Urbanism Movies

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

This short documentary film is a fascinating portrait of urban and rural Quebec in the late 1960s, as the province entered modernity. The collective...

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...

A look at the design of pedestrian oriented city centres.

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...

American historian Lewis Mumford looks at the city through history.

Bridgeview, British Columbia is less than 30 kilometres from downtown Vancouver. The residents were promised a sewer system in 1953, but more than 20...

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

A biography documentary of the Argentine modernist architect Amancio Williams.

This short film explores the problems and potentials of small towns in the Drumheller Valley region of Alberta. Citizen participation in the growth...

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

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

Following a commission from the College of Architects of Seville, for the production of a documentary about the La Alameda de Hércules area of...

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...

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