DREAMING WALLS

By Amélie VAN ELMBT, Maya DUVERDIER

DOGWOOF - as SALES All rights, World / DISTR Theatrical, TV, DVD-video, VOD, Airline, UNITED KINGDOM

Documentary - Completed 2021

The legendary Chelsea Hotel, an icon of 1960s counterculture - former residents and regulars have included Patti Smith, Jim Morrison, Robert Mapplethore and the superstars of Warhol's factory - an artists’ refuge for over a century, will soon reopen as a luxury hotel.

Festivals
& Awards

Berlinale - Berlin IFF 2022
Panorama
    • Year of production
    • 2021
    • Genres
    • Documentary
    • Countries
    • USA, BELGIUM
    • Languages
    • ENGLISH
    • Duration
    • 90 mn
    • Director(s)
    • Amélie VAN ELMBT, Maya DUVERDIER
    • Synopsis
    • Caught between fear and frenzy, after eight years of construction and living with scaffolding and constant building, some 51 residents prepare for imminent upheaval as others protest or hole up in their rooms. Against this chaotic backdrop, the film explores the utopian origins that contributed to the Chelsea’s mythical stature and questions the challenges it confronts in the future, as its residents, sold to capitalism, and walls themselves face a turning point in their common history.