DA2 Film Festival

Check out the full program of this year’s DA2 Film Festival. A package of 12 film titles. After the screenings, enjoy the "Šta DA?" talks.

Upon arrival at the festival, please check in with the organizers at the entrance and present proof of purchase for the DA2 Festival ticket package.

THE WORLD ACCORDING TO MARK ROTHKO

• DATE AND TIME: 22.10.2026., 19:00
• DIRECTOR: Pascale Bouhénic
• COUNTRY: France
• YEAR / DURATION: 2023 / 52 min
• PRODUCTION: Cinétévé
• LANGUAGE: French
• SUBTITLES: Croatian
• FESTIVALS: Le FIFA (International Festival of Films on Art)

A legendary 20th century artist, Mark Rothko assigned himself the task of creating a representation of the human tragedy through the most abstract painting there is. His stated goal: cure the world’s ills. His tools: a colored paste that he made himself, in secret, covering larger and larger canvases and creating spaces that could absorb the spectator. Declaring that he was not an Abstractionist, but a Materialist, Rothko has always eluded definition. This documentary reveals his unconventional path, one of the most surprising ones in modern art.

MIRALLES

• DATE AND TIME: 22.10.2026., 20:00
• DIRECTOR: Maria Mauti
• COUNTRY: Spain, Mexico
• YEAR / DURATION: 2024 / 100 min
• PRODUCTION: Oberon Media - Monstro
• LANGUAGE: Spanish
• SUBTITLES: Croatian
• FESTIVALS: Jihlava International Documentary Film Festival, DOK Leipzig

The Catalan architect Enric Miralles (1955-2000) is an essential contemporary architect. He is also a complex character, powerful for his artistic and intellectual side, a hypnotic, polyhedral man with many contradictions. A personality that, over the course of time, has become impenetrable. The documentary Miralles aims to portray the man and this complexity. A story built by variations-episodes, which through its architectures can compose an open and deep picture of his person and his creative process. The story begins the day of his disappearance.

PORTAL

• DATE AND TIME: 23.10.2026., 17:00
• DIRECTOR: Erika Kapronczai
• COUNTRY: Hungary
• YEAR / DURATION: 2025 / 71 min
• PRODUCTION: kArton studios
• LANGUAGE: English
• SUBTITLES: Croatian
• FESTIVALS: Budapest Architecture Film Festival, 44. Hungarian Film Festival – Best Director Prize

An unconventional ambient portrait film about a multifaceted creator, in which an artist’s dream comes true. Attila Ferenczfy-Kovács, recipient of the Kossuth Prize and honored with the title “Artist of the Nation,” is an architect, industrial designer, set designer, visual artist, and one of the most extraordinary dreamers of space. His world is at once overwhelmingly grandiose, darkly mysterious, captivatingly playful, and rich in imagination. His unique private mythology is shaped by both archaic, occult motifs and futuristic visions—manifesting in his buildings, film and theatre sets, furniture objects, and fine art works. In this portrait film, he reflects on his dreams, his art, and his life, offering a glimpse into his home and revealing that he experiences creation as a solitary activity—so much so that he often feels like a UFO…

THE FIRST SIZA

• DATE AND TIME: 23.10.2026., 19:00
• DIRECTOR: Sara Nunes
• COUNTRY: Portugal
• YEAR / DURATION: 2025 / 60 min
• PRODUCTION: Building Pictures, CaixaForum+
• LANGUAGE: Portuguese
• SUBTITLES: Croatian
• FESTIVALS: Cinema Urbana Architecture Film Festival - Audience Award Winner, Istanbul International Architecture and Urban Films Festival, Matera International Film Festival, DART Festival, Caminhos Film Festival, ARCHFILM

The First Siza is a documentary about the Four Houses, the first project by Álvaro Siza, designed while he was still a student, and the impact of architecture on people's lives. Through the reunion, 60 years later, between the architect and Fernando Neto — his first client and owner of one of the houses in Matosinhos — the film reveals how this project was pivotal in Siza’s career. Featuring interviews with Siza, the residents, and critic Francesco Dal Co, as well as current and archival footage, the narrative explores how architecture and the lives of its inhabitants become intertwined over time.

