Film: Architecton (U)
July 10 @ 19:00pm - 20:40pm
£4.50 – £8
Architecture reflects humanity’s rise and fall. Ancient ruins and recent destruction showcase the relationship between humans and building materials. The cyclical nature of civilizations raises questions about sustainable construction.
★★★★ Poetic study of humankind’s bricks-and-mortar impact on the Earth. Victor Kossakovsky’s follow-up to Gunda is a gorgeously shot reverie about our use of materials such as stone and concrete. The Guardian
“Victor Kossakovsky’s Mesmerizing Documentary on What We Take From the Earth to Build Upon It. Following his 2020 farm pig portrait ‘Gunda’ and his 2018 ode to water ‘Aquarela,’ the Russian docmaker offers another ravishing examination of the tension between human nature and nature itself. “Variety
Architecton is a 2024 documentary film written and directed by Viktor Kossakovsky. It is an extraordinary journey through the material that makes up our habitat: concrete and its ancestor, stone.
The international co-production between Germany, France and United States, was selected in the Competition at the 74th Berlin International Film Festival, where it competed for the Golden Bear and had first screening on 19 February 2024 at Berlinale Palast.The film was also nominated for the Berlinale Documentary Film Award.