght
2007, Lilli Kuschel & Anna Fiedler, (27 min.)
→ Quadro
2002, Lotte Schreiber, (10 min.)
→ Framing
2007, Bert Gottschalk, (6 min.)
Sun. 01 Nov. 2009, 14:00, Cinerama 3
Snakebit, Samuel Mockbee and the Spirit of the Rural Studio
Avant premiere of Snakebit. Q&A with 2012 architects about SuperUse and Q&A with the filmmaker Sam Wainwright Douglas and architect Sarah Ann Mockbee, daughter of the founding father of Rural Studio. This film program is adopted by Zwarts&JansmaMovies:
→ Superuse The Film
2008, Richard Allen, (15 min.)
→ Citizen Architect, Samuel Mockbee and the Spirit of the Rural Studio
2009, Sam Wainwright Douglas, (58 min.)
Sun. 01 Nov. 2009, 14:00, Cinerama 1
Doshi
European premiereMovies:
→ Visions of William Living
2007, Arjen de Leeuw, Pia Wergius, (14 min.)
→ Doshi
2009, Premjit Ramachandran, (74 min.)
Sun. 01 Nov. 2009, 14:00, Cinerama - Foyer
Exhibition about Cinerama
On three screens: the technique, the history and the future of Cinerama.Sun. 01 Nov. 2009, 14:00, Cinerama - Foyer
Behind the Screens tour
Limited number of places! Free tour, reservations at the Cinerama box office.
Sun. 01 Nov. 2009, 14:00, Cinerama - Foyer
Rotterdam planning disasters tour
Biketour along the lowlights of Rotterdam planning. What were the goals of projects, why weren't they met and is it actually a problem? Bike along to surprising disasters and learn the inside stories. Organised by ArchiGuides.---SPECIAL---
Tickets at 15 euro available exclusively from October 19 onward at specials@affr.nl stating 'Rotterdam planning disasters tour' and the number of tickets. BIke included. When you bring your own bike, the price is 10 euro.
Sun. 01 Nov. 2009, 15:30, Cinerama - Foyer
Debate Agenda Rotterdam
Start: 15.30 Talkshow about sustainability and architecture. AIR invited Rotterdamse filmmaker Jan Louter to develop a documentary series about this theme. The afternoon is moderated by AFFR-programmer, architect and filmmaker Jord den Hollander. After an introduction of Jan Louter and his work, Jan Louter introduces four guests to talk about sustainability in architecture. The talkshow is embedded in a filmprogram that day with films about sustainability.
Sun. 01 Nov. 2009, 15:45, Cinerama 2
Shorts Avantgarde Architecture of Hope
Q&A with Irina Korobina of [http://www.archcenter.org/ the Russian Center for Architecture[, writer of some of the shorts and curator for the Russian Avant Garde program.Movies:
→ Gosprom in Kharkov
2005, Dmitriy Lavrinenko, (13 min.)
→ Ivan Leonidov, the architect
2002, Ivan Tverdovsky, (26 min.)
→ Projections of Avant-garde
2004, Dmitriy Lavrinenko, (26 min.)
→ Uninvited Guest
2005, Dmitriy Lavrinenko, (39 min.)
Sun. 01 Nov. 2009, 16:00, Cinerama 4
The Garden
Movies:
→
→ Civic Life - Who killed brown owl
2004, Desperate Optimists (Christine Molloy, Joe Lawlor), (9 min.)
→ The Garden
2008, Scott Hamilton Kennedy, (80 min.)
Sun. 01 Nov. 2009, 16:00, Cinerama 1
Asmara Eritrea
Q&A with the director Caterina BorelliMovies:
→ Il Girasole / the Sunflower
1995, Christoph Schaub, (17 min.)
→ Asmara Eritrea
2008, Caterina Borelli, (63 min.)
Sun. 01 Nov. 2009, 16:15, Cinerama 3
Last call for planet earth
Movies:
→ Organic HK
2009, Isabelle Mayor, (10 min.)
→ Last Call for Planet Earth
2008, Jacques Allard, (74 min.)
Sun. 01 Nov. 2009, 18:00, Cinerama 2
Verrassingsfilm
Movies:
→ Up into the unknown / Back into the real world - Kunsthaus Graz
2006, Wanda Hu, (5 min.)
Sun. 01 Nov. 2009, 18:00, Cinerama 1
Cherrytown|Cheryomushki
Movies:
→ Cheryomushki / Cherrytown
1963, Gerbert Rappaport, (92 min.)
