Urbanism Movies

A group of people in a dystopian future is led through the last forest in existence. Plants? What were they again?

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

In the town of Xoco, the spirit of an old villager awakens in search of its lost home. Along its journey, the ghost discovers that the town still...

This feature documentary takes a look at how the Halifax/Dartmouth community in Nova Scotia was stimulated by a week-long session held by a panel of...

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

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...

Shows a campaign launched in Halifax in 1967 to probe the core of poverty in that city--low incomes, ill health and inadequate housing affect more...

Under Dorchester Square in Montreal lies the cemetery where 55,000 people were buried in the 19th century. The square is still at the heart of social...

A comparison of solutions to the problems of suburban living as found in some of the world's largest cities--London, Marseille, Rotterdam, Stockholm...

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

This short documentary features a portrait of Ottawa in the mid-20th century, as the nascent Canadian capital grew with force but without direction....

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...

Documentary on the revitalization of a housing complex in a working class neighborhood of Montreal. Modern housing has now replaced the old, sagging...

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...

Join the enchanting journey as a city awakens, its components harmonizing in a grand symphony of self-expression, where every brick, tree, and...

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

The World Health Organisation has revealed that Glasgow's wealthiest live on average 28 years longer than its most deprived inhabitants. Journalist...