Urbanism Movies

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

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

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

This feature documentary zooms in on the city of Sapporo, on the Island of Hokkaïdo in southern Japan. In contrast to the unplanned sprawl of...

Bridgeview, British Columbia is less than 30 kilometres from downtown Vancouver. The residents were promised a sewer system in 1953, but more than 20...

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

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

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

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

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

Responsible for some of São Paulo’s most iconic buildings, Artacho Jurado blended colors, shapes, and textures to create an architecture...

An ancestral house builds itself, comes to life, and shows us its story spanning one hundred fifty years. Through the ages, it allows us to perceive...

A young woman wakes up on a train going to an unknown destination. She has no recollection of how she got there or where she is. She finds herself in...

Exploring the impact of the now defunct Steinberg supermarkets on the urban environment.

Following a commission from the College of Architects of Seville, for the production of a documentary about the La Alameda de Hércules area of...

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

Directed by Jean Rouch.