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The Match Factory Boards Victor Kossakovsky’s A24-Backed Berlinale Doc ‘Architecton’
The Match Factory has acquired international rights to Russian director Victor Kossakovsky’s new documentary Architecton ahead of its Berlinale world premiere. The film project follows the filmmake…
The Match Factory describes Kossakovsky’s new film as “an epic, intimate and poetic meditation” on architecture and how the design and construction of buildings from the ancient past reveal mankind’s present destruction. Focusing on a landscape project by the Italian architect Michele de Lucci, Kossakovsky reflects on the rise and fall of civilizations, using imagery from the temple ruins of Baalbek in Lebanon, dating back to AD 60, to the recent destruction of cities in Turkey following a 7.8 magnitude earthquake in early 2023. Demonstrating his mastery in previous works like Gunda and Aquarela, he now skillfully integrates architecture, geography, environment, and anthropology into a singular cinematic experience with Architecton, presenting an extraordinary visual narrative,” said The Match Factory MD Michael Weber.
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