Chicago International Film Festival Selects on WTTW11

Directors: Ila Bêka, Louise Lemoine • France, Denmark

This is the second film of a 4-part film series featuring a diverse and impressive line-up of independent and foreign cinema selected from the past 50 years of the Festival.

Copenhagen’s “8 House,” an ultramodern loop of apartments by architect Bjarke Ingels, reinvents the concept of “home.” Its 500 residents traverse all nine floors by bike and hike on its lush green roofs. This exuberant documentary profiles the (mostly) happy residents, offering a hopeful, inspired picture of communal living by design. To view the film’s trailer.