Urbanism Movies

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

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

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

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

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...

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

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...

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

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

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

Focusing on the Matta-Viel complex, the immediate environment, the program, the materiality, the community of neighbors and its architects and what...

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...

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

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

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

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

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...