Sun. 01 Nov. 2009, 18:15, Cinerama 3
Volume Zero, the works of Charles Correa
Movies:
→ Soms Moet je Ontwerpen
2006, Jord den Hollander, (12 min.)
→ Volume Zero The Works of Charles Correa
2008, Arun Khopkar, (59 min.)
Sun. 01 Nov. 2009, 18:30, Cinerama 4
Zes meter onder NAP
Q&A with director Nike Boomkens.Movies:
→ Civic Life - Leisure Centre
2005, Desperate Optimists (Christine Molloy, Joe Lawlor), (18 min.)
→ Six metres below sealevel
2009, Niki Boomkens, (50 min.)
Sun. 01 Nov. 2009, 20:00, Cinerama 2
No Dark City but Taxandria
At the time, Taxandria was not distributed in the Netherlands. Today finally fullscreen!Substitute for Dark City
Movies:
→ Matter in Motion
2008, Semiconductors, Ruth Jarman, Joe Gerhardt, (5 min.)
→ Taxandria
1994, Raoul Servais, (90 min.)
Sun. 01 Nov. 2009, 20:00, Cinerama 3
Visual Acoustics
World premiere of Movements Continued. Q&A with director Frans Parthesius.Movies:
→ Movements Continued, Part 1 of 7: Haus der Kunst
2009, Frans Parthesius, (15 min.)
→ Visual Acoustics
2008, Eric Bricker, (83 min.)
Sun. 01 Nov. 2009, 20:15, Cinerama 1
Garbage Warrior
Movies:
→ Louis LeRoy
2007, Beate Lendt, (14 min.)
→ Garbage Warrior
2007, Oliver Hodge, (86 min.)
Sun. 01 Nov. 2009, 20:30, Cinerama 4
Kochuu
Q&A with Beate Lendt about Next21 and with Jesper Wachtmeister about Kochuu (res.)Movies:
→ Next21 - an experiment
2008, Beate Lendt, (30 min.)
→ Kochuu: Japanese Architecture, Influence and Origin
2003, Jesper Wachtmeister, (52 min.)
Sun. 01 Nov. 2009, 22:15, Cinerama 2
Shorts Avantgarde Architecture of Hope 2
Program change: the Russian TV has not released this set of TV shows. As an alternative, the Avant Garde Shorts program 1 of 15.45 will be repeated.Movies:
→ Uninvited Guest
2005, Dmitriy Lavrinenko, (39 min.)
→ Projections of Avant-garde
2004, Dmitriy Lavrinenko, (26 min.)
→ Ivan Leonidov, the architect
2002, Ivan Tverdovsky, (26 min.)
→ Gosprom in Kharkov
2005, Dmitriy Lavrinenko, (13 min.)
Sun. 01 Nov. 2009, 22:15, Cinerama 3
Malls 'R Us
This filmprogram is adopted by Meyer en van Schooten- short has been cancelled --
Movies:
→ Malls R Us
2008, Helene Klodawsky, (78 min.)
→ Coast Modern (trailer)
2010, Mike Bernard & Gavin Froome, (5 min.)
Sun. 01 Nov. 2009, 22:15, Cinerama - Foyer
Talkshow
Sun. 01 Nov. 2009, 22:30, Cinerama 4
Sleeper
Movies:
→ All people is plastic
2005, Harald Hund, (12 min.)
→ Sleeper
1973, Woody Allen, (89 min.)
Sun. 01 Nov. 2009, 22:30, Cinerama 1
Megunica
Movies:
→ Civic Life - Revolution
2005, Desperate Optimists (Christine Molloy, Joe Lawlor), (10 min.)
→ Megunica
2008, Lorenzo Fonda, (52 min.)
Sun. 01 Nov. 2009, 23:00, Citymedia, underground station Beurs
Program on underground station Beurs
Daily program every hour between 6 PM and 12 PM on Citymedia at the underground station Beurs. With Case Study House Program, Julius Shulman, Koolhaas Houselife and a special screening of two unique films. Skip that train and keep watching!Movies:
→ Civic Life - Moore Street
2004, Desperate Optimists (Christine Molloy, Joe Lawlor), (5 min.)
→ Civic Life - Who killed brown owl
2004, Desperate Optimists (Christine Molloy, Joe Lawlor), (9 min.)
→ Koolhaas Houselife
2007, Ila Bêka en Louise Lemoîn, (63 min.)
→ Visual Acoustics
2008, Eric Bricker, (83 min.)
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