SOME LIKE IT FAKE

• DATE AND TIME: 23.10.2026., 20:45
• DIRECTOR: Stanislaw Mucha
• COUNTRY: Germany
• YEAR / DURATION: 2025 / 90 min
• PRODUCTION: Kinescope Film Hamburg, TAG/TRAUM Filmproduktion
• LANGUAGE: Cantonese, Mandarin, German
• SUBTITLES: Croatian
• FESTIVALS: Hof International Film Festival, EBS International Documentary Festival

There is nothing that is not available in Dafen in southern China: A Gerhard Richter starts at 30 EUR, a small van Gogh costs 45 euros, his ‘Sunflowers’ in medium size 100 euros, Monet's ‘Water Lilies’ 120 euros, Rembrandt's self-portraits 150 euros and for the Mona Lisa's smile you have to pay around 200 euros, because it is supposedly not so easy for the Chinese to copy her. The output of the forgery city is gigantic: over 10 million paintings are produced here every year. Thousands of painters paint the works of great masters day and night in the smallest of spaces, which are mainly sold in bulk orders to Europe and America. Dafen's hard-working inhabitants live from, with and despite the great art, children grow up between Klimt's Kiss and Munch's Scream, families sleep under van Gogh's Starry Night, watched by Vermeer's Girl with the Pearl Earrings.

CHARLOTTE PERRIAND: PIONEER IN THE ART OF LIVING

• DATE AND TIME: 24.10.2026., 11:30
• DIRECTOR: Stéphane Ghez
• COUNTRY: France
• YEAR / DURATION: 2019 /52 min
• PRODUCTION: CINÉTÉVÉ
• LANGUAGE: French
• SUBTITLES: Croatian
• FESTIVALS: Architecture & Design Film Festival, International Festival of Films on Art (Le FIFA), Architecture Film Festival Rotterdam, ArchiFest, D'A Film Festival / Kumu Documentary

The architect and designer Charlotte Perriand ranks among the great creative figures of the twentieth century. Her revolutionary furniture designs have become contemporary icons. A free spirit with strong political convictions, she championed modernity and the art of inhabiting. This documentary explores Perriand’s development from her own perspective, from the 1930s, when she made common cause with Le Corbusier and avant-garde art, to her encounter with Japan.

GOD SEES IT

• DATE AND TIME: 24.10.2026., 17:15
• DIRECTOR: Alex Guimerà, Guillem Ventura
• COUNTRY: Spain
• YEAR / DURATION: 2025 / 89 min
• PRODUCTION: Hic&Nunc Filmworks
• LANGUAGE: Spanish
• SUBTITLES: Croatian
• FESTIVALS: BCN Film Fest – Art al Cinema, London Spanish Film Festival – 17th Catalan Window, Atlántida Mallorca Film Fest, Festival Rizoma, Dart Barcelona – Panorama Nacional

GOD SEES ITis a fascinating journey into the creative universe of Oscar Tusquets Blanca. A universe full of ideas where architecture, design, painting, and writing coexist without hierarchies. Oscar Tusquets is one of the most provocative geniuses of our contemporary culture. GOD SEES IT immerses us in his brilliant and controversial mind, where art, irony, and rebellion meet. From his friendship and collaborations with Salvador Dalí to everyday moments with Miquel Barceló, Antonio López, Albert Serra, Milena Busquets, Mario Vargas Llosa, or Julia de Castro, we discover a free, irreverent, and brilliant creator. GOD SEES IT celebrates the bold spirit of an artist who never betrayed his essence. As Tusquets says: "Creating doesn’t have to hurt, but it takes effort.

THE HOUSE OF CINI BOERI

• DATE AND TIME: 24.10.2026., 19:00
• DIRECTOR: Maddalena Bregani
• COUNTRY: Italy
• YEAR / DURATION: 2025 / 60 min
• PRODUCTION: The Blink Fish
• LANGUAGE: Italian
• SUBTITLES: Croatian
• FESTIVALS: Architecture Film Festival Rotterdam

The House of Cini Boeritells the story of the intense life and brilliant work of architect and designer Cini Boeri, through the places she lived, the testimonies of those who knew her well, and the works she created. "The House of Cini Boeri" is the home of a courageous protagonist of the 20th century—a pioneer, both in her choices and her designs, of a new way of living that helped revolutionize the role of women in the family, in work, and in society. "The House of Cini Boeri" is also the home of a strong-willed, charismatic matriarch of a large family that lovingly and devotedly preserves her memory.

