Feature-Length Documentary | With Marios Kleftakis | 90’ | 2026 | CH, GR
As political systems, economies, and ecosystems unravel around the world, cities are increasingly imagined as places where humanity might still find answers to what comes next. At the forefront of this vision is a technological metropolis par excellence, Singapore. Yet beneath its vision of survival lies a troubling question: survival for whom? Drawing on sensory ethnography, essay filmmaking, and ghost stories, HOT COLD WET DRY explores Singapore’s seductive promise of prosperity through urbanisation - and the lives and landscapes sacrificed to make it real.
As political systems, economies, and ecosystems unravel around the world, cities are increasingly imagined as places where humanity might still find answers to what comes next. At the forefront of this vision is a technological metropolis par excellence, Singapore. Yet beneath its vision of survival lies a troubling question: survival for whom? Drawing on sensory ethnography, essay filmmaking, and ghost stories, HOT COLD WET DRY explores Singapore’s seductive promise of prosperity through urbanisation - and the lives and landscapes sacrificed to make it real.
Technical Information 2:39:1, 90’, DCP, Colour, Switzerland, Greece
Directed, Written and Produced Klearjos Eduardo Papanicolaou | Marios KleftakisWith Support from Beben Films (Isavella Alopoudi, Babis Makridis, and Yannis Chalkiadakis)
Cinematography and Sound Recording Klearjos Eduardo Papanicolaou
Editing Marios Kleftakis
Music Ludwig Berger, Vasilis Kleftakis, The Little Thieves
Mixing Leandros Ntounis
Graphic and Title Design Claudia Sinatra
Directed, Written and Produced Klearjos Eduardo Papanicolaou | Marios KleftakisWith Support from Beben Films (Isavella Alopoudi, Babis Makridis, and Yannis Chalkiadakis)
Cinematography and Sound Recording Klearjos Eduardo Papanicolaou
Editing Marios Kleftakis
Music Ludwig Berger, Vasilis Kleftakis, The Little Thieves
Mixing Leandros Ntounis
Graphic and Title Design Claudia Sinatra
Screenings
2026 Arquiteturas Film Festival, Porto, PR
2026 Andros Municipal Cinema, GR
2026 Thessaloniki International Documentary Film Festival, GR
2026 Arquiteturas Film Festival, Porto, PR
2026 Andros Municipal Cinema, GR
2026 Thessaloniki International Documentary Film Festival, GR
Feature-Length Documentary | With Nitin Bathla | 67’ | 2020 | CH, IN
NOT JUST ROADS is an ethnographic documentary film that narrates the story of a massive urban transformation underway in India.
Highways are being constructed at an unprecedented rate of 23 kilometers per day under the Indian government's Bharatmala (‘Garland of Limitless Roads’) program. The program aims to open new territories for the emerging Indian middle class. Currently, the territory is inhabited by villages, working class neighbourhoods, and nomadic herders. It is criss-crossed by native trails and vital ecological commons. This film captures the story of one such highway outside Delhi, from the perspective of human and non-human actors.
* Nominated for the Main Competition, London Arch Film Fest 2021
* Nominated for the Beyond the Screen Competition, DocAviv 2021
* Winner SAH 2022 Film and Video Award
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NOT JUST ROADS is an ethnographic documentary film that narrates the story of a massive urban transformation underway in India.
Highways are being constructed at an unprecedented rate of 23 kilometers per day under the Indian government's Bharatmala (‘Garland of Limitless Roads’) program. The program aims to open new territories for the emerging Indian middle class. Currently, the territory is inhabited by villages, working class neighbourhoods, and nomadic herders. It is criss-crossed by native trails and vital ecological commons. This film captures the story of one such highway outside Delhi, from the perspective of human and non-human actors.
