One of the most distinguished architects of our time, I.M. Pei has spent his storied career creating designs for some of the world’s most treasured structures, including Paris’s Pyramide du Louvre and The National Gallery in Washington D.C. LEARNING FROM LIGHT chronicles Pei’s adventures through a recent and historically monumental challenge: his commission to design the Museum of Islamic Art for Doha, Qatar. Traveling the Islamic world from Spain to Cairo, the 90-year old modernist architect embarked on a journey of discovery to research the culture, history and landscape that would inform the project. Pei searched for inspiration in the ancient origins of desert architecture and translated his findings into one of the most complex building projects of his career.

Expected to be in attendance:  Directors Bo Landin & Sterling Van Wagenen, and subject and legendary architect I.M. Pei

Bo Landin is the founder of Slickrock Films in the US and Scandinature Films in Sweden. He has more than fifty international awards. Sterling Van Wagenen was the co-founder of the Sundance Film Festival and the first executive director of the Sundance Institute. He produced the Academy Award®-winning TRIP TO BOUNTIFUL.

Bo Landin is the founder of Slickrock Films in the US and Scandinature Films in Sweden. He has more than fifty international awards. Sterling Van Wagenen was the co-founder of the Sundance Film Festival and the first executive director of the Sundance Institute. He produced the Academy Award®-winning TRIP TO BOUNTIFUL.