GUGGI

• DATE AND TIME: 24.10.2026., 20:45
• DIRECTOR: Ian Thuillier
• COUNTRY: Ireland
• YEAR / DURATION: 2026 / 77 min
• PRODUCTION: Tall Tales Film
• LANGUAGE: English
• SUBTITLES: Croatian
• FESTIVALS: Tribeca Festival, Docs Ireland, Artecinema, Warsaw International Film Festival, Dublin International Film Festival

Guggi'spaintings are instantly recognisable — pared-down vessels, bowls, and forms that radiate calm. But behind that simplicity lies a life rich with contradictions. Born Derek Rowen, Guggi grew up in Dublin in a turbulent household, escaping into creativity and music. As co-founder of the Virgin Prunes, he pushed performance art and music to extremes before leaving the band to focus entirely on painting. Filmed over two years in Dublin and Provence, GUGGI follows the artist in his studio, on the road, and in candid moments with long-time friends Bono, Gavin Friday, Jim Sheridan, and Sean Scully. Blending vérité footage, rare archival material, and intimate interviews, the film explores art, faith, and the enduring power of friendship.

STARDUST: A STORY OF LOVE AND ARCHITECTURE

• DATE AND TIME: 25.10.2026., 16:00
• DIRECTOR: Jim Venturi
• COUNTRY: USA
• YEAR / DURATION: 2025 / 85 min
• PRODUCTION: Jim Venturi
• LANGUAGE: English
• SUBTITLES: Croatian
• FESTIVALS: Rome Film Fest, Film and Architecture Festival (Festival Film a architektura) Prague, BARQ Festival

It was one of the great, untold love stories of the 20th century. For fifty years, Robert Venturi and Denise Scott Brown shared a life of profound tenderness, sharp wit, and creative joy. They also sparked a revolution in architecture, challenging the rigid modernism of the era with their embrace of complexity, symbolism, and the lessons of the everyday landscape. Filmed with astonishing intimacy by their son, Stardust invites you to see the world through their eyes. It's a road-movie journey to the places that meant the most to them—including Rome, Venice, Paris, London, Philadelphia, and Las Vegas. Along the way, you'll witness their witty, subversive shorthand, quiet battles against a male-dominated establishment (including the infamous Pritzker Prize snub), and the enduring partnership that redefined architectural collaboration. Stardust is a funny, moving, and deeply human portrait—a film to fall in love with.

OUT OF THE PICTURE

• DATE AND TIME: 25.10.2026., 18:00
• DIRECTOR: An.Ash Smolar (They/Them)
• COUNTRY: Belgium, France
• YEAR / DURATION: 2025 / 90 min
• PRODUCTION: Thank You and Goodnight Productions, CBA - Atelier Graphoui - RTBF (BE) / Films de Force Majeure - Lyon Capitale TV (FR)
• DOP: Hélène Motteau
• SOUND: Edith Herregods
• GRAPHIC DESIGNER: Sarah Debove
• HEAD ANIMATOR: Caroline Nugues-Bourchat
• EDITOR: Sandrine Deegen
• PRODUCER: Geneviève De Bauw
• LANGUAGE: French
• SUBTITLES: Croatian
• FESTIVALS: Brussels Art Film Festival (BAFF), International Festival of Films on Art (Le FIFA), New European Bauhaus Festival, Architecture Film Festival Rotterdam (AFFR)

Where are female architects? Women have passionately and skillfully created architectural works for centuries. History seems to have forgotten them... or have they been conscientiously erased from a male-dominated profession? Out of the Picture goes in search of these women, exploring their history and their outlook; it investigates why and how women have been excluded from the honor roll of architecture, and how they now are reclaiming visibility.

AKRIS: FASHION WITH A HERITAGE

• DATE AND TIME: 25.10.2026., 20:00
• DIRECTOR: Reiner Holzemer
• COUNTRY: Germany
• YEAR / DURATION: 2025 / 89 min
• PRODUCTION: A Reiner Holzemer Film Production
• LANGUAGE: German, English, French, Italian
• SUBTITLES: Croatian
• FESTIVALS: Tribeca X, Monte-Carlo Television Festival, Newport Beach Film Festival - Outstanding Fashion Documentary Award

For the first time in its 100-year history, the fashion house Akris grants exclusive access to a documentary film, offering a rare glimpse into the atelier of Creative Director Albert Kriemler. Accompanying Albert and Peter Kriemler during the preparations for Akris’ 100th anniversary, the film moves from show preparations in Paris to international journeys and a museum exhibition in Zurich. Through archival material, behind-the-scenes moments, and insights into craftsmanship and creative exchange, Akris – Fashion With a Heritage reveals the universe of one of the last independent fashion houses.