* Nominated for the Main Competition, London Arch Film Fest 2021
* Nominated for the Beyond the Screen Competition, DocAviv 2021
* Winner SAH 2022 Film and Video Award
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Trailers
Technical Information 2:39:1, 70’, DCP, Colour, India, Switzerland, Germany
Directed, Written and Produced Nitin Bathla | Klearjos Eduardo Papanicolaou With Support from Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung, India Office | Andromeda Film AG | ETH Zürich
Cinematography and Sound Recording Nitin Bathla
Editing Klearjos Eduardo Papanicolaou
Original Music, Sound Design and Mixing Ludwig Berger
Post-Production Patrick Lindenmaier | Davide Legittimo | Andromeda Film AG
Graphic and Title Design Claudia Sinatra | Metaxia Markaki
Directed, Written and Produced Nitin Bathla | Klearjos Eduardo Papanicolaou With Support from Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung, India Office | Andromeda Film AG | ETH Zürich
Cinematography and Sound Recording Nitin Bathla
Editing Klearjos Eduardo Papanicolaou
Original Music, Sound Design and Mixing Ludwig Berger
Post-Production Patrick Lindenmaier | Davide Legittimo | Andromeda Film AG
Graphic and Title Design Claudia Sinatra | Metaxia Markaki
Screenings
2026 Locarno Film Festival, Locarno, CH
2026 Arquiteturas, Porto, PR
2026 Museum für Gestaltung, CH
2026 Swiss Anthropology Conference, CH
2024 Filmcasino, Vienna, AT
2024 Ohio State University, USA
2023 Ethnokino FF, Bern, CH
2023 Sarajevo Days of Architecture, BiH
2023 KTH Stockholm, SE
2023 University of Manchester, UK
2023 King's College London, UK
2023 Arthshila, Ahmedabad, IN
2023 Ecofalante Environmental FF, BR
2023 CEPT, Ahmedabad, IN
2023 Ambedkar University, Delhi, IN
2023 Max Mueller Institute, New Delhi, IN
2023 KRIVIA, Mumbai, IN
2023 Indian Institute of Technology, Mumbai, IN
2023 Think Matter, Goa, IN
2023 Chandigarh College of Architecture, IN
2022 Goethe Institute, Colombo, LK
2022 A.M. Qattan Foundation, Ramallah, PL
2022 Ashoka Trust for Research, IN
2022 Grupo CASA, Rio de Janeiro, BR
2022 Syracuse University, USA
2022 Symposium Film, Arch, Urban Studies, CH
2022 Documentary Festival Bhubaneswar, IN
2022 Regard Bleu Ethnographic FF, CH
2022 SAH Conference, Pittsburgh, USA
2022 Sinema Transtopia, Berlin, DE
2021 EATSA Film Festival, Porto, PR
2021 Dharamshala International Film Festival, IN
2021 All Living Things Environmental FF, IN
2021 Rotterdam Architecture Film Festival, NL
2021 Aarhus Architecture Film Festival, DK
2021 Copenhagen Architecture Film Festival, DK
2021 DocAviv, Tel Aviv, ISR
2021 Arch Film Fest London, London, UK
2026 Locarno Film Festival, Locarno, CH
2026 Arquiteturas, Porto, PR
2026 Museum für Gestaltung, CH
2026 Swiss Anthropology Conference, CH
2024 Filmcasino, Vienna, AT
2024 Ohio State University, USA
2023 Ethnokino FF, Bern, CH
2023 Sarajevo Days of Architecture, BiH
2023 KTH Stockholm, SE
2023 University of Manchester, UK
2023 King's College London, UK
2023 Arthshila, Ahmedabad, IN
2023 Ecofalante Environmental FF, BR
2023 CEPT, Ahmedabad, IN
2023 Ambedkar University, Delhi, IN
2023 Max Mueller Institute, New Delhi, IN
2023 KRIVIA, Mumbai, IN
2023 Indian Institute of Technology, Mumbai, IN
2023 Think Matter, Goa, IN
2023 Chandigarh College of Architecture, IN
2022 Goethe Institute, Colombo, LK
2022 A.M. Qattan Foundation, Ramallah, PL
2022 Ashoka Trust for Research, IN
2022 Grupo CASA, Rio de Janeiro, BR
2022 Syracuse University, USA
