Kombiná and Fernand Pouillionsold out, watch one of the other ‘Portraits’ on Saturday afternoon - AFFR
8–12 Oct 2025
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Film – City – Architecture

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Bye Bye Tiberias winner of the AFFR Audience Award 2024

After each screening, we asked our visitors for their opinion of the film with the celebrated AFFR tear-off card. A convincing majority chose Bye Bye Tiberias, in which filmmaker Lina Soualem travels back in time and place to capture the…
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Kombiná and Fernand Pouillion
sold out, watch one of the other ‘Portraits’ on Saturday afternoon

Kombiná and Fernand Pouillion: France's Most Wanted Architect are both sold out, but not to worry: tickets for these 'Portraits' on Saturday 12 October are still available!

Kombiná and Fernand Pouillion<br>sold out, watch one of the other ‘Portraits’ on Saturday afternoon

The Sense of Tuning

ILA BÊKA, LOUISE LEMOINE | FRANCE, INDIA 2023 | 96 MIN. | ENGLISH | SUBTITLES: EN

Saturday 12 October, 12:00, LantarenVenster zaal 1

Directors Bêka & Lemoine spend twelve hours following the visionary Bijoy Jain of Studio Mumbai. The architect reveals his life philosophy in a candid and profound manner. Spontaneous and dynamic, and seemingly effortlessly, Ila Bêka and Louise Lemoine create a masterpiece of architecture on film.

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Maurice and I

JANE MAHONEY, RICK HARVIE | NEW ZEALAND 2024 | 98 MIN. | ENGLISH

Saturday 12 October, 16:00, LantarenVenster zaal 6

The Christchurch concert building is one of the Brutalist gems of New Zealand. In the aftermath of the 2011 earthquake, the building is threatened with demolition. The retired designers – Maurice Mahoney and Sir Miles Warren, the country’s best-known architectural duo –  have to fight to preserve their masterpiece.

Curious about who Mahoney and Warren were, what they meant to architecture in New Zealand and how important their building was to Christchurch? Then listen to the interview the makers gave on New Zealand national radio, as a result of their participation in AFFR

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The World According To Weeber

JORD DEN HOLLANDER | THE NETHERLANDS 2024 | 55 MIN. | DUTCH | SUBTITLES: EN

Saturday 12 October, 16:15, LantarenVenster zaal 1

The festive world premiere of AFFR founder Jord den Hollander’s latest film, The World According To Weeber. With his outspoken buildings and provocative ideas, for decades Carel Weeber was one of the most notable figures in the Dutch architectural world. Composed of rare film clips, this documentary offers a captivating portrait of an ‘un-Dutch architect’ who made an exceptional contribution to architecture in the Netherlands. Tracy Metz and Wouter Vanstiphout will talk to Den Hollander about the film, don’t miss it!

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The Story of La Grande Arche

JEAN-MARIE MONTANGERAND | FRANCE 2023 | 52 MIN. | FRENCH | SUBTITLES: EN

Saturday 12 October, 18:15, LantarenVenster zaal 1

One of the most spectacular results of François Mitterrand’s Grands Projets. A film about the international competition and pioneering project for the Grande Arche in La Défense, designed by the unknown Danish architect J.O. Spreckelsen. Screening icw OMI Rotterdam in the context of the exhibition Rotterdam Culture City, and with an introduction by Manuela Triggianese

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film • city • architecture 8 - 12 Oct. 2025