DILLER SCOFIDIO + RENFRO: REIMAGINING LINCOLN CENTER AND THE HIGH LINE looks at the transformation of a pair of New York City landmarks
ADFF NY 2012
Tribeca Cinemas
54 Varick St. at Laight St.
October 18-21, $14
212-759-9550
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Founded by architect Kyle Bergman in 2009, the Architecture & Design Film Festival includes screenings of works about architecture and design and panel discussions examining contemporary issues with an international collection of industry leaders. Taking place October 18-21 at Tribeca Cinemas, the 2012 edition consists of a dozen programs, beginning with opening night’s “The Vignellis,” featuring Kathy Brew and Roberto Guerra’s Design Is One: Lella and Massimo Vignelli, a documentary about the Italian designers, followed by a Q&A with the directors. Among the other highlights are “Opera,” a screening of Architect: A Chamber Opera in Six Scenes, Jenny Kallick’s film inspired by the work of Louis I. Kahn; “The Public Realm,” anchored by Muffie Dunn and Tom Piper’s Diller Scofidio + Renfro: Reimagining Lincoln Center and the High Line; and “The Creative Process,” which pairs Tim Cawley’s From Nothing, Something with Martin Glegg’s The Lighthouse. In addition to the Q&A sessions that follow most screenings, there will be four panels: “Conversation with Massimo Vignelli,” with Vignelli, Martin Pederson, and Michael Donovan; “In the Public Realm,” with Charles Renfro, Claire Weisz, Michael Parley, and Susan Stephens; “Architecture as Diplomat: Embassies and What They Communicate,” with Eric Kenue, Frances Halsband, Jane Loeffler, and Jord den Hollander; and “16 Acres +,” with Holly Leicht, Mark Ginsberg, Petra Todorovich, and Rick Bell.