2022 Symposium Film, Arch, Urban Studies, CH
2022 Documentary Festival Bhubaneswar, IN
2022 Regard Bleu Ethnographic FF, CH
2022 SAH Conference, Pittsburgh, USA
2022 Sinema Transtopia, Berlin, DE
2021 EATSA Film Festival, Porto, PR
2021 Dharamshala International Film Festival, IN
2021 All Living Things Environmental FF, IN
2021 Rotterdam Architecture Film Festival, NL
2021 Aarhus Architecture Film Festival, DK
2021 Copenhagen Architecture Film Festival, DK
2021 DocAviv, Tel Aviv, ISR
2021 Arch Film Fest London, London, UK
Documentary Short | With Urban-Think Tank | 25’ | 2018 | CH
London, 1972 – the city is growing, and with it the need to house working populations. Post-war values of social welfare make experimenting with new forms of housing possible, ushering in an era of modernist, utopian projects. Among the most daring and innovative, Peter and Alison Smithson’s Robin Hood Gardens estate.
In THE DISAPPEARANCE OF ROBIN HOOD, echoes of experts and decision-makers are heard as we explore the corridors of Robin Hood – their voices, like dissonant radio waves, take turns in expounding the values of the estate, while also arguing about its reputation, significance, and future. Meanwhile, intimate portraits of residents express the emotional, humorous, and complex story of the project. Mixing documentary and fiction storytelling, we piece the history of the Robin Hood Gardens estate gradually, from its initial transformation of industrial land into an idyllic, leafy neighbourhood, to its eventual re-configuration of street life into a vertical context, before turning to contemporary reality.
Less than 50 years later, London is a very different place. The incessantly growing city, powered by financial capital, dissolves the previous generation’s social housing projects, re-development by re-development. An emerging steel-and-glass skyline defines the new norms of housing, rendering notions of social welfare more akin to history rather than to embodied policy. The question arises: where has Robin Hood gone?
London, 1972 – the city is growing, and with it the need to house working populations. Post-war values of social welfare make experimenting with new forms of housing possible, ushering in an era of modernist, utopian projects. Among the most daring and innovative, Peter and Alison Smithson’s Robin Hood Gardens estate.
In THE DISAPPEARANCE OF ROBIN HOOD, echoes of experts and decision-makers are heard as we explore the corridors of Robin Hood – their voices, like dissonant radio waves, take turns in expounding the values of the estate, while also arguing about its reputation, significance, and future. Meanwhile, intimate portraits of residents express the emotional, humorous, and complex story of the project. Mixing documentary and fiction storytelling, we piece the history of the Robin Hood Gardens estate gradually, from its initial transformation of industrial land into an idyllic, leafy neighbourhood, to its eventual re-configuration of street life into a vertical context, before turning to contemporary reality.
Less than 50 years later, London is a very different place. The incessantly growing city, powered by financial capital, dissolves the previous generation’s social housing projects, re-development by re-development. An emerging steel-and-glass skyline defines the new norms of housing, rendering notions of social welfare more akin to history rather than to embodied policy. The question arises: where has Robin Hood gone?
