After the trying constraints of lockdown and social distancing that brutally reduced urban space to its strict minimum, making it into a place where isolated individuals merely cohabit, Homo Urbanus is a cinematic odyssey offering a vibrant tribute to what we have been most cruelly deprived of: namely, public space. Taking the form of a free-wheeling journey around the world (10 films, 10 cities), the project invites us to observe in detail the multiple forms and complex interactions that exist every day between people and their urban environments. Somewhere between visual anthropology and observational cinema, these films put urban man under the microscope and encourage us to take a closer look at individual and collective behaviour, interpersonal dynamics, social tensions, and the economic and political forces that play out every day on the grand stage of the city streets.

This is a documentary film on the romantic and decadent atmosphere of Venice at the end of the 18th ...
A monument handcrafted by Konstantin Bessmertny is exhibited at Venice Biennale 2007.

What is the "feeling" of a city? Is it the roads, the light that illuminates them, the people that l...

This Colin Low documentary from 1959 depicts Venice in all its splendor. In the tradition of Venetia...
Even frequent visitors to Venice, the lagoon city still offers numerous hidden sides that are worth ...

a journey suspended between reality and fantasy during the Venice Film Festival.

Yannick Bellon's documentary paints a portrait of a city torn between the problem of unsanitary hous...

Rising sea levels and sinking land threaten to destroy Venice. Leading scientists and engineers batt...

Filmed in 1896 by Alexandre Promio for the Lumière company, this short actuality presents one of the...

After spending more than 36 years in prison, Giampaolo Manca, 'Il Doge', a former boss of the Mala d...

Blissful scenes of tourists arriving by boat and then sea bathing on a beach in the Venetian lagoon.

A woman feeds pigeons on the Piazza San Marco in Venice.

Harry's Bar opened in 1931 and attracted a multitude of customers from the start, drawn to the atmos...

This film presents aspects of day-to-day life in Venice, a city that is most renowned for its histor...

The documentary explores the world of culture, nature and gastronomy through one chef's eyes across ...

The mysterious parallel story of Italian painters Andrea Mantegna (ca. 1431-1506) and Giovanni Belli...