Chicago Architecture and Design Film Festival

ADFF:Chicago presents 13 stories of creative vision, design innovation, and human relationships in architecture across the globe. January 29 - February 2, 2025. Two locations.

The Architecture and 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-with many screenings including QandAs with the filmmakers.

Schedule of Events:

6:30 pm: Arthur Erickson: Beauty Between the Lines
8:30 pm: DEPOT - Reflecting Boijmans