Edition 2026
5 short films selected for the 2026 edition.
_01 International Premiere
In Biatorbágy, Hungary, a new primary school designed by Gábor Tamás rises within the historic Szily-Fáy gardens. This 8,000 m² organic-style building accommodates 460 pupils and features visible larch timber structures with a large central skylight that floods the ground floor with natural light.
_02 Italian Premiere
A journey through one of the world’s largest churches, built by a megalomaniac king, where over the course of one day, its diverseinhabitants are revealed.
_03
The NovaCity I project experiments with a new way of living: 68 residents on the upper floors and 16 entrepreneurs in ground-floor workshops. Brought together to resolve potential conflicts, residents and business owners attempt to sketch a shared future, moving beyond urban utopias to redefine the meaning of home.
_04
Amidst a severe housing crisis, Europe seeks alternatives to demolishing its modernist heritage. The film explores how urban utopias collided with local politics, market pressures, and community habits through a collection of decontextualized housing estates.
_05
Wannabe Designers Prize
On a windswept hill, in a place still young and devoid of all life, an ancestral house builds itself. The house comes to life and unveils its long life of one hundred and fifty years. Brick by brick and beam by beam, each action, big or small, shows life.