Humanity in Architecture Film Festival
Saturday, January 31, 2026, 10:00 am - 5:00 pm
Hosted in collaboration with Architecture & Design Film Festival
a weekend of films, conversations, and more celebrating architecture’s impact on people and communities
Join us for a weekend of films exploring the built environment’s power to enrich our human experience and to remind us of our capacity to create positive change in the world.
Our opening night premiere of Søren Pihlmann: Make Materials Matter will be followed by a dialogue between Pihlmann and Grace Farms CEO and Founder Sharon Prince, alongside Kyle Bergman, Festival Director & Founder of Architecture & Design Film Festival, and Toshihiro Oki, Grace Farms Architecture Advisor.
On Saturday, enjoy a full day of films and curated activities amplifying our longstanding belief that architecture moves us and inspires us to address the most pressing humanitarian issues of our time.
This year’s films have been curated by co-Festival Directors Kyle Bergman and Toshihiro Oki. The special partnership between the two organizations is grounded in the spirit of bringing the worlds of films, architecture and community together in a setting for creating new discussions and outcomes.
Special thanks to New York Botanical Garden.
Film Schedules
Friday, January 30
Søren Pihlmann: Make Materials Matter (6:30 – 8:15 pm)
Followed by a conversation about the film with Søren Pihlmann and Grace Farms CEO & Founder Sharon Prince
Saturday, January 31
Bawa’s Garden (10:45 am – 12:30 pm)
Followed by a Q&A with Director Clara Kraft Isono and Kyle Bergman, Architecture & Design Film Festival Founder and Director
If You Build It (11 am – 12:30 pm)
Gateways to New York (11:15 am – 12:45 pm)
James Hubbell: Between Heaven and Earth (1:15 – 2:30 pm)
Followed by a Q&A with Director Marianne Gerdes, Drew Hubbell, Architect, Principal of Hubbell & Hubbell Architects, and Kyle Bergman, Architecture & Design Film Festival Founder and Director
Green Over Gray: Emilio Ambasz (1:30 – 2:45 pm)
Integral Man (1:45 – 2:30 pm)
The Promise. Architect BV Doshi (3:15 – 4:45 pm
Building on the Edge (3:30 – 5 pm)
Glen Murcutt: Spirit of Place (3:45 – 4:45 pm)
Building Bastille! The Tangled and Improbable Story of the Opera Bastille (6 – 7:15 pm)
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