Film Basics
Green Over Gray: Emilio Ambasz
77 mins | Italy | 2024
Directors: Francesca Molteni, Mattia Colombo
Green Over Gray explores the green architecture revolution through the seminal projects of Emilio Ambasz, a pioneer in the debate on climate impact. This film illustrates how, for forty years, Ambasz has redefined the relationship between humans and their environment, foreseeing a vision of nature as the fulcrum of a historic change. Featuring exclusive interviews with figures such as Tadao Ando and Kengo Kuma, the documentary highlights the importance of emotionally resonant architecture, capable of improving daily life and addressing urban and climate challenges.
Indigenous Pathways
16 mins | Canada | 2024
K. Jake Chakasim, Darcy Muenchrath
As Canadian architecture schools strive to reconcile and achieve parity with this country’s Indigenous Nations, there is an increasing need for design astuteness informed by political awareness and landscape sensitivity. Traveling to Peru, an Indigenous instructor and a group of students follow an ancient migration path, opening possibilities for a deeper and more experiential approach to working with people different from themselves.
The students expand their understanding of a different culture and internalize Indigenous knowledge, setting their bodies into motion, placing their hands in the soil, and searching for ‘a shift in mind that drops down to feeling’. This film raises critical questions that pertain to land, identity, and forced differences.
Watch the trailer for Indigenous Pathways.
About the Architecture and Design Film Festival
The Architecture and Design Film Festival (ADFF)—North America’s largest film festival dedicated to architecture and design—is coming back to Toronto for another year of great films and insightful discussions! From October 23 – 26, catch one of their amazing lineup of 16 films, from all over the world. Looking for the full list of films showcased at this year’s ADFF: Toronto? See the complete programme on the festival’s website!
The TSA is proud to once again be partnering with ADFF: Toronto to bring a series of panel discussions and post-screening Q&As that complement this year’s film roster. These panels bring together architects, film-makers, and subject matter experts to further explore the themes of each film and bring them back to our local context here in Toronto.