Architecture & Design Film Festival

The Architecture & Design Film Festival (ADFF) and Chicago Architecture Center (CAC), in collaboration with the Gene Siskel Film Center, present ADFF:CHICAGO—an international festival highlighting the best films dedicated to the creative spirit of architecture and design.

The festival program showcases films with both a design focus and a human story for a broad audience of industry professionals, design-conscious consumers, and fans of nonfiction storytelling. 

ADFF:CHICAGO 2025 presents 13 feature-length screenings in two downtown venues—with many screenings including Q&As with the filmmakers.

Wednesday, January 29

• 6 p.m.: Schindler Space Architect (Chicago Cultural Center)

Thursday, January 30

• 7 p.m.: E.1027: Eileen Gray and the House by the Sea (Chicago Cultural Center)

Friday, January 31

(All Friday films at the Gene Siskel Film Center)

• 6:30 p.m.: Arthur Erickson: Beauty Between the Lines
• 8:30 p.m.: DEPOT - Reflecting Boijmans

Saturday, February 1

(All Saturday films at the Gene Siskel Film Center)

• 1 p.m.: Double Feature: This is Not a House & The House: 6 Points of Departure
• 3:15 p.m.: The Pavilion on the Water
• 5:30 p.m.: Sitting Still
• 7:45 p.m.: Stardust: The Story of Robert Venturi and Denise Scott Brown

Sunday, February 2

(All Sunday films at the Gene Siskel Film Center)

• 1 p.m.: Double Feature: Living Together & Where We Grow Older
• 3:15 p.m.: Green Over Gray: Emilio Ambasz
• 5 p.m.: Ada - My Mother the Architect