site.btaBTA Hosts Free Screening of Documentary on Architect Ludwig Mies van der Rohe for Journalists as Part of Master of Art Festival

A documentary film exploring the life of German-American architect Ludwig Mies van der Rohe will be screened for free for journalists on Monday at the Maxim hall of BTA.

The event is part of the tenth edition of the Master of Art festival.

Directed by Sabine Gisiger, The Mies van der Rohes delves into the dramatic first half of the 20th century, when dreams and trauma were closely intertwined, shaping modern existence.

“How should we live? How should we love? For women, these questions took on a different meaning. The women in Mies van der Rohe’s life—his wife Ada, his daughters Georgia, Marianne, and Waltraut, and his partner Lilly Reich—embraced the opportunities of a new era but also faced the constraints of old societal models,” Master of Art representatives said.

When Mies van der Rohe emigrated to the United States in 1938, his family was left to navigate the Nazi era and the war on their own. His eldest daughter, Georgia van der Rohe, a dancer and actor, recounts how their lives remained shaped by the absence of their husband, father, and lover.

The film presents an intimate family story and a moral portrait of the modern era, featuring personal, unpublished, and long-forgotten films, photographs, and documents—all told from a female perspective, festival representatives added.