Building on a successful first edition, ADFF:STIR Mumbai returns to the National Centre for the Performing Arts in 2026 with a programme that promises fresh perspectives and immersive new encounters. Set to welcome over 15,000 architects, designers, filmmakers, artists, students and cultural leaders, the second edition spans interdisciplinary and cross-cultural experiences — from exhibitions and a product gallery to culinary journeys and a museum shop — alongside its four core tenets: Films, Pavilion Park, ~log(ue) programme and Special Projects.

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Venue Partner: NCPA

2025 Highlights

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2025FILMS

Pavilion Park

2025 Special Projects

The Architect Has Left the Building

The Architect Has Left the Building

The Architect Has Left The Building is a dual-screen film installation, weaving together moments of architectural joy and intimacy drawn from the professional archives of renowned photographer and filmmaker Jim Stephenson. Originally commissioned by RIBA, the exhibition comes to ADFF:STIR with the support of the British Council. A workshop with local photographers and filmmakers in Mumbai is scheduled during the festival.
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Chromacosm

Chromacosm

Drawing from a perspective of multitudes, Chromacosm is an ode to dimensional colour that explodes every frame and point of view simultaneously into its parts even as it paints the whole picture. 2000+ unique colours emerge and fade to black through a forest of reeds, whose density and layering reimagine the pixelation of a screen as a three-dimensional experience. Chromacosm is supported by and celebrates the launch of the world's largest paint colour library, created by Asian Paints.
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Schedule

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Barcelona Film Festival

Best Actor & Best Screenplay
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National Film Awards

the best scenario
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Asian Film Awards

the best scenario
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23.

Budapest Film Festival

the best scenario

2025~log(ue) Speakers

Martino Stierli
Martino Stierli

Philip Johnson Chief Curator of Architecture and Design, MoMA NYC

Meneesha Kellay
Meneesha Kellay

Sr. Curator Contemporary, Victoria & Albert Museum

Hansal Mehta
Hansal Mehta

Filmmaker

Tarini Jindal Handa
Tarini Jindal Handa

Managing Director, JSW Realty

Shimul Javeri Kadri
Shimul Javeri Kadri

Founder, SJK Architects

Rohit Chawla
Rohit Chawla

Artist & Photographer

Ranjit Hoskote
Ranjit Hoskote

Poet & Art Critic

Kyle Bergman
Kyle Bergman

Director, ADFF

Sumant Jayakrishnan
Sumant Jayakrishnan

Set Designer & Scenographer

Megha Ramaswamy
Megha Ramaswamy

Screenwriter & Director

Kaiwan Mehta
Kaiwan Mehta

Architect, Dean of Balwant Sheth School of Architecture

Amit Gupta
Amit Gupta

Founder & Editor-in-Chief, STIR

Dayanita Singh
Dayanita Singh

Artist, Photographer

Gaurav Ogale
Gaurav Ogale

Visual Chronicler

Dar Gai
Dar Gai

Director & Screenwriter

Asad Lalljee
Asad Lalljee

SVP, Essar Group CEO, Avid Learning

Rohan Shivkumar
Rohan Shivkumar

Fimmaker, Architect
& Dean of KRVIA

Avijit Mukul Kishore
Avijit Mukul Kishore

Filmmaker

Sameep Padora
Sameep Padora

Principal, sP+a,
Dean, CEPT University

Radha Goenka
Radha Goenka

Director, RPG Foundation

Vishal K. Dar
Vishal K. Dar

Artist/Architect

Samira Rathod
Samira Rathod

Architect,
Principal, SRDA

Malaika Vaz
Malaika Vaz

NatGeo Explorer, Wildlife Filmmaker

Siddhesh Gautam
Siddhesh Gautam

Artist, Writer, Ambedkarite

Pavitra Rajaram
Pavitra Rajaram

Founder and Creative Director of Pavitra Rajaram Design

Sanjay Garg
Sanjay Garg

Founder, Raw Mango

Aravani Art Project
Aravani Art Project

Poornima Sukumar and Karnika Bai

Sudheer Rajbhar
Sudheer Rajbhar

Founder, Chamar Studio

Thukral & Tagra
Thukral & Tagra

Artists

Swati Bhattacharya
Swati Bhattacharya

Creative Director

Pinakin Patel
Pinakin Patel

Founder of Pinakin Studio

Akshat Bhatt
Akshat Bhatt

Principal Architect, Architecture Discipline

Tanya Khanna
Tanya Khanna

Founder, Epistle

Mevin Murden
Mevin Murden

Director of Education, Istituto Marangoni School of Fashion and Design Mumbai

Priya Dali
Priya Dali

Creative Director, Gaysi Family

Tess Joseph
Tess Joseph

Casting Director

Nuru Karim
Nuru Karim

Founder and Principal, Nudes

Mukta Nagpal
Mukta Nagpal

Artist

Ashish Rao
Ashish Rao

Artist

Sumher Panjabi
Sumher Panjabi

Designer and Musician

Ruchira Das
Ruchira Das

Director Arts India, British Council

Bruce Guthrie
Bruce Guthrie

Head of Theatre & Film, NCPA

Bakul Patki
Bakul Patki

Curator and Writer

Danish Husain
Danish Husain

Storyteller, Poet, Director

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