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Australian Premiere

The Life and Work of Geoffrey Bawa, Sri Lanka’s Premier Architect

A long overdue cinematic paean to the Sri Lankan architect’s outsized talent and his fabled sensitivity to the terrain - Wallpaper

Geoffrey Bawa is the greatest architect you've never heard of. In this beautiful and poetic documentary, filmmakers Afdhel Aziz, Hayden Blaz and  Paul Vu explore the work of Sri Lanka's most important architect through five of his most important works. His collaborators and preeminent architects discuss how Bawa decolonized 20th-century architecture and inspired Asia to live more naturally, sustainably and beautifully.

Rating

Unclassified 15+

Duration

74 min

Director

Afdhel Aziz, Hayden Blaz, Paul Vu