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, the Pavilion Park, the ~log(ue) programme and Special Projects.

ADFFXSTIR

Venue Partner: NCPA

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2025 Highlights

Welcoming 7,500+ architects, designers, artists, filmmakers, students, and cultural patrons, ADFF:STIR MUMBAI 2025 marked the South Asia Debut of the Architecture & Design Film Festival.

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2025FILMS

Watch Trailer Fashion Reimagined
Watch Trailer Modernism, Inc.: The Eliot Noyes Design Story
Watch Trailer E.1027 – Eileen Gray and the House by the Sea
Watch Trailer Lovely Villa - Architecture as Autobiography
Watch Trailer Perception
VIEW ALL FILMS

Jaquar Pavilion Park

Pavilion Park 2026, supported by Jaquar, evolves in ambition and scope while remaining grounded in its commitment to experimentation, accessibility, and public engagement. Curated by Aric Chen and guided by an international jury, 50 professionals from the fields of architecture, design, and art are invited to respond to the curatorial brief "Mumbai Manuscripts". From these, eight proposals will be selected by the curator and jury for realisation.

Aric Chen
Aric Chen

Director
Zaha Hadid Foundation

Hans Ulrich Obrist
Hans Ulrich Obrist

Artistic Director
Serpentine Galleries

Lesley Lokko OBE
Lesley Lokko OBE

Founder
African Futures Institute
Curator - Venice Biennale 2023

Ma Yansong
Ma Yansong

Founder & Principal Partner
MAD

Martha Thorne
Martha Thorne

Former Exec. Director
Pritzker Architecture Prize

Raj Rewal
Raj Rewal

Founder
Raj Rewal Associates

2025 Special Projects

The Architect Has Left the Building

Chromacosm

Schedule

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19.

Barcelona Film Festival

Best Actor & Best Screenplay
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20.

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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