“Urban Visions. Beyond the Ideal City” is an independent film festival promoted by City Space Architecture, that explores the complexity of contemporary urban life, investigating the connections, intersections, and everyday activities that shape our cities. Through the lens of film, it focuses on the intricate weave of social practices, cultural contexts, and human geographies, moving beyond stereotypes and consumerist representations to highlight the multiple and evolving expressions of public life.
It was part of the European project A-Place. Linking places through networked artistic practices, and was co-funded by the Creative Europe programme of the European Union (2019-2023).

ACTIVITIES

First edition / 22-25 April 2021, ONLINE with FREE streaming
Second edition / 11-14 November 2021, Bologna & ONLINE with FREE streaming
Third edition / 24-27 November 2022, Bologna & ONLINE with FREE streaming

The Festival also hosted a series of activities, workshops and talks with international filmmakers, artists, creative practitioners and the creative community in Bologna and online.

The third edition of the festival was fronted by Italian actor Stefano Pesce, who presented his first medium-length film Tre Visi in a special event held at Cinema Nosadella.

COMPETITION

The Film Festival’s global call for short films was published on FilmFreeway and included:

• A Confined Urban Vision (2020 only), to explore and widen the meaning of places in the unprecedented situation of the COVID-19 pandemic.
• Migrants, refugees and displaced communities, investigating the living conditions of migrants, refugees and displaced communities in cities, in Italy and elsewhere.
• Resilient Communities, investigating the work of self-organised communities through creative and multidisciplinary placemaking initiatives.

All photos by Margherita Caprilli and Max Cavallari.

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