“URBAN VISIONS. Beyond the Ideal City” is an independent film festival promoted by City Space Architecture, a non-profit organization based in Bologna, Italy.
It is the first Italian competition for short films entirely dedicated to the contemporary city and to urban public life, aimed at exploring urban humanities through an interdisciplinary approach - www.cityspacearchitecture.org/urbanvisions.
“URBAN VISIONS. Beyond the Ideal City” is interested to collect narratives of different realities, to investigate city’s connections, intersections and activities while focusing on the public realm, where public aspects, related to participation, sharing and social practices, blend with private aspirations, related to individuality, diversity and lifestyles. Urban Visions intends to collect stories of happiness or poverty, success or solitude, compliance or rebellion, beyond the seducing and reassuring shapes of the beautiful, ideal city. Overcoming the stereotypes and well-known images of consumerism, Urban Visions looks for something that our eyes, deliberately or unconsciously, don’t know or can’t see.
“URBAN VISIONS. Beyond the Ideal City” is part of A-Place. Linking places through networked artistic practices, dedicated to strengthening the bonds between people and places, co-funded by the Creative Europe program of the European Union - www.a-place.eu.
"URBAN VISIONS / A-Place" competition includes:
- A-Place / Migrants, refugees and displaces communities, investigating the living conditions of migrants, refugees and displaced communities in cities, in Italy and elsewhere.
- A-Place / A Confined Urban Vision" (online), investigating human life in cities during the COVID-19 pandemic - https://filmfreeway.com/AConfinedUrbanVision.
Category: Urban Visions. Beyond the Ideal City
1st prize - € 800 in cash
2 honorable mentions - certificate of excellence
Category: A-Place / Migrants, refugees and displaced communities
1st prize - € 500 in cash
2nd prize - € 300 in cash
3rd prize - € 200 in cash
2 honorable mentions - certificate of excellence
Category: A-Place / A Confined Urban Vision (online) - https://filmfreeway.com/AConfinedUrbanVision
1st prize - € 500 in cash
2 honorable mentions - certificate of excellence