To Build a Better City

Shellmound

“Shellmound” is the story of how one location was transformed from a sacred center of pre-historic cultures to a commercial mecca for modern people. W

2004

Radiant City

Since the end of World War II, one of kind of urban residential development has dominate how cities in North America have grown, the suburbs. In these

2007

City Dreamers

Urban architecture as seen through the eyes of four female veterans in the field.

2018

In Ictu Oculi

The six-decade transformation of a block of houses, shown by means of artfully featured archival shots, highlights the beauty and sadness of human-mad

2020

Saskatoon: Land and Growth Control

The city of Saskatoon makes strategic decisions which prevent speculation and keep land prices down.

1974

City Under Pressure

The city of Edmonton is under pressure to deal with the problems related to housing, development, and traffic.

1965

The Sun Island

A documentary essay film about coincidences, shattered lives and posthumous fame. A found footage family film about love and passion, friendship and h

2017

Cycologic

And urban planner's journey to making the impossible possible.

2016

La ciudad es nuestra

1975

Prime Farmland

This documentary film follows farmers and activists fighting together to stop the Indiana Enterprise Center, a mega-sized industrial park planned west

2020

Bauhaus Spirit: 100 Years of Bauhaus

Founded in 1919 by Walter Gropius, Bauhaus was supposed to unite sculpture, painting, design and architecture into a single combined constructive disc

2018

Father of the City

A film about "the father" of Malmö Eric Svenning and how the city has developed during his time.

2001

The Innocent Door

A short documentary about urban planning and the harmonisation of old and new building elements in Jerusalem of the 1970's, led by the architect Moshe

1973

I Love This Dirty Town

An authored film by Margaret Drabble about the rise of the suburbs and the failure of city planning.

1969

Make No Little Plans: Daniel Burnham and the American City

Make No Little Plans: Daniel Burnham and the American City reveals the fascinating life and complex legacy of architect and city planner Daniel Hudson

2010

The Iron Triangle: Willets Point and the Remaking of New York

Targeted for several failed redevelopment plans dating back to the days of Robert Moses, Willets Point, a gritty area in New York City known as the “I

2017

Encounter on Urban Environment

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 s

1971

The City

A prescient documentary about city planning, which presents idyllic suburbs and nuclear families as a solution to the chaos, poverty and social decay

1939

Corvin variációk

Sapporo - Planned Growth

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

1974