Living Frames – The Magic of Spaces
Architecture is more than construction—it is movement, history, and emotion. Curated by Dokumentale, Living Frames explores how architecture and design come alive through the lens of short film. In partnership with NOWNESS, Architectuul, Achtung Berlin, and the Silberframe Film Festival, this collection forms a cinematic mosaic of visionary spaces, bold design, and poetic storytelling. From iconic landmarks to surreal gardens and experimental living environments, these films invite us to see architecture anew—as backdrop, as protagonist, and as a source of inspiration.
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Films
We will be showing all films in the original language with English subtitles. A few films that will be shown in German are labelled accordingly. Some screenings will be followed by discussions with directors, protagonists, or experts. The corresponding films are labeled with "Q+A".
Because We Bleed
Feb 14
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10:00 AM
/ Living Berlin
A film about the power and fragility of the body.
Context in Design, Design in Context
Feb 14
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10:00 AM
/ Living Berlin
Two cities, two craft traditions—one dialogue on design.
Covid-19 From Outer Space
Feb 14
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10:00 AM
/ Living Berlin
A free interpretation of Plan 9 from Outer Space (1959), placed in the harsh reality of the global Coronavirus pandemic—a time suspended between fear and absurdity, where the unimaginable became real.
Dancing About Architecture: Dance in MAP
Feb 14
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10:00 AM
/ Living Berlin
In Shanghai’s Museum of Art Pudong, dancer Meng-ke Wu moves like a shadow against white granite walls.
Dancing about Architecture: Ecos
Feb 14
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10:00 AM
/ Living Berlin
Luis Barragán’s architecture is a silent dance of light and color.
Florian Köhl Loves Berlin - Wedding, Kolbergerstraße 8
Feb 14
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10:00 AM
/ Living Berlin
In the middle of wedding, Berlin’s former worker district, an UFO has landed - an elongated residential complex built in the 1980s.
Florian Köhl Loves Berlin – Kaiserdamm
Feb 14
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10:00 AM
/ Living Berlin
A story about one of the first apartment blocks in Berlin - for singles.
Great Escapes: La Iglesia de Tas
Feb 14
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10:00 AM
/ Living Berlin
In northern Spain, Tas Careaga breathes new life into a forgotten sanctuary.
Homesick
Feb 14
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10:00 AM
/ Living Berlin
A quiet, poignant meditation on the longing for belonging.
In Residence: Brigette Romanek
Feb 14
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10:00 AM
/ Living Berlin
A house steeped in rock ‘n’ roll history: The Mansion in Laurel Canyon has echoed with the sounds of legends.
In Residence: Paola Navone
Feb 14
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10:00 AM
/ Living Berlin
Between avant-garde objects and found treasures, Paola Navone’s Milan loft narrates her journey, seamlessly blending past, present, and an instinct for the unexpected.
In Residence: Ricardo Bofill
Feb 14
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10:00 AM
/ Living Berlin
Ricardo Bofill transforms industrial ruins into a brutalist dreamscape. To live here is to think in architecture.
In Residence: Sue Webster
Feb 14
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10:00 AM
/ Living Berlin
Beneath East London’s streets lies the legend of the ‘Mole Man’—a reclusive tunneler whose decades-long excavation led to sinkholes and city-wide blackouts.
Let There Be Colour
Feb 14
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10:00 AM
/ Living Berlin
On September, 8 2019 Sarajevo hosts its first Pride March. Are people ready to march
for love or hate?
Magma Architecture Love Berlin
Feb 14
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10:00 AM
/ Living Berlin
A concert hall that reimagines space: Hans Scharoun’s Berliner Philharmonie is a bold experiment in sculpting sound.
The Meatseller
Feb 14
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10:00 AM
/ Living Berlin
Selinna Ajamikoko dreams of becoming a butcher—but the road to her future is a two-year descent into hell.
My Orange Garden
Feb 14
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10:00 AM
/ Living Berlin
Her voice made her a target in Iran. Now, in Germany, Faravaz sings for the rights of Iranian women.
Night and Day
Feb 14
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10:00 AM
/ Living Berlin
A poetic tale of love—a love that transcends dimensions. A boy in the third dimension and a girl in another, unreachable world find each other, yet like the cycle of night and day, their love is doomed to fade. For every true love carries the sorrow of a bittersweet ending.
Osmosis
Feb 14
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10:00 AM
/ Living Berlin
A sensory exploration of the forest and the tensions that inhabit it, Osmosis interweaves images of pure chlorophyll and the dense blackness of burnt forests.
Robert Slinger Loves Berlin
Feb 14
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10:00 AM
/ Living Berlin
A building like a sculpture: John Hejduk’s Kreuzberg tower resists convention—sharp, stark, poetic.
Satisfaction: Mug
Feb 14
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10:00 AM
/ Living Berlin
With meditative precision, Bennett captures the rhythmic beauty of pottery craft, where every mug is a testament to time, touch, and tradition.
Satisfaction: The Chief
Feb 14
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10:00 AM
/ Living Berlin
A hypnotic dance of power and precision, where nature and industry collide in an operatic display of stone, dust, and gravity.
A Single Act
Feb 14
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10:00 AM
/ Living Berlin
Between guilt and memory: Architecture becomes the silent witness to both social and personal conflicts.
Stanley Fuls Loves Berlin
Feb 14
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10:00 AM
/ Living Berlin
The 1920s saw the rapid emergence of a great number of social housing estates, one of them was Onkel Toms Hütte.
The Man Who Could Not Remain Silent
Feb 14
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10:00 AM
/ Living Berlin
Amidst the 1993 Štrpci massacre, the film weaves Tomo Buzov’s quiet resistance against the violent surge of ethnic hatred, exposing the profound futility and human cost of defying brutality.
Women in Architecture
Feb 14
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10:00 AM
/ Living Berlin
Architecture is more than form and function—it is identity, expression, and defiance.
