Die Neue Nationalgalerie

Filmed in stunning black-and-white, this documentary chronicles the history and renovation of Berlin's Neue Nationalgalerie, the last building designed by Mies van der Rohe, the architecture pioneer famous for his modernist Chicago towers. With fascinating insights into the original construction and intimate archival interviews with van der Rohe himself, the film skillfully connects Berlin's post-WWII reconstruction project to the museum's more recent modernization. A cinematic exercise in simplicity that would make the legendary architect proud. (Chicago International Film Festival)