Ermela Teli
Albania
2012 | 0:15:30

The short film Architecture of Sadness is divided into three chapters, happening during three different time periods. By moving the camera into the space of these distinct narratives, the viewer sees the film as “architecture of emotions” and a mental social experience instead of seeing architecture as a collection of physical buildings. The film starts with the Rozafa legend, where a woman’s body reduces into an object of sacrifice and moves into the dictatorship period where the sacrifice now has grown into the entire society. The trilogy ends with the Transition, which is the subject of Architecture of Sadness. The camera follows crowds of people proceeding into a space without a sense or purpose resembling a body without a mind. The series of events is therefore a narrative that is again dominated by betrayal, sacrifice and loneliness, three elements that constantly hit the conscious of a human and society.

Frederik Nielsen, Vanja Larsen
Norway
2013 | 1:00:00

By following different people, the film provides insight into an unusual worl space. A workplace where you are not garanteed to see your colleagues the next day. An everyday life that is difficult to conceive. A world that is dangerous to live in.

Oksana Buraja
Lituania, Estonia
2012 | 0:27:00

The child’s soul refuses to reconcile with her surroundings. The film crew make an effort to record situations that reflect the generation gap between little Lisa and the world of adults that surrounds her.