Antonio Paoletti is an architect and filmmaker whose work explores urban transformation and spatial inequality
through documentary and narrative forms. He is a co-founder of corāle, a multidisciplinary architecture and research
practice exploring bioregional approaches to the built environment. His short hybrid documentary When I Came to
Your Door (2024), which examines the effects of development-induced displacement in Addis Ababa, premiered at the
International Film Festival Rotterdam, received five international awards, and screened at festivals including
Encounters South African International Documentary Festival. His graphic novel Keniko: Reconfiguring Addis Ababa’s
Narrative combines ethnographic observations of everyday life with speculative approaches to the redevelopment of
Addis Ababa’s informal settlements, and won the hand-drawn category of the 2021 Architecture Drawing Prize.
