Urbanism Movies

World in a City is a portrait of Toronto and the steps Torontonians are taking to create a society that welcomes and encourages new immigrants to...

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

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

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

The human side of town planning, as exemplified in Baltimore, Maryland. The Coldspring Project concerned a proposed housing development for lower and...

Picture Perfect Pyramid is a 16mm film which in counter-clockwise spirals, circles a large pyramid structure that was built on the outskirts of...

In this documentary, Marie-Claire Rubinstein reveals to us, through the testimonies of the inhabitants who live there, the architectural achievements...

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

Exploration of the territory in a delirious time-space journey through the largest Megalopolis in America.

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

Directed by Jean Rouch.

Just a stone’s throw from downtown Montreal is the largest social housing complex in Quebec. Built in 1959 where the red-light district used to...

Filmmaker and new media artist Tong Xie’s debut short probes the unease, confusion, and obsession experienced by the body as it crosses the...

American historian Lewis Mumford looks at the city through history.

Architect Stanley King involves the local Vancouver community in urban design.

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...

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

In this speculative documentary, present-day Nation borders have collapsed into vast privatized housing complexes. Epitomizing advanced...