While the Frieze Art Fair takes hold in London, over in New York Tribeca Cinemas are holding the inaugural Architecture and Design Film Festival. Following the mantra – design directs everything – the festival celebrates the spirit of architecture and design through film.

Here are Twin’s picks of the festival from the features length films, documentaries, and shorts: –

Big Brother Britain (2009)

An animated film highlighting the extent to which surveillance penetrates every aspect of life in Britain.

My Playground (2010)

Following Team JiYo, this Denmark-based documentary explores the impact Parkour and Freerunning are having on the perception of urban spaces.

Milton Glaser: To Inform and Delight (2008)

A documentary portrait of American graphic design, co-founder of New York Magazine and the enduring I

Love NY campaign, Milton Glaser.

Visual Acoustics (2009)

Narrated by Dustin Hoffman this film provides not not only a testament to the evolution of modern architecture, but a portrait of the late Julius Shulman, the world’s greatest architectural photographer.

See www.adfilmfestival.com for the full program.

Tags: Architecture and Design Film Festival, Tribeca