According to Welsh folklore, if you could build a house overnight on common land, with smoke rising from the chimney by dawn, the place would be yours to keep.

How Now, House? investigates our yearning to leave traces behind through the prism of one house in Rotterdam. Using archives, personal memories and the philosophy of time, the film questions whether a space can ever really belong to one person, or time period, at all.

In Banga district in India, sculptor Davinder crafts 'showpieces' for peoples homes, navigating daily life with his close-knit team and serving customers whose striking designs reflect their migration stories, shaped by caste, class, unemployment, and the declining agricultural economy.

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