City Portrait Movies

British sad sack Gary is a failed entrepreneur who has just arrived in Beijing's stylish Sanlitun district, allegedly to start a business. There are...

What happens when we meet in the street? Suddenly, mistakenly, intimately. Estranged, rushed, too much, too little, too late. Smiles, small talk,...

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

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...

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...

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

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

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...

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

A documentary in which Marcel Hanoun examines, delimits, paces up and down and criss-crosses the town of Langres, offering the houses, walls and...

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

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

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...

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...

Dubbed "the most viewed epic movie about Ghent ever", this documentary/movie showcases the city of Gent, Belgium.

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?