City Portrait Movies

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

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

Morning reveals New York harbor, the wharves, the Brooklyn Bridge. A ferry boat docks, disgorging its huddled mass. People move briskly along Wall...

Lebanon today. The traces of the civil war are all too tangible as government corruption becomes unbearable. In a country where conflict and peace...

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...

A docu-art film about Kyiv and the contemporary problems of the capital. The film raises the issue of the dilapidated state of Kyiv's old buildings...

"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 Swedish documentary about Vällingby.

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

Sylvia Kristel – Paris is a portrait of Sylvia Kristel , best known for her role in the 1970’s erotic cult classic Emmanuelle, as well as...

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 portrait of a street corner in flux.

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

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

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

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...

A young girl guides through the city of Ulm.

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

Deserted Streets of Amsterdam

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