Slow Down!, the theme for this year’s edition, is launched in the Official Programme, curated by architect, journalist and curator Catarina de Almeida Brito and festival director Paulo Moreira. The programme begins with an opening session at Cinema Passos Manuel, where Richard John Seymour’s film Landscape Healing will be screened. After the session, Haakon Rasmus Rasmussen, a Norwegian filmmaker and architect who founded the studio 3RW arkitekter, and Cristina Monteiro, an architect who founded the studio DK-CM,  will come together for a debate moderated by INSTITUTO’s project and programme manager Raquel Pais. Over the following days, Richard John Seymour and Ines Weizman will deliver morning masterclasses at the Faculty of Architecture at the University of Porto, hosted by Luis Urbano, an academic specialising in Architecture and Film.

Curated
• Catarina de Almeida Brito
• Paulo Moreira

Debate
• Richard John Seymour
• Haakon Rasmus Rasmussen (3RW arkitekter)
• Cristina Monteiro (DK-CM)
• Raquel Pais, moderation

Masterclass
• Richard John Seymour
• Ines Weizman (CDA)
• Luis Urbano (FAUP), host

Guest Institution

Moving away from previous editions of the festival, which featured a guest country, this year’s edition will feature a guest institution. The Centre for Documentary Architecture (CDA), founded by German architect Ines Weizman, brings together architects, filmmakers, artists, digital programmers, historians and other architecture lovers to reflect on the notion of archiving through film screenings, debates and an exhibition at the FIMS (Fundação Instituto Marques da Silva). The exhibition remains open until 22 October 2022.

The Experimental Programme will be hosted by festival organisers, INSTITUTO, at their venue on Rua dos Clérigos. The programme was compiled by architect and curator Mariana Pestana, a selection of videos originally released as part of the 5th Istanbul Design Biennial, organized by Istanbul Foundation for Culture and Arts (İKSV), under the title of Empathy Revisited: Designs for More Than One.”

Curator
• Mariana Pestana

Participants
• Ayşenaz Toker, Merve Tuna
• Mariana Sanchez Salvador, Rain Wu
• Mayar El-Bakry, Romi Lee, Maya Ober (depatriarchise design)
• Valeria Meiller, Agustin Schang
• BUREAU with Walter El Nagar, Filipe Felizardo

Competition

Following the Open Call, approximately 200 submissions were received from 50 different countries and 23 films from 17 countries were selected (including Portugal, Australia, Brazil, Chile, Egypt, United States of America, Sri Lanka and Ukraine). The films will be screened over eight sessions at Casa Comum, a cultural venue located in the Rectory at the University of Porto. The award-winning films will be screened at two sessions at Cinema Passos Manuel on the last day of the festival.

Coordination
• Sofia Mourato

Participants
• Teodoro Pimenta
• Nick Jordan
• Jonathan Ben-Shaul
• Felipe Elgueta, Ananke Pereira
• Gerardo Panero
• Karim Moussa
• Inês T. Alves
• Sophie Hexter
• Mario Novas, Kate Kliwadenko
• Clara Kraft Isono
• Camilla Ferrari, Alberto Gambato
• Jyll Johnstone
• Michael Arlen Davis
• Jörn Staeger
• Melanie Pereira
• Charlotte Airas
• Meghan Ho-Tong, Lucienne Bestall, Matty Roodt
• Onur Can Tepe, Marcel IJzerman
• Eduardo Brito
• Diogo Costa Amarante
• Vitor Villaça Campanario
• Andrea Bordoli
• Eli Jean Tahchi
• Edward Kihn

Selection committee
• Sofia Mourato
• Andreia Garcia
• Daniela Silva
• Sara Nunes
• Vasco Mendes

Jury
• Joana Rafael
• Romea Muryń
• Ivana Sehic
• Miguel C. Tavares
• Duarte Natário