Acclaimed Danish architect Bjarke Ingel's new film will premiere at the Copenhagen Architecture Festival on April 29, 2017 and will come to cinemas nationalwide in Denmark 3rd of May 2017.

Bjarke Ingels is one of prominent architects in the world conceived as innovator, king of digital production in architecture, technology-focused architect and defender of 'Hedonistic Sustainability'. There are many many complex and hybrid ideas in his head, stimulating the architect's vision for reality. He is fast, progressive and definitely multi-dimensional in different ways.

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More recently, Bjarke Ingels was featured in Netflix's new documentary series titled 'Abstract: The Art of Design'-but it was not enough for him-Ingels had to go forward, of course. 

A new film finally come out, written and directed by Kaspar Astrup Schröder and produced by Sonntag Pictures, and the film will firstly be premiered at the Copenhagen Architecture Festival on April 29, 2017 as well as Tomas Koolhaas' film REM, directed and written by Rem Koolhaas' son. The Copenhagen Architecture Festival kicks off April 27 and will continue until May 7, 2017, which presents a diverse range of movies under different titles.

Good Company Pictures released a trailer of the film to give a general idea on what will the film exactly be about? The 93-min. BIG TIME is presented in the scope of Architect's Life and Poetics, exploring life of material world as written in the description of the section below.

''How does the idea of a building and how to get the idea kind of wood, concrete or glass? This theme explores the ratio between the architect's life and his work, and examines how an architectural identity, vision and poetics born and unfolds.''

''Every art form has its stars, and the architecture is no exception. Here you will be introduced to some of the largest in a series of intimate and curious portrait film. And as we explore some of architecture's core ideas then and now in a series of lectures on color scheme and aesthetic, the Swiss architecture and what architects can learn from it that neither the character or design.''

Regarding the content of the film, a film portrait is drawn by the Director of film Kaspar Astrup Schröder and he says that ''Bjarke Ingels broke through with his buildings in Ørestad, and now he is hailed by The Wall Street Journal to "one of architecture's biggest stars.''

''BIG TIME follows the young architect over five years, while he struggles to complete his biggest project to date, residential construction W57 Manhattan. Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG) is also tasked to build the World Trade Center 2, one of the skyscrapers that will replace the twin towers.''

''While he is in the process of changing the New York skyline, it suddenly something as banal as health is causing the problems. The film offers an intimate portrait of the innovative and ambitious Dane worldwide celebrated as a genius.''

The film is presented with both Danish and English subtitles. The film followed by Q & A with Bjarke Ingels and director Kaspar Astrup Schröder.

Film facts

Filmed, Written and Directed: Kaspar Astrup Schröder
Produced: Sara Stockmann
Additional Cinematography: René Sascha Johannsen and Boris Benjamin Bertram
Edited: Bobbie Esra Pertan, Cathrine Ambus and Kaspar Astrup Schröder
Sound Design: Bobby Hess
Music: Ali Helnwein and Daniel McCormick
Produced: Sonntag Pictures
Co-Produced: Good Company Pictures

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