City Portrait Movies

2021 was a turning point for Belarus and 6 Belarusian students - as well as for the city of Łódź, Poland, in which they found themselves. Across the r...

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

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 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 Swedish documentary about Vällingby.

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

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

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 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...

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

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

This is Brussels, the capital of Europe, a city of concrete cages wrapped in glass, planned by businessmen and politicians, set in motion by construct...

A portrait of a street corner in flux.

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Hua and Ayon, two chinese cousins, are secretly falling in love. Everything goes well, until the day Ayon gets a ticket to Chi...

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

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

This time, in “Atlantida”, Puertas wanders through stories based on memories he keeps from his hometown, Póvoa de Varzim, wondering what happened to t...