FRAMES / ENCOUNTERS IN CINEMA AND ARCHITECTURE

FRAMES is a film screening festival exploring the relationship between architecture and space. Each session focuses on a specific theme—landscape, the city, industrial architecture, domestic interiors, the figure of the architect, and their work. Films are presented with the support of a guest from the fields of architecture or media, who introduces the screening and engages the audience in a concluding discussion.

The selected films and documentaries highlight the deep connection between cinema and architecture, where buildings and landscapes become protagonists, shaping narratives and evoking emotions. The second edition of the festival featured the Living Architecture Marathon, showcasing films by Ila Bêka and Louise Lemoine, which challenge the idealized image of contemporary masterpieces. Rather than portraying these works as untouchable monuments, the films reveal them as lived environments, showing how people inhabit, move through, and experience them daily. By focusing on these intimate, human interactions, the series offers a fresh perspective on architecture, allowing viewers to understand its qualities through everyday life rather than distant admiration.

Through the shared frame of the screen, FRAMES invites participants on a gradual journey of discovery and reflection, fostering a more conscious way of seeing—not only in cinema but, more importantly, in the architectural spaces we inhabit every day.

FRAMES was held for two editions, in 2013 and 2014, in partnership with the Municipality and Province of Salerno, and with the support of institutions including the Italian Ministry of Culture and the Order of Architects of the City of Salerno.