Friday, January 31, 8:30 p.m. | In 2019, a renovation forced Rotterdam’s Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen to close its doors, making way for a new building—The Depot—to open across the road. Employing a mixture of archival footage of the Museum Boijmans and footage of the construction of The Depot, director Sonia Herman Dolz draws parallels between the past and the present while tracking two passionate visionaries—architect Winy Mass and museum director Sjarel Ex—as they work together to break down the old and construct the new. The story of this ambitious project unfolds in this captivating ode to art and architecture.

ADFF:CHICAGO The Architecture & Design Film Festival and Chicago Architecture Center, in collaboration with the Gene Siskel Film Center, present ADFF:CHICAGO 2025—an international festival highlighting films dedicated to the creative spirit of architecture and design. ADFF:CHICAGO 2025 presents 9 programs at the Film Center celebrating films that combine a design focus with human stories, selected for a broad audience of architecture enthusiasts, design professionals, and all fans of nonfiction storytelling. Read more

The Film Center is ADA accessible. This presentation will be projected without open captions. The theater is hearing-loop equipped. For accessibility requests, please email filmcenter@saic.edu