#01 Beneath the Concrete, a Dream

Moving through architectures of memory, power and desire, the films within the program trace how cities are imagined, constructed and demolished. Concrete appears not only as material but as ideology: as site of both collective and individual aspirations. From the socialist utopias of Tirana to the ghostly infrastructures of Munich, from the erasures of Palestinian homes to the lost neighborhoods of China, intimate gestures are set against the vastness of political regimes. What emerges is a dialog between the dream of a city and the weight of its foundations. !! Due to a technical error, it is not possible to play the short film compilations using a Safari browser. Please use a different browser; we recommend using Google Chrome. We apologize for any inconvenience. !! | Every Epoch Dreams the Next Austria, Albania 2025 / 18:16 min. / English, Albanian / English subtitles Director: Johannes Gierlinger | | Sunspots Mexico, USA 2025 / 05:44 min. / no dialogue Director: Abinadi Meza | | in retrospect Germany 2025 / 14:56 min. / German / English subtitles Director: Mila Zhluktenko, Daniel Asadi Faezi | Akher Youm (The Last Day) Egypt 2024 / 05:00 min. / Arabic / English subtitles Director: Mahmoud Ibrahim | | 山的另一面 (The Other Side of the Mountain) USA, China 2024 / 20:00 min. / Chinese / English subtitles Director: Yumeng He | The synopses for the films can be found in our catalog or on our website.