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Dezeen's Elevation documentary to be screened at festivals around the world

Dezeen's new documentary Elevation on drones will be screened at festivals around the world including in Los Angeles, Prague, Pristina and Madrid.

Elevation launched in New York last week at a premiere attended by leading designers and architects, with subsequent preview screenings held at Clerkenwell Design Week in London and at the Venice Architecture Biennale.

The 18-minute film, which explores how drones will change architecture, cities and society, is now set to be shown at a host of festival and other events throughout the year, including the LA Design Festival, Kosovo Architecture Festival and the Arquitectura en Corto film festival.

Elevation New York launch

Below is a list of Elevation screenings, which will be updated as new festivals and dates are announced:



Livability and Affordability in the Digitized City conference

Tallinn, Estonia

Held at the Estonian Film Museum at the Maarjamäe Palace, the annual Housing Europe general assembly and conference is a three day event exploring the future of affordable housing in cities and is hosted by the European Federation of Public Cooperative and Social Housing as well as the Estonian Union of Co-operative Housing Associations.

Date: Thursday 7 June 2018
Time: 1.30pm
Address: Estonian Film Museum, Maarjamäe Palace, Pirita tee 56, 10127 Tallinn.



LA Design Festival
Los Angeles, USA

Elevation will be screened during the 8th installation of LA Design Festival, a city-wide celebration of design culture which Dezeen is the media partner for. Screenings will take place at Row DTLA every 30 minutes from 11am-3pm and are free.

Date: Friday 8 June and Saturday 9 June 2018
Time: Every 30 minutes, 11:00am-3:00pm
Address: 777 South Alameda Street, Los Angeles



reSITE 2018
Prague, Czech Republic

At the two day reSITE 2018 in Prague a screening of the film will be followed by a short Q+A session with the film's co-director Dezeen editor-in-chief Marcus Fairs, and speculative architect Liam Young, who features in the film.

Date: Thursday 14 June 2018
Time: 4:05pm
Address: Forum Karlin, Pernerova 51, 186 00 Prague 8 - Karlín



Kosovo Architecture Festival
Pristina, Republic of Kosovo

Organised by the Kosovo Architecture Foundation, the festival runs from July until October featuring conferences, lectures, workshops and exhibitions for the local architecture community. Screenings of Elevation are planned for the first and second week of July with details to be confirmed.

Date: July
Time: To be confirmed
Address: To be confirmed



Hybrid World Adelaide

Adelaide, Australia

The four day digital entertainment and technology event has talks and an exhibition of featuring tech brands and products. A screening of Elevation is planned, with details to be confirmed.

Date: 20-24 July 2018
Time: To be confirmed
Address: To be confirmed



Adelaide Film Festival

Adelaide, Australia

Featuring screenings, as well as forums and special events, of Australian and international cinema the Adelaide Film Festival will screen Elevation in October with details to be confirmed.

Date: October 2018
Time: To be confirmed
Address: To be confirmed



Arquitectura en Corto
Lisbon, Portugal. Barcelona and Madrid, Spain

In its second edition, Architecture en Corto organise screenings of short films related to the theme of architecture in Madrid, Barcelona and Lisbon. Elevation will screen in each city as part of the event.

Date: Monday 5 October 2018
Time: TBC
Address: MAAT, Av. Basília, Central Tejo, 1300-598 Lisbon

Date: Tuesday 13 November 2018
Time: 7:00pm
Address: Roca Gallery, Calle de José Abascal 57, 28003 Madrid

Date: Thursday 15 November 2018
Time: TBC
Address: Roca Gallery, Calle de Joan Güell 211, 08028 Barcelona