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Gábor Fehér Film: 16 Acres (Richard Hankin, 2012, 95’) Thursday March 6 – 19:00OK What was the reason that public involvement could not succeed? What kind of personal and political interests slowed down progress? What was the reason that an architectural competition could not be enough? Why would we think at all it’s an architectural question per se? Why is the Ground Zero so different than any other site with the same parameters around the globe? Richard Hankin’s film rounds up the events, conflicts, and, of course, the emotions, which accompanied the much-needed answer to 9/11. It was evident that…

Samu Szemerey Film: Away from all suns! (Isabella Willinger, 2013, 77’) Sunday 9 March – 20:00 The short period of Russian Constructivism was a unique experiment to create a new architecture. The movement, which declined with the rise of Stalin’s cultural propaganda, set out to create the forms and spaces of modern society and the optimistic visions of progress. Its program was as radically new as its uncompromising aesthetics: housing compounds with kindergartens and canteens, public buildings with libraries and theatres showed the changing social roles of women, children and workers. This unprecedented heritage exists today mostly in ruins. Embedded…

Bálint Kádár Film: The Venice syndrome (Andreas Pichler, 2012, 80’) Sunday 9 March – 17:30 Venice is a strong brand today, a must-see destination, and big business. It is a must see place, and all are coming to see it. All those tourists rarely think about how a city of 200,000 inhabitants in its glory days can support 21 million visitors each year. It cannot. Today we reached the moment when the number of tourists arriving to Venice each day outnumbers the 58,000 locals still resident here. The danger is evident, if one recognizes that a city is not merely…

Réka Kovács Film: Space Metropoliz (Fabrizio Boni, Giorgio de Finis, 2013, 100’) Friday March 7 – 21:00 Talking seems to rule this film a bit too much! The voluble Italian speech of this many contributors puts our ability of reading subtitles to the test, and as the story goes on, we can sweat more and more about missing some important details. Because it is not only the words that flow, but the excellent thoughts and ideas of these people, one better than the other. Avoiding any bullshit, there is always a new twist, point of view or truth that keeps…

6th Budapest Architecture Film Days, March 2014 Deadline: 31th October, 2013. Do you have a film on architecture? The Budapest Architecture Film Days is now accepting submissions for its 6th edition to be held in Budapest in March 2014. We are looking for works in all genres, forms and lengths related to design, architecture and built environment. Entry is free. The mission of the film festival is to generate a dialogue between architectural practice that finds inspiration in cinema, and cinema borrowing its subjects from architecture and the city. For more information about the festival please visit www.kek.org.hu/filmnapok/en. For related…

A Kortárs Építészeti Központ gyakornokot keres, heti 1-2 napos rendszeres munkavégzésre a  Budapesti Építészeti Filmnapok 2014-es kiadásának megvalósításához, rugalmas időbeosztásban. Amit szeretünk: – nyitottság és rugalmasság – jó kommunikációs készség – magabiztos angol nyelvtudás – érdeklődés az építészet, design iránt Várható feladatok: – internetes adatgyűjtés, adatrendszerezés, fordítás – kommunikáció, kapcsolattartás filmforgalmazókkal – irodán kívüli feladatok (szórólapozás, plakátelhelyezés) – részvétel a kommunikációs és közönségkapcsolati feladatokban Honoráriumot nem tudunk fizetni, de a gyakornoki program során betekintést nyerhetsz a fesztivál működésébe, megismerheted a programszervezés és a kommunikációs munka rejtelmeit, és megnézheted az összes vetített filmet. Az elejétől fogva csapattagnak tekintünk és fontos, érdemi…

KÉK presents the next event of the Spring Architecture Film Series: Vacant Films: Torre David and IUnfinished Italy May 27., 8pm, Müszi (1085 Budapest, Balaha Lujza tér 1.) Torre David 2013, 22 mins, colour, Venezuelan film with English subtitles R: Urban-Think Tank Torre David, a 45-story office tower in Caracas designed by the distinguished Venezuelan architect Enrique Gómez, was almost complete when it was abandoned following the death of its developer, David Brillembourg, in 1993 and the collapse of the Venezuelan economy in 1994. Today, it is the improvised home of a community of more than 750 families, living in…

KÉK presents the next event of the Spring Architecture Film Series: 2011, 60 mins, colour, Dutch film with Hungarian subtitles D: Jord den Hollander In 1991 the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in the Netherlands decided to promote national architecture abroad. All over the world new embassies were realised by prominent Dutch architects. After 20 years the Dutch government stopped the project for economic and political reasons. The Ministry of Foreign affairs declared on April 8th 2011: ?We will move away from the traditional image of an embassy as a building with a flag and a mission staff.? The film Mission…

Interview with Sasha Waltz director of Dialoge 09 – Neues Museum, this year’s opening film. Article only available in Hungarian and in German from the Goethe Institut Budapest’s Website: http://www.goethe.de/ins/hu/bud/kue/tanz/tanzchor/de8181006.htm  

How did you as an architect become a festival organizer? In 1999 in Rotterdam we organized a symposium on the topic of the image of the city. We showed the obvious films, like Metropolis, Blade Runner and we found out that there was lot of interest in the topic. I toke my chance and the year after we organized a very small event with only architectural films. We had about 8 documentaries and feature films. Since then we have grown immensely into an organisation that shows more than hundred documentaries and feature films. We also keep a database with many…