Event

COPAN

COPAN

Hosted By SDI
Filmhouse, Edinburgh
18/03/2026/18:00 - 18/03/2026-20:00
Screening
In-person
from£5to£12

Social-realist sci-fi from an apartment block with five thousand inhabitants. The Copan Building is an iconic modernist landmark in São Paulo with thirty-five floors, 1,160 apartments and restaurants, bookshops, a church and much more. An entire city compressed into a single structure. Director Carine Wallauer (herself a Copan resident, evicted from her flat) explores the building as a living organism, revealing how it mirrors the richness and contradictions of Brazilian society. Part social realism, part architectural portrait, and part urban sci-fi, 𝙲𝙾𝙿𝙰𝙽 offers a fascinating glimpse into democracy, inequality, and community, all unfolding within one monumental structure.

https://www.filmhouse.org.uk/movie/copan-introduction-and-recorded-qa