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Viktor Kossakovsky’s Architecton is not merely a documentary but a requiem for a civilization teetering between ambition and annihilation. Like Koyaanisqatsi stripped of its hypnotic gloss, the film unearths the grotesque poetry of human endeavor—where the arrogance of permanence clashes with the inevitability of decay.

Kossakovsky, whose lens has long fixated on humanity’s violent dance with nature, turns his gaze to stone and concrete: materials we wield as testaments to progress, yet which ultimately entomb our hubris. Here, architecture is neither art nor utility but a mirror reflecting our existential dissonance—a paradox of fragility masquerading as strength.

The film’s premise is elemental: stone, the bedrock of ancient marvels, becomes complicit in modern ruin. Drone shots hover over Ukraine’s bombed husks and Turkey’s earthquake-shattered blocks, their skeletal remains echoing the cyclical futility of human ambition.

Amid this, Italian architect Michele De Lucchi constructs a...

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 filmmaker’s farmyard doc Gunda, which played in Berlinale Encounters in 2020, and Aquerala, which world premiered Out of Competition In Venice in 2018.

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.

“Victor Kossakosvsky possesses the remarkable ability to amplify seldom-heard voices on the screen. Demonstrating his mastery in previous works like Gunda and Aquarela,...

Paramount+ is unveiling its lineup for this year’s Ccxp in Brazil, with series and franchises including Halo, Star Trek: Discovery, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem, The Thundermans Return, Drag Race: Brazil and more. The pop culture confab is set for Saturday, December 2.

Panels will feature exclusive ever-before-seen content and appearances by global and local Paramount+ stars, along with interactive activations on the expo floor.

A Paramount+ panel, hosted by Brazilian stars Hugo Gloss and Nicole Bahls, will feature talent and creatives from Halo Season 2, including Pablo Schreiber (Master Chief), Joseph Morgan (James Ackerson), David Wiener (Showrunner & Executive Producer) and Kiki Wolfkill (Executive Producer); Star Trek: Discovery‘s fifth and final season with Sonequa Martin-Green (Captain Michael Burnham) and Michelle Paradise (Co-showrunner and Executive Producer); The Thunderman’s Return with Kira Kosarin (Phoebe Thunderman) and Jack Griffo (Max Thunderman) and Drag Race: Brazil with Grag Queen (Host) and queens Aquarela,...

Paramount+ has revealed its lineup for Brazilian comic convention Ccxp.

The streamer will host a panel on the event’s Thunder Stage on Dec. 2 hosted by Brazilian stars Hugo Gloss and Nicole Bahls. It will feature talent from “Halo” Season 2, including Pablo Schreiber who plays Master Chief in the show, Joseph Morgan, who plays James Ackerson, showrunner and executive producer David Wiener and executive producer Kiki Wolfkill.

The panel will also feature talent from the fifth and final season of “Star Trek: Discovery” including Sonequa Martin-Green who plays Captain Michael Burnham and co-showrunner and executive producer Michelle Paradise; “The Thundermans Return,” including Kira Kosarin who plays Phoebe Thunderman and Jack Griffo who plays Max Thunderman. In addition, participating talent from “Drag Race: Brazil” includes host Grag Queen and queens Aquarela, Betina Polaroid, Dallas de Vil, Diva More, Hellena Malditta, Melusine Sparkle, Miranda Lebrão, Naza, Organzza, Rubi Ocean, Shannon Skarllet and Tristan Soledade.