Technical Information 2:39:1, 25’, DCP, Colour, Switzerland
Directed Klearjos Eduardo Papanicolaou
Written Klearjos Eduardo Papanicolaou | Daniel Schwartz | Alfredo Brillembourg
Produced Alfredo Brillembourg
Production Support Hubert Klumpner
Director of Photography Daniel Schwartz
Additional Photography Markus Kneer | Ryan Powell | Sophie Yetton | Michael Waldrep
Editing Klearjos Eduardo Papanicolaou
Original Music Nicola Di Croce
Post-Production Andromeda Film AG | Magnetix Tonstudio
Graphic and Title Design Claudia Sinatra
Directed Klearjos Eduardo Papanicolaou
Written Klearjos Eduardo Papanicolaou | Daniel Schwartz | Alfredo Brillembourg
Produced Alfredo Brillembourg
Production Support Hubert Klumpner
Director of Photography Daniel Schwartz
Additional Photography Markus Kneer | Ryan Powell | Sophie Yetton | Michael Waldrep
Editing Klearjos Eduardo Papanicolaou
Original Music Nicola Di Croce
Post-Production Andromeda Film AG | Magnetix Tonstudio
Graphic and Title Design Claudia Sinatra
Screenings
2026 Wohnforum, ETHZ, Zürich, CH
2020 Festival International du Film sur l'Art (FIFA), Montreal, CA
2020 Festival Habitante, Quito, Ecuador
2019 DADo, Melbourne, AUS
2019 Feminism and Architecture Film Series, London, UK
2019 Kino KOSMOS, Kosmopolitik, Zürich, CH
2019 Architektur.Film.Sommer, Vienna, AT
2019 Arquiteturas Film Festival, Lisbon, PT
2019 Aarhus Architecture Film Festival, Aarhus, DK
2019 Copenhagen Architecture Film Festival, Copenhagen, DK
2019 Architecture + Design Film Festival, Winnipeg, CA
2019 Architecture + Design Film Festival, LA, USA
2019 Architecture + Design Film Festival, Washington DC, USA
2019 Big Sky Film Festival, Missoula, USA
2019 Solothurner Filmtage, Solothurn, CH
2018 UrbanEye Film Fest, Bucharest, RO
2018 ArqFilm Fest, Santiago, CL
2018 Architecture + Design Film Festival, NY, USA
2018 Seoul International Architecture Film Festival, Seoul, SK
2018 Riga International Film Festival, Riga, LV
2018 Milano Design Film Festival, Milan, IT
2018 Rotterdam Architecture Film Festival, Rotterdam, NL
2018 ArchFilm Fest, London, UK
2026 Wohnforum, ETHZ, Zürich, CH
2020 Festival International du Film sur l'Art (FIFA), Montreal, CA
2020 Festival Habitante, Quito, Ecuador
2019 DADo, Melbourne, AUS
2019 Feminism and Architecture Film Series, London, UK
2019 Kino KOSMOS, Kosmopolitik, Zürich, CH
2019 Architektur.Film.Sommer, Vienna, AT
2019 Arquiteturas Film Festival, Lisbon, PT
2019 Aarhus Architecture Film Festival, Aarhus, DK
2019 Copenhagen Architecture Film Festival, Copenhagen, DK
2019 Architecture + Design Film Festival, Winnipeg, CA
2019 Architecture + Design Film Festival, LA, USA
2019 Architecture + Design Film Festival, Washington DC, USA
2019 Big Sky Film Festival, Missoula, USA
2019 Solothurner Filmtage, Solothurn, CH
2018 UrbanEye Film Fest, Bucharest, RO
2018 ArqFilm Fest, Santiago, CL
2018 Architecture + Design Film Festival, NY, USA
2018 Seoul International Architecture Film Festival, Seoul, SK
2018 Riga International Film Festival, Riga, LV
2018 Milano Design Film Festival, Milan, IT
2018 Rotterdam Architecture Film Festival, Rotterdam, NL
2018 ArchFilm Fest, London, UK
Feature-Length Documentary | With Marios Kleftakis | 95’ | 2016 | UK, GR
THE SEVEN SISTERS INDOOR MARKET is a feature-length documentary depicting socio-spatial transformation of a megacity - London.
Using hybrid film language that borrows from documentary and fiction styles, we follow the migrant patrons and traders of The Seven Sisters Indoor Market in Tottenham, north London, with whom we witness an urban experience whose wealth is cultural rather than financial. The sounds of salsa and reggae emanating from their market are juxtaposed with those of drills and metal clanging heard throughout the city outside.
