Arquiteturas Film Festival Porto

Slow Down!

In 2022 Arquiteturas Film Festival moves to the city of Porto, after 8 editions in Lisbon! Under the theme Slow Down!, this year's edition addresses spatial practices that convey the idea of 'reduction', even if it entails demolishing, reducing, reusing or subtracting architecture. Our interest lies in seeing, hearing and debating about socially and environmentally just practices that involve a reciprocal relationship between human activity and the natural world. The festival focuses on the growing global interest in interdisciplinary approaches to contemporary architecture. It uses the power of moving images as a tool for broadening public understanding and appreciation of architecture. Arquiteturas Film Festival, organised by INSTITUTO, is an international platform for discussing and disseminating architectural production through films, exhibitions and debates, based in Porto.

The festival will take place over five days and will be divided into four main sections: Official Programme, Guest Institution Programme, Experimental Programme and Competition Programme. Each section is linked to one or two iconic venues in the city: Cinema Passos Manuel, the Faculty of Architecture at the University of Porto (FAUP), Fundação Instituto Marques da Silva (FIMS), INSTITUTO and Casa Comum.

Slow Down!, the theme for this year’s edition, is launched in the Official Programme. The programme consists of a film and debate session and two masterclasses open to the public (FAUP). The guest institution is the Centre for Documentary Architecture, which has put together a selection of films, talks, debates and an exhibition (FIMS). The Experimental Programme offers screenings and discussions and is hosted by the festival organisers (INSTITUTO). Finally, the Competition Programme features 23 films divided into several categories — Fiction, Documentary, Experimental and New Talent — which will be screened at eight sessions (Casa Comum). The award-winning films will be screened again on the last day of the festival (Cinema Passos Manuel).

Organiser

INSTITUTO is the organiser of Arquiteturas Film Festival, the first and only international festival in Portugal dedicated to the screening of documentary, experimental and fiction films about the built environment. INSTITUTO is a focal point for different forms of cultural expression, located in the heart of Porto. Departing from the field of architecture, our programme encompasses 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.

Team

Organisation
INSTITUTO

Festival director
Paulo Moreira

Curators
Catarina de Almeida Brito
Ines Weizman
Mariana Pestana
Paulo Moreira

Competition coordination
Sofia Mourato

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

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

Project management
Raquel Pais

Production
Raquel Pais
Oona Philomena Wächter

Production assistance
Carlos Gomes
Daniela Silva
Eleanor Staniforth
Tatiana Oliveira
Sami Sahli

Press office & communication
Rita Neves

Social Media
Inês Pinto