Architecture + Film
As we embrace globalisation we face new challenges to retain our own sense of identity and community. As the generic shopping mall becomes the social and mercantile focus of suburban life how do we rehabilitate these banal landscapes? How do we protect our heritage, yet maintain its relevance to the 21st century and our community's needs?
Through features, documentaries and short films from around the globe, this program aims to draw the unfamiliar from the familiar, asking pressing questions about the future sustainability of our planet.
Proudly supported by the Department of Environment and Heritage
Global modernity, accelerated urbanism, and information-mediated human existence raise questions concerning our relationship to our histories and our environments - and to ourselves...More
Australian Premiere
Jem Cohen
USA 2004
Experimental filmmaker Jem Cohen blurs the lines between fact and fiction in this pointed observation of the homogenising effect global corporate strategies have on local lives, cultures and especially the built environment all over the world...More
Jesper Wachtmeister
Sweden 2003
A film about modern Japanese architecture, its roots in the Japanese tradition and its impact on the Nordic building-tradition...More
Bregtje van der Haak
Netherlands 2002
With a population of 14 million now, Lagos is one of the fastest growing cities on the African continent and has a reputation for being one of the most dangerous cities in the world...More
Thom Andersen
USA 2003
An essay on how the movies have depicted Los Angeles a "city symphony in reverse" - a symphony with many directions and speeds...More
Australian Premiere
Jia Zhangke
China 2004
The dazzling new film from acclaimed director Jia Zhangke focuses on a young dancer, her security-guard boyfriend and others who work at World Park, a bizarre theme park where visitors can interact with famous international monuments without ever leaving the Beijing suburbs...More
