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99%: The Occupy Wall Street Collaborative Film
99%: The Occupy Wall Street Collaborative Film (2013)

Origin USA
Genres Documentary, Crime
Themes Documentary films about historical events, Documentary films about politics, Documentary films about cities, Political films

99 cinéastes américains analysent le mouvement "Occupy Wall Street" contre le capitalisme financier : participants, soutiens, opposants sont interrogés sur sa genèse.
Belgrade with Boris Malagurski
Belgrade with Boris Malagurski (2013)
, 1h22
Directed by Boris Malagurski
Genres Documentary
Themes Documentary films about cities
Actors Boris Malagurski

As the first feature documentary film about Belgrade, it presents the Serbian capital through the eyes of its inhabitants, presenting the history, culture, food and nightlife of the city. The film is presented in English and hosted by Boris Malagurski, who, according to his production company Malagurski Cinema, aims to capture the spirit of the Serbian capital. The author claims that Belgrade boasts a unique quality and energy, in spite of the fact that it was destroyed and rebuilt over 40 times in its history and that the greatest attraction of the city are the citizens themselves.
Land of Opportunity
Land of Opportunity (2010)
, 1h37
Origin USA
Themes Documentary films about historical events, Documentary films about cities, Disaster films

Compiling over seven years and 1,000 hours of filming and footage, respectively, the verite-style documentary Land of Opportunity captures the early years of post-catastrophe New Orleans through the eyes of those most affected by its devastation. From the urban planner to the immigrant worker, the activist to the pragmatist, the protagonists represent the fundamental diversity of New Orleans. Through their eyes, viewers experience the emotional trajectory of an unprecedented urban reconstruction process. The people in the film are examples in urban paradox: marginalized, multi-racial, moneyed or not and, often, contradictory. Contained in their stories is a paradigm that is universally applicable: the story of ordinary people in cities and towns across the world, grappling with extraordinary circumstances much larger than themselves.
Sleepless in New York
Sleepless in New York (2014)
, 1h31
Directed by Christian Frei
Genres Drama, Documentary, Romance
Themes Medical-themed films, Documentary films about health care, Documentary films about cities, Films about psychiatry, Films about disabilities

Nous le connaissons tous, ce sentiment terrassant de désespoir absolu. Le chagrin d’amour n’est pas une peine d’adolescents. Peu de phases de notre vie sont à ce point écrasantes, angoissantes et paralysantes. Epaulé par son cameraman Peter Indergand, Christian Frei plonge dans les nuits exaltées de malheureux fraîchement éconduits. Des nuits empreintes de douleur et de larmes, mais aussi de veille et de créativité. L’anthropologue Helen Fisher explore les processus étonnants et complexes qui se jouent dans le cerveau des amoureux délaissés. La nature a-t-elle exagéré? Le film prospecte le difficile chemin qui mène d’une attitude obsessive et autodestructrice à un nouveau moi. Et s’incline devant l’inébranlable désir, envers et contre tout… d’amour.
Cairo Drive
Cairo Drive (2013)
, 1h19
Genres Documentary
Themes Transport films, Documentary films about historical events, Documentary films about politics, Documentary films about technology, Documentary films about cities, Political films

The film begins in 2009 and opens with aerial shots of Cairo's geometrical gridlock, while Handel's Water Music plays seamlessly in the background. The serenity is quickly broken, however, by a series of ground-level shots of bumper to bumper traffic, shouting taxi drivers, and an endless symphony of car horns. Amidst this mélange of 14 million vehicles, it appears that not even the traffic police understand how it all works. Yet through a series of comical behind the wheel interviews, it becomes clear that the array of sounds and gestures represents an ongoing dialogue between the city's 20 million residents. However, the film also touches upon the city's darker side. Corruption is rampant and despite residents' crafty work-arounds, the situation is without question out of control and getting worse. One resident describes crossing Cario's streets, many of which have eight or more "lanes", as a giant game of Frogger. A more poignant moment comes when a long-time American resident of Cairo recounts how his daughter, 18, was struck and killed by a bus.
The Institute
The Institute (2013)
, 1h32
Origin USA
Genres Documentary, Crime
Themes Documentary films about cities

Des milliers de participants à un jeu de réalité alternative basé à San Francisco finissent par obtenir plus que ce qu'ils avaient négocié. Raconté du point de vue des joueurs, le film traite d'une nouvelle forme d'art émergente où le monde réel et les récits fictifs fusionnent pour créer des conséquences imprévues et souvent troublantes. Passant en revue la contre-culture, les nouveaux mouvements religieux et l'art de la rue, ce film entraîne le spectateur dans un voyage dans un monde souterrain secret grouillant juste sous la surface de la vie quotidienne.
N.Y.H.C.
N.Y.H.C. (1999)
, 1h27
Genres Documentary, Musical
Themes Films about music and musicians, Documentary films about music and musicians, Documentary films about cities

One of the few documentaries focusing on the hardcore music scene of one city (after the genre became much less tied to, and a subgenre of punk rock), N.Y.H.C. featured seven bands prominent in the mid-90s scene. A diverse grouping was selected, from Long Island suburbanites to Bronx inner-city youth to Hare Krishna devotees.
Chaja & Mimi
Chaja & Mimi (2009)
, 10minutes
Genres Documentary
Themes Films about religion, Documentary films about religion, Documentary films about cities, Films about Jews and Judaism

The Jewish protagonists in this documentary, so-called Yekkes, share memories of their childhood days in the Scheunenviertel and Berlin-Mitte, as they were growing up in the 1920s. They tell about their harrowing flight from Nazi Germany to Palestine in 1934. Chaja Florentin relates her experience of a subsequent return to postwar Germany to visit Berlin, which was very painful encounter for her. The emotional pinnacle of the film is reached with the joy and excitement that both women express when they are shown old historical photographs of the neighborhood streets where they grew up. To the final question in this filmed interview, of whether either woman would consider returning to Berlin for good, both answer with an emphatic no, stating on no uncertain terms that Israel is their home now. They express displeasure at many things in Israel, but they say that it is like a difficult child—one that cries all of the time, but one that you love unconditionally.
Drew: The Man Behind the Poster
Drew: The Man Behind the Poster (2013)
, 1h37
Origin USA
Genres Documentary
Themes Documentary films about business, Documentary films about the visual arts, Documentary films about the film industry, Documentary films about cities
Actors Drew Struzan, Harrison Ford, Guillermo del Toro, George Lucas, Michael J. Fox, Frank Darabont

The documentary features interviews with a number of people, including Struzan himself, his wife, Dylan Struzan, his son, Christian Struzan, directors Steven Spielberg, Guillermo del Toro and George Lucas, and actors Harrison Ford and Michael J. Fox. The film follows Struzan's career painting movie posters for films such as Star Wars, The Thing, Back to the Future, the Indiana Jones franchise, and the Harry Potter franchise.
Oscar Micheaux: The Czar of Black Hollywood
Oscar Micheaux: The Czar of Black Hollywood (2014)
, 1h7
Origin USA
Genres Documentary
Themes Documentary films about business, Documentary films about the film industry, Documentary films about cities
Actors Oscar Micheaux

Oscar Micheaux was America's preeminent black filmmaker for three decades, having directed or produced 22 silent movies and 15 talking pictures. The Czar of Black Hollywood chronicles the real life experiences that inspired Micheaux's films, including the production of the first feature length film, The Homesteader (1919), and sound motion picture, The Exile (1931), by an African-American.