Urbanism Movies

The war zone of a dystopian multiplayer shooting game is used to embark some urban explorers on a winter walk, avoiding the combats whenever...

This film focuses on the approaches that several cities have taken to one problem. Through various examples, it examines the implications and options...

Great Britain was the first country to plan the establishment of 'new towns' to house the overflow from rapidly expanding industrial centres. Today...

Exemplary in its town planning and administration, Bologna has been transformed into a city that is avant-garde, both socially and culturally, yet...

World in a City is a portrait of Toronto and the steps Torontonians are taking to create a society that welcomes and encourages new immigrants to...

American historian Lewis Mumford looks at the city through history.

"This film is one of the first French Unit productions of the “Société Nouvelle/Challenge for Change” program. When an old...

Directed by Jean Rouch.

Individualized for profit, yet harmonious in its whole, Düsseldorf has met and largely conquered the conflicting demands of economic growth and...

Singapore’s coastlines are always in flux - a delicate dance between the receding tides and the rising earthmovers. 'seaward' drifts through...

Legault is an aging man who lived in a rural cabin, now a suburban cabin, as developments have popped up around him.

Caracas has been changing since the nineteenth century this is a story that tries to explain why the Venezuelan capital is complex, chaotic and...

A silent journey through the mysterious, dark heart of the city center.

This full-length documentary from the Challenge for Change program addresses housing issues affecting Montreal in the mid-1970s. As the city is...

A close-up of a snow-bound city, and the men, money and machinery it takes to dig it out.

In this documentary, Marie-Claire Rubinstein reveals to us, through the testimonies of the inhabitants who live there, the architectural achievements...