Urban Life Movies

Genuine connections between children and nature can revolutionize our future. But is this discovery still possible in the world's major urban...

Tokyo, the largest city in the world, wants to create a new urban culture. It is returning to the urban traditions and building techniques of the...

The story of Moroccan rapper Said "Jelouta". Once a notorious gang leader in the streets of Rabat, his life took a definitive turn in 2009 while...

A young woman arrives in a city for the first time. She observes the people around her and realizes that she does not belong to that world,...

Fantasy A, autistic Seattle rapper, suffers trials and tribulations from total creeps as he attempts to become a superstar. Along the way he also...

Arriving in the US with a background in abstract art, opera, and film—including work with German director Werner Schroeter—Vogl began...

Story of six interwoven narratives in Mexico City, exploring the human condition against intermittent rain. With each encounter, the characters...

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

In October 1995, Forbach witnessed one of the most violent strikes in the history of contemporary France. A thousand or so miners took to the streets...

A 17-year-old kid from South Chicago coexists with his selfish foster mother. On his way to school with his best friend, they discover something that...

Yannick Bellon's documentary paints a portrait of a city torn between the problem of unsanitary housing, pollution corroding walls and statues, and...

Relaxing in the park, haunted by the tower, city, and modern world, hallucinated by the internet.

Snowflakes at the End of the World offers a meditation on the beauty and ugliness of Montreal winter, and invites critical reflection on the...

This short documentary follows three Indigenous women as they practice ancestral forms of worship: drumming, singing, and using sweetgrass. These...

At the heart of the Central Train Station in Tel Aviv stands a grand piano. It watches over the traffic moving to and from the docks, seemingly...