bauhaus forever.
Nico Weber / Germany & Netherlands / 2026 / World Premiere / 96 min
A cinematic manifesto dedicated to the Bauhaus movement, which revolutionized modern art, design, and architecture. A film of magnificent intellectual scope and uncompromising formal integritet.
Bauhaus emerged from the ruins after World War I, when visionary architect Walter Gropius set out to bring art, design, and architecture together in a utopian whole. Simplicity, function, and accessibility set new, modern standards for how life could—and should—be lived. The influence of Bauhaus cannot be overestimated. Today it stands as one of the most important cultural movements of the 20th century.
The main character in Nico Weber’s cinematic essay is not a person, but a site. The combined Bauhaus-Archiv / Museum für Gestaltung in Berlin houses the world’s largest collection of materials on Bauhaus and is currently undergoing renovation, while a new extension is taking shape. The fact that the place is currently both an archive and a construction site is entirely in keeping with the original spirit. Here we meet the people who today manage Gropius’ legacy. And like the archivists and architects of the place, Weber does not compromise on integrity. Around the site, the rest of Berlin is also undergoing rapid change.
