Urban Life Movies

A rampant, street level story of mentorship and everyday heroism in tough circumstances. An inner city coach's son, estranged in his youth from his...

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

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

What chance does a young hustler from Anchorage, Alaska have after a long prison sentence that feeds him back to the same violent street life?

"Kara", in an attempt to extinguish the fire that burns him and to flee from drugs and his own frustration, sets out on a train journey. On his trip...

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

A celebration of one of Britain's great civic squares. A ceaseless flow of buses and people crisscross the beating heart of the city.

Toronto filmmaker Charles Officer profiles the young people of Villaways Park, a housing project on brink of historic change.

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...

When love has turned cold and the best dish served cold is done with passion. A new killer is in town strangling those who seem to be connected in...

The construction of the Obelisco in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Bewildered, Carlos awakens from a nightmare stalked by Death. The dream has a foreboding message, which is not entirely clear to him. Carlos decides...

The relationship between the city and a car, through a dialogue where a common reality and "making a city" are disputed and revealed.

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...

This documentary explores the complexities of Los Angeles. Blending a highly structured montage of shots exploring the city with interviews of...