City Portrait Movies

The Californian sun, which lights up the city, lights up again every evening in cinemas all over the world". Guided by these words from Blaise Cendrar...

Documentary film that takes a visual and anthropological journey through man's spirit across the thin line dividing excessive faith in religious belie...

Stuttgart in the mid-1930s: What did it look like in the past, what does it look like now and what will await the city in the future?

Veteran Inspector Méndez investigates the death of a woman found on a tourist beach.

A City Runs Through the Festival is an anatomy of the Festival through the eyes of its own audience.

Vilnius is a city of notable historical heritage and unique character currently undergoing considerable changes. Some of the life fragments our camera...

A boy from Vila do Conde records a love letter on a cassette. His voice blends with music, archive images and stories from the past, some lived and ot...

A collaboration between Jem Cohen with writer Luc Sante made in Tangier, Morocco, a city where neither of us had ever been. En route from the airport...

At the end of the 80's, the city of Itacuruba, in the backlands of Pernambuco, was transferred to another locality due to the construction of a hydroe...

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

A Swedish documentary about Vällingby.

Is the city of Zurich suffering from ‘density stress’? What is it like to live in mega cities such as São Paulo, Mexico City and Tiflis? Filmmaker Tho...

A boat trip in the Helsinki archipelago: images of water, light and people on the cruise. The same people are met in the city in different situations:...

A compilation of excerpts from old Helsinki-themed documentaries and new material.

"The theme of the film HIDDEN CITIES is personal urban perceptions, which we call 'the city'. The city, as a living organism, reflecting social proces...

About Stefan Stricker, who calls himself Juwelia and has been running a gallery on Sanderstraße in Berlin Neukölln for many years. Every weekend he in...

KCBT explores the shifting urban landscape and rapid economic growth of Hanoi, Vietnam through stenciled demolition ads that both visibly mark the ent...