Renzo Piano

The plot of the film is based on the large-scale reconstruction of the historical building of the HPP-2 power plant on Bolotnaya Embankment under the direction of architect Renzo Piano and the transformation of the power plant into a cultural institution and a cultural house of the V-A-C foundation, founded by Leonid Mikhelson. For five years, the process of fixing this reincarnation was carried out. The basis of the shooting method was the desire to show big events through the prism of the interaction of art and life of the construction site and the V-A-C foundation, through small details, through the people who are doing it all.

Giovanni, cinéaste italien renommé, s’apprête à tourner son nouveau film. Mais entre son couple en crise, son producteur français au bord de la faillite et sa fille qui le délaisse, tout semble jouer contre lui ! Toujours sur la corde raide, Giovanni va devoir repenser sa manière de faire s’il veut mener tout son petit monde vers un avenir radieux.

The architect, a contemporary master, Renzo Piano. The filmmaker, another contemporary master, Carlos Saura.

Peter Rice...An Engineer imagines is a cinematic homage to the life and ideas of Peter Rice widely regarded as the most distinguished structural engineer of the late twentieth century. Without Rices’s innovations and collaborations with the leading architects of his time, some of the most recognizable buildings in the world would not have been possible. The film traces Rice’s extraordinary work, from his native Ireland through, London, Sydney and Paris, to his untimely and tragic death in 1992. Through a series of interviews with former colleagues, family and friends, interwoven with stunning time-lapse photography, we unfold the remarkable story of one of the great minds of the twentieth century; how man who pushed the boundaries of art and science to achieve the unimaginable. A genius who stood in the shadow of architectural icons. Until now.

A documentary focusing on the rebuilding projects in Berlin after the fall of the Berlin Wall.

Filmed in Genoa, Paris, London, New York and Athens, The Power of the Archive recounts the creation, organisation, function and planning approach of the archive of the Renzo Piano Building Workshop. A place of experimentation, it’s a metaphor for a seaport; where goods come and go, each enriching its content and potential for communication.

The architect, a contemporary master, Renzo Piano. The filmmaker, another contemporary master, Carlos Saura.