Category
Documentary
director
Karin Bucher, Thomas Karrer
production
Karrer Multivision
country
Switzerland
format
HD, DCP
runtime
53/84 min
year
2023
language
English, German
subtitled_versions
English, French, German
genre
Architecture & Design, Arts & Culture, History, Human Interest, Society, TV-Version available
THE POWER OF UTOPIA
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THE POWER OF UTOPIA
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Synopsis

With the construction of the Indian planned city of Chandigarh, the Swiss and French architect Le Corbusier completed his life's work 70 years ago. Chandigarh is a controversial synthesis of the arts, a bold utopia of modernity. The film accompanies four cultural workers who live in the planned city and reflects on Le Corbusier's legacy, utopian urban ideas and the cultural differences between East and West in an atmospherically dense narrative.

Festivals

  • "Best Film", Venice Architecture Film Festival, Italy (2023)
  • Film and Architecture Festival Prague, Czech Republic (2023)
  • Architecture Film Festival Rotterdam, The Netherlands (2023)
  • Architecture Design Film Festival, USA [&] Canada (2023/2024)
  • Solothurn Filmtage, Switzerland (2024)
  • Architecture Design Film Festival Chicago, USA (2024)
  • FIFA Montreal, Canada (2024)
  • Architecture+Design Film Festival Winnipeg, Canada (2024)
  • Tilburg Architectuur Film Festival (TIAFF), The Netherlands (2024)
  • New Zealand Architecture + Design FF, New Zealand (2024)
  • EBS International Documentary Festival (EIDF), South Korea (2024)

More info

  • Theatrical Release Switzerland via Cineworx GmbH Distribution August 24, 2023
  • Theatrical Release Germany via Real Fiction February 22, 2024