THEME EXPLORATION

architecture and humanism

12 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
The Promise, Architect BV Doshi
The Promise, Architect BV Doshi
2026 · Jan Schmidt-Garre
A Castle Within a Castle
A Castle Within a Castle
1954 · Carl Theodor Dreyer
Architects of Ayorou
Architects of Ayorou
1970 · Jean Rouch
Beaubourg, Centre d’art et de culture Georges Pompidou
Beaubourg, Centre d’art et de culture Georges Pompidou
1977 · Roberto Rossellini
Bridges-Go-Round 1
Bridges-Go-Round 1
1958 · Shirley Clarke
Kyoto
Kyoto
1969 · Kon Ichikawa
Le mura di Sana’a
Le mura di Sana’a
1971 · Pier Paolo Pasolini
Nakasendo
Nakasendo
1963 · Nobuhiko Obayashi
The Bible
The Bible
1977 · Marcel Carné
Peopling The Palaces
Peopling The Palaces
2007 · Peter Greenaway
Eaux d’artifice
Eaux d’artifice
1953 · Kenneth Anger
O Aleijadinho
O Aleijadinho
1978 · Joaquim Pedro de Andrade
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Andrei Tarkovsky Soviet Union

His films explore how built spaces and architectural environments shape human consciousness, memory, and spiritual connection to place.

 Michelangelo Antonioni Italy

He examines alienation within modernist architecture and urban landscapes, revealing how contemporary spaces disconnect rather than unite human relationships.

 Wim Wenders Germany

His cinema investigates how architecture and the designed world reflect human emotion, identity, and our search for meaning in increasingly homogenized spaces.