Galleri ROM, the Norwegian Centre for Design and Architecture (DOGA), and Kunstnernes Hus Cinema in collaboration with Cinemateket in Oslo and the Goethe-Institut invite you to a new edition of Architecture Film Oslo, a high-quality festival for architecture and architecture-related films. The program consists of eight documentaries, four feature films, and 28 short films, and like the 2016 edition of the festival, several of the films have their Norwegian premiere. In addition, an animation workshop for children will be held.

Forces Influencing Architecture

The theme of Architecture Film Oslo 2017 is the forces that influence architecture. Architecture is a dominant human activity that requires significant investments. And more than any other human activity, architectural history mirrors the economy of society. Here, the human Homo Economicus is behind and rapidly and fundamentally changing the Earth's state.

This year's festival films reflect various forces that influence our physical surroundings. We witness worlds being created and worlds decaying. And before natural forces reclaim things, it mostly comes down to money. Or as Karl Marx said, "all that is solid melts into air.