Architecture Film Festival Rotterdam

The Architecture Film Festival Rotterdam, the world’s biggest film festival about urban affairs and the built environment, will take place for the fourteenth time in Rotterdam, the city of architecture. From 5 to 9 October 2022, Theater Zuidplein and LantarenVenster are the places to be for everybody who wants to be carried away by the best documentaries, the most exciting feature films, and the most fascinating shorts about the city and architecture.

In a program full of premieres and previously undiscovered films, filmmakers answer all your questions, experts offer illuminating introductions, and people involved discuss the big issues. Also included are masterclasses, a VR lounge, short programs, and film classics. For those who cannot choose, there is a Best of AFFR on Sunday.

AFFR 2022 opens with the world premiere of Best in the World by Hans Christian Post, a revealing look beyond the photogenic image of Copenhagen, on Wednesday 5 October at Theater Zuidplein. Over the next four days, the festival explores various subjects through a series of programmed themes that center on critically selected films and documentaries, complemented by insightful introductions and lively debates, all from the festival venue at LantarenVenster. AFFR not only explores the relationship between film, architecture, and the city. But also looks at the world at large. This year, there is a special focus on the Family Affairs of architects, on the treatment of the Brutalist legacy, on the rise of privately funded museums, on the imaginary worlds created by great filmmakers like Tati and Fellini, and on the future of food.