Urbanism Movies

Takumi and his daughter Hana live in Mizubiki Village, close to Tokyo. One day, the village inhabitants become aware of a plan to build a camping...

Nanni Moretti recalls in his diary three slice of life stories characterized by a sharply ironic look: in the first one he wanders through a deserted...

Writer and urban activist Jane Jacobs fights to save historic New York City during the ruthless redevelopment era of urban planner Robert Moses in...

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

Documentary devoted to the architectural and urban planning designs of Le Corbusier. The architect supports his in-depth reflection on the city and...

This haunting, beautifully crafted animation is set in a not-so-distant dystopia where lonely, suspicious pack dogs set the boundaries of their world...

This documentary presents a before-and-after picture of people in a large-scale public housing project in Toronto. Due to a housing shortage, they...

This short film explores the problems and potentials of small towns in the Drumheller Valley region of Alberta. Citizen participation in the growth...

A solitary man struggles to cultivate beauty in a desolate urban world. Lonely and dislocated, he drifts in and out of a dream state envisioning the...

This short documentary film is a fascinating portrait of urban and rural Quebec in the late 1960s, as the province entered modernity. The collective...

Canada is facing a housing crisis, and cooperative housing might be a part of the solution.

A young architect embarks on an ambitious real state development project in Brasília, convinced that he could actually help transform...

A short documentary on the River Ouse, following it downstream from Lewes to Newhaven, meditating on the surrounding area.

Sundance award-winning director Julia Kwan’s documentary Everything Will Be captures the subtle nuances of a culturally diverse...

This short documentary examines the complex range of issues affecting urban transport in developing countries. After examining cost and available...

A look at how urban planning was effectively utilized in Sapporo, Japan.

In 1959 New York City announced a "slum clearance plan" by Robert Moses that would displace 2,400 working class and immigrant families, and dozens of...

“A Short History of the Highrise” is an interactive documentary that explores the 2,500-year global history of vertical living and issues...