ADFF:Chicago
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—Chicago Cultural Center and Gene Siskel Film Center—with many screenings including Q&As with the filmmakers.
Wednesday, January 29 (Chicago Cultural Center)
- 6 p.m.: Schindler Space Architect
Thursday, January 30 (Chicago Cultural Center)
- 7 p.m.: E.1027: Eileen Gray and the House by the Sea
Friday, January 31 (Gene Siskel Film Center)
- 6:30 p.m.: Arthur Erickson: Beauty Between the Lines
- 8:30 p.m.: DEPOT - Reflecting Boijmans
Saturday, February 1 (Gene Siskel Film Center)
- 1 p.m.: 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 (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