Approaching the consequences of London's transformation with the omnipresent question, ‘who shapes urban space?’, the migrants we encounter show us a hybrid, inclusive, and endangered version of city life.
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THE SEVEN SISTERS INDOOR MARKET is a feature-length documentary depicting socio-spatial transformation of a megacity - London.
Using hybrid film language that borrows from documentary and fiction styles, we follow the migrant patrons and traders of The Seven Sisters Indoor Market in Tottenham, north London, with whom we witness an urban experience whose wealth is cultural rather than financial. The sounds of salsa and reggae emanating from their market are juxtaposed with those of drills and metal clanging heard throughout the city outside.
Approaching the consequences of London's transformation with the omnipresent question, ‘who shapes urban space?’, the migrants we encounter show us a hybrid, inclusive, and endangered version of city life.
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Technical Information 2:39:1, 95’, DCP, Colour, United Kingdom, Greece
Directed and Filmed Klearjos Eduardo Papanicolaou
Written and Produced Marios Kleftakis | Klearjos Eduardo Papanicolaou
Edited Marios Kleftakis
Original Music Nicola Di Croce
Post-Production Marios Kleftakis
Sound Mix Persefoni Miliou
Graphic Design Claudia Sinatra
Directed and Filmed Klearjos Eduardo Papanicolaou
Written and Produced Marios Kleftakis | Klearjos Eduardo Papanicolaou
Edited Marios Kleftakis
Original Music Nicola Di Croce
Post-Production Marios Kleftakis
Sound Mix Persefoni Miliou
Graphic Design Claudia Sinatra
Screenings
2025 ETHZ, Zürich, CH
2024 Ida Nowhere, Berlin, DE
2023 More Than Human Cinema, ETHZ, CH
2021 Vienna Biennale, Vienna, AT
2018 Cine-Mageiremata, Athens, GR
2018 Kino Xenix, Zürich, CH
2018 ZK/U, Berlin, DE
2017 ETH Zürich, The City Through the Lens: Experimental Documentary Film Series, Zürich, CH
2017 Cinetekton International Film and Architecture Festival 2017, Mexico City, MX
2017 Bernie Grant Arts Centre, London, UK
2017 UCL, Barlett Film Exchange / Urban Lab Films, London, UK
2017 LSE (with Cervantes Institute), London, UK
2016 York University, The Crescent Community Venue, York, UK
2016 The Yard Theatre, London, UK
2016 2016 Hackney Picturehouse, ‘Hackney Attic’, London, UK
2016 Koppel Project Gallery, ‘Mapping Memories’ Exhibition, London, UK
2016 LSE Resist Festival, London, UK
2016 East End Film Festival, London, UK
2025 ETHZ, Zürich, CH
2024 Ida Nowhere, Berlin, DE
2023 More Than Human Cinema, ETHZ, CH
2021 Vienna Biennale, Vienna, AT
2018 Cine-Mageiremata, Athens, GR
2018 Kino Xenix, Zürich, CH
2018 ZK/U, Berlin, DE
2017 ETH Zürich, The City Through the Lens: Experimental Documentary Film Series, Zürich, CH
2017 Cinetekton International Film and Architecture Festival 2017, Mexico City, MX
2017 Bernie Grant Arts Centre, London, UK
2017 UCL, Barlett Film Exchange / Urban Lab Films, London, UK
2017 LSE (with Cervantes Institute), London, UK
2016 York University, The Crescent Community Venue, York, UK
2016 The Yard Theatre, London, UK
2016 2016 Hackney Picturehouse, ‘Hackney Attic’, London, UK
2016 Koppel Project Gallery, ‘Mapping Memories’ Exhibition, London, UK
2016 LSE Resist Festival, London, UK
2016 East End Film Festival, London, UK