at the border
( festival theme )
In an era of constantly shifting social, spatial, and cultural conditions, what perspectives can architecture, urban thinking, and spatial practices offer to help us better understand the concept of borders? Under the theme "At the Border," the 12th edition of the Arquiteturas Film Festival explores how both physical and symbolic borders shape built environments and territories, influencing everyday life, individual and collective identities, and social dynamics.
The Arquiteturas Film Festival is a platform for discussing and disseminating architecture through films, installations, debates, and walks, organised by INSTITUTO. It features a programme with three sections: Official, Guest Institution and Portugal Special. The festival takes place in various venues across the city, including: Batalha Centro de Cinema, Casa Comum, Canal 180, Circo de Ideias, and INSTITUTO.
→ instituto
( festival organiser )
INSTITUTO is a focal point for different forms of cultural expression, located in the heart of Porto. The team’s interests and backgrounds have given rise to a programme that diverges from the field of architecture to encompass the visual and spatial arts, critical thinking and multidisciplinary collaborations. We seek to encourage the creation and exploration of new contemporary discourses through interdisciplinarity, the informality of the space and the will to tackle burning issues in today’s society.
Since 2021, INSTITUTO has taken up the challenge of organising and reinventing the former Arquiteturas Film Festival. Now in Porto, the festival is cementing its reputation as an international platform for discussing and disseminating architectural production through films, exhibitions and debates.
→ arc en rêve
( guest institution )
arc en rêve is an architecture center founded in Bordeaux in 1981. Based in the Entrepôt, it presents exhibitions, workshops, lectures, and publications on architecture, cities, and the built and natural environment. For over 40 years, it has broadened the understanding of architecture, creating a space for dialogue and critical reflection on how we inhabit and transform the world.
venues
team
→ paulo moreira
( festival director )
→ erell nunes
( assistance )
→ sara pinheiro
( general coordinator )
→ laura mesquita
( assistance )
→ mira samonig
( official programme coordinator )
→ mirian vanda
( assistance )
→ nuno silva
( production coordinator )
→ thea ringmann
( assistance )
→ sílvia leiria viegas
( selection committee )
→ bruna campos
( communication, partnerships )
→ julia albani
( jury )
→ joão queirós
( graphic design )
→ romullo baratto
( jury )
→ carolina feijó
( graphic design )
→ teresa novais
( jury )
→ gonçalo gomes
( photography )
→ vasco mendes
( jury )
( trophy design )
organiser
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