Better Cities Film Festival

The Better Cities Film Festival (formerly New Urbanism Film Festival) is an annual film festival focused on urban planning and design.[1][2] Founded in 2013 by Joshua Paget, the Festival is based in Detroit.[3][4][5][6][7]

Better Cities Film Festival
LocationDetroit, Michigan
Founded2013 (as New Urbanism Film Festival)
Festival dateOctober 5–8, 2023
Websitebettercitiesfilmfestival.com

In 2020 and 2022, the Better Cities Film Festival collaborated with UN-Habitat to showcase films on cities at the Tenth World Urban Forum in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates and the Eleventh in Katowice, Poland.[8][9][10]

In February 2024, the festival expanded to Durham, North Carolina in collaboration with Southern Urbanism.[11][12]

References

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  1. ^ "About Us". Better Cities Film Festival. Retrieved 2024-02-06.
  2. ^ Staff, Sentinel. "Neighborhood organizations bring urbanism film festival to Holland". The Holland Sentinel. Retrieved 2024-02-06.
  3. ^ "Better Cities Film Festival returns to Detroit - CBS Detroit". www.cbsnews.com. Retrieved 2024-02-06.
  4. ^ News-Post, Dawn Morgan Neary Special to The (2023-10-31). "Better Cities Film Festival". The Frederick News-Post. Retrieved 2024-02-06.
  5. ^ Guenther, Rocío (2016-11-08). "New Urbanism Film Festival Coming to San Antonio". San Antonio Report. Retrieved 2024-02-09.
  6. ^ Martinez, Kiko. "Inaugural New Urbanism Film Festival Comes to Alamo Beer Company". San Antonio Current. Retrieved 2024-02-09.
  7. ^ "Better Cities Film Festival at Campus Martius Park". FOX 2 Detroit. 2023-10-01. Retrieved 2024-02-21.
  8. ^ "Call for entries: UN-Habitat Better Cities film festival at WUF11 | UN-Habitat". unhabitat.org. Retrieved 2024-02-06.
  9. ^ "Winners of the UN-Habitat Better Cities Film Festival | UN-Habitat". unhabitat.org. Retrieved 2024-02-06.
  10. ^ "Film on Syrian refugee scoops top award at WUF10 ceremony | UN-Habitat". unhabitat.org. Retrieved 2024-02-06.
  11. ^ Plaskett, Ralph. "ANNOUNCEMENT | The Better Cities Film Festival is Coming to Durham February 9+10". www.southernurbanism.org. Retrieved 2024-02-06.
  12. ^ "Better Cities Film Festival a bright blast of positivity". Petaluma Argus-Courier. 2023-09-14. Retrieved 2024-02-21.