Architecture+Design Film Festival Winnipeg

05/12/2026

Architecture+Design Film Festival (A+DFF) in Winnipeg is now accepting submissions for the 16th annual festival. April 7-11,2027.
The Architecture+Design Film Festival proudly accepts entries on FilmFreeway, the world's #1 way to enter film festivals and creative contests.

The Architecture + Design Film Festival (A+DFF) in Winnipeg presents critically acclaimed films focusing on the importance of architecture and design in ever...

05/10/2026

Archishorts 2026 Competition Winners

Local Winners
Lisbon Tram - Kevin Nikkel
Graffiti Gallery (Berlin 1932) - Greg Hanec

International
Youth Category
Gateways to my ancestry - Luke Voss USA

Adult Category
Below the Pulse - Tom Biela, Austria
Umbrella house - Michaela Nettell United Kingdom
My Fern and I are Fine - Lidewjj Deroo Austria

People's Choice Award (voted by the audience)
Lisbon Tram - Kevin NikkelCongratulations to all of the winners.
Entry for the 2027 Archishorts Competition will be through Film Freeway. Information will be posted at: adff.ca

04/08/2026

World Premiere: Meeting a Moment – the Art of Social Architecture

15 April, 7 pm
Gas Station Arts Centre
Tickets & Info - 3common.com/adffca

Join us for the opening night of the 15th annual Architecture + Design Film Festival (A+DFF) with the World Premiere of the Winnipeg-made film, Meeting a Moment – the Art of Social Architecture, as the opening night screening.

Written and directed by Winnipeg filmmaker Danielle Sturk, the 44-minute documentary invites architects, historians, social housing advocates and citizens to reflect on the creation of affordable housing in Winnipeg, and why it is about more than simply architecture and design. The film was inspired by the WAF book, 'Green Blankstein Russell and Associates', written by Jeffrey Thorsteinson and Brennan Smith, who both appear in the film. There will be a post-screening Q+A with the director and participants in the film.

Meeting a Moment – the Art of Social Architecture, will screen at a new venue for A+DFF – The Gas Station Arts Centre Theatre, along with our other films at local venues.

Please see adff.ca for the full A+DFF programme.

04/04/2026

Meeting a Moment-the art of social architecture
Directed by Danielle Sturk
2026, Canada, 44 minutes, English
World premiere
April 15, 7 pm, Gas Station Arts Centre

Shot in a dynamic, hand-held style, the 44-minute documentary film Meeting a Moment – the Art of Social Architecture invites architects, historians, social housing advocates and citizens to reflect on the creation of affordable housing in Winnipeg and why it is about more than simply architecture and design.

Beginning with a look back at the concept for an innovative, large-scale affordable rental housing development designed by the architecture firm Green, Blankstein, Russell in the midst of the Great Depression, to Willow Park Housing Co-operative—Canada’s first permanent housing co-op for families—to the present day revisioning of the iconic Hudson’s Bay Company building as Wehwehneh Bahgahkinahgohn, the film challenges our collective social conscience on what it takes to truly create a home and a community.

The film is written and directed by Danielle Sturk, a multidisciplinary artist known for her emotionally resonant, visually striking work.
Tickets: https://3common.com/adffca

Sponsored by Lulubelle Media Inc..
Screened as part of the Architecture+Design Film Festival (adff.ca)

01/29/2026

2026 Film Competition – Call for Entries

What stories do buildings and urban landscapes tell? How can movies be used to tell them? The Architecture and Design Film Festival (A+DFF) invites you to enter a short film competition. Registration for the competition is free and open to all. Make a two-minute movie about architecture or the built environment for a chance to win great prizes and be featured in the only film festival in Canada that is dedicated to architecture and design.

Architecture is everywhere. Get creative in showing how a place—any place—can tell a story. Deadline March 26. adff.ca/archishorts.