AIA Film Challenge 2019
The fifth annual AIA Film Challenge highlights the ways architects have collaborated with civic leaders to build resilient and sustainable communities. Participants produced three- to five-minute documentary films for a chance to win up to $10,000. Vote for your favorite Blueprint for Better story.
Important dates
Films due
August 12
Public voting
August 19-September 27
Winners announced
October 2019
Prizes
A panel of judges will select the Grand Prize, Runner Up, and Third Place winners.
There’s also a People’s Choice Award. Win both the Grand Prize and the People’s Choice Award for a total of $10,000.
Be sure to vote! Voting opens August 19.
Grand Prize
$5,000 Cash
Film screening & reception at Chicago Ideas
Hotel & travel for two to Chicago
Film promotion through AIA channels
Official awards badge (digital)
People’s Choice
$5,000 Cash
Film screening & reception at Chicago Ideas
Hotel & travel for two to Chicago
Film promotion through AIA channels
Official awards badge (digital)
Runner Up
$500 Cash
Film screening at Chicago Ideas
Film promotion through AIA channels
Official awards badge (digital)
Third Place
$500 Cash
Film screening at Chicago Ideas
Film promotion through AIA channels
Official awards badge (digital)
Finalists
$500 Cash
Film promotion through AIA channels
Official awards badge (digital)
International Finalist
$500 Cash
Film promotion through AIA channels
Official awards badge (digital)
Judges
Karen Braitmayer, FAIA
Karen Braitmayer, FAIA is the founder and managing principal of Studio Pacifica an accessibility consulting firm in Seattle.
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Ian Harris
Ian Harris is an award-winning architectural filmmaker, media producer, and adjunct professor at Portland State University School of Architecture.
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Joseph Kosinski
Joseph Kosinski is currently directing Top Gun: Maverick, his fourth feature film, due out in June 2020.
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Wanda Lau
Wanda Lau is an award-winning editor and writer who oversees tech, practice, and product coverage at ARCHITECT magazine.
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Jimmie Tucker, FAIA
Jimmie Tucker FAIA, LEED AP, is a co-founder of Memphis based Self + Tucker Architects. Jimmie is also an adjunct professor at the University of Memphis.
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2018 Winners
Grand Prize – Past/Presence: Saving the Spring Garden School
by Cheryl Hess
Runner up – A Joyful Gathering Place
by Christopher Langer
Third Place – ChildSafe: Designed to Heal
by Isaiah Rendon