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Aleksei Onacko
Partner and R&D Director of Urban Context

Vitalina Zakharova
Curator and editor at the BLI(K)

Vladimir Frolov
Art historian, architecture critic

Georgiy Snezhkin
Architect

Darya Miroshnichenko

Ivan Kazadaev
Architect, architecture producer

Maria Orlova-Sheiner
Architect

Mikhail Sitnikov

E.1027 - Eileen Gray and the House by the Sea (2024)

documentary

10 December, Wednesday

19:00 Avrora

Language: English, French, russian subtitles

Tickets

14 August, Thursday

19:20 Avrora

Language: English, French, russian subtitles

Inside Renzo Piano Building Workshop (2021)

documentary

17 December, Wednesday

19:00 Avrora

Language: Italian, French, Englisg, russian subtitles

Tickets

17 August, Sunday

19:20 Avrora

Language: Italian, French, Englisg, russian subtitles

Alfabeto Mangiarotti (2022)

documentary

15 August, Friday

20:00 Avrora

Language: Italian, English, Japanese, russian subtitles

More than a museum (2023)

documentary

16 August, Saturday

18:00 Avrora

Language: Spanish, Norwegian, English, russian subtitles

Plan para Buenos Aires (2022)

documentary

16 August, Saturday

19:20 Avrora

Language: Spanish, French, russian subtitles

3 December, Wednesday

19:00 Avrora

Language: Spanish, French, russian subtitles

Lys uden sol (2022)

documentary

17 August, Sunday

18:00 Avrora

Language: English, French, Danish, russian subtitles

Best In The World (2022)

documentary

18 August, Monday

20:30 Avrora

Language: Danish, English, russian subtitles

SAF: Summer Architecture Festival

The city is either drowning in rain or melting under the sun. On days like these, you can’t help but crave adventure: to explore new cultures and countries, wander through unfamiliar places, gaze around, and fall in love. LAF (The Summer Architecture Festival) offers a journey across countries and eras without the hassle of packing, just a ticket as your visa.

The program’s seven films are stories of metropolises and small towns, architectural landmarks, and the people who reshaped cities and pioneered revolutionary ideas in design, construction, and urban planning. From the personal struggles and forgotten legacy of Eileen Gray to the quiet mastery of Renzo Piano, from Oslo’s vibrant dialogue between city and art to a critical look at Copenhagen’s ideals – these are stories of architecture told through human lives. You’ll encounter Le Corbusier’s utopias and the poetic whispers of a house in Majorca, where stone and light become extensions of space. All films have been featured at international festivals in Venice, Rotterdam, Lisbon, Palm Springs, Bergen, Istanbul, Copenhagen, Lucerne, and Haugesund.

LAF’s films are profound reflections on our connection to place: how architecture defies time and invites us to see our surroundings anew.

All films are shown in their original language with Russian subtitles.

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