/ EESTI KEELES / Louis Kahn and Alvar Aalto film days in Kuressaare in cooperatin with THULE Cinema.
14–27 September 2026. Screening times will be announced soon. Special screenings can be arranged for schools. The event is part of the celebration of the 125th anniversary of Louis Kahn’s birth in Kuressaare. Partner and presenter of the films:

Louis Kahn's Tiger City

2019, Sundaram Tagore
IMDb link  → RAITING 8.0 / 10
1 h, 53 min
Art historian and filmmaker Sundaram Tagore travels in the footsteps of Louis Kahn to discover how the famed American architect built a daringly modern and monumental parliamentary complex in war-torn Bangladesh.

Louis Kahn: Silence and Light

1996, Michael Blackwood
IMDb link → RAITING 8.4 / 10
58 min
As an architect, educator, and philosopher, Louis Kahn played a prominent role in the history of 20th century architecture. An examination of six of his most significant buildings: The Salk Institute; the Kimbell Art Museum; the Center for British Art; the library at Philips Exeter Academy; the Indian Institute of Management; and the Parliament Buildings of Bangladesh.

My Architect

2003, Nathaniel Kahn
IMDb link → RAITING 7.4 / 10
1 tund 56 minutit
Director Nathaniel Kahn searches to understand his father, noted architect Louis Kahn, who died bankrupt and alone in 1974.
 		 

Aalto

2020, Virpi Suutari
IMDb link → RAITING 7.1 / 10
1 h 43 min
This captivating exploration of Alvar Aalto, the defining figure in Scandic design and one of Europe's greatest modern architects, focuses on his remarkable and loving partnership with wife, Aino. Theirs was a profoundly humanist vision that put people at the centre of design, and ranged from work in furniture design through to huge architectural projects.