Cities on Speed, GLOBAL
VISIONS FOR an urban FUTURE is a documentary project commissioned by The Danish Film Institute and the national broadcaster DR . The project is a series of
four films – Bogotà Change, Mumbai Disconnected, Cairo Garbage, Shanghai Space-,
selected through a call for submissions, directed by four different filmmakers
who tell character-based stories on four of the world’s largest megacities:
Bogotá, Cairo, Mumbai and Shanghai.
We started with Cairo,
looking at the disparties between the cities waste management plan and its
increasing population. We then moved onto Mumbai ,focusing on the cities choked
transport network and the various actors which moved along with, inbetween and
at the edges of the stifling flow of traffic, and finally to Shanghai and its
inability to find space for its inhabitants, with ideas for a subterreanean
city.
'BOGOTA CHANGE' will be the last of this
series. This will be shown on 22nd May at 8pm , at CINESTAR cinema in
Nyamirambo. (Running time is 58 minutes).
This film will be
preceded by Melbourne based filmmaker, Nora Niassari's 'Under the Bridge'. A
visual study charting the impact of 'the consequences of the Lebanese Civil War
on Beirut’s public transportation'. This short documentary succintly captures
the pervasively destructive and invasive nature of large scale infrastructural
insertions. (Running time is 28 minutes)
TOTAL - 1h 40 minutes.
BOGOTA CHANGE - 'A
vaccine against crime. Weapons melted down for baby cutlery. »Bogotá Change« is
the story of two charismatic mayors, Antanas Mockus and Enrique Peñalosa who,
with unorthodox methods, in less than 10 years turned one of the world's most
dangerous, violent and corrupt capitals into a peaceful model city populated by
caring citizens. With Mockus and Peñalosa and key members of their staff as
first hand witnesses, the film uncovers the ideas, philosophies and strategies
that underlie the changes in Bogotá and which are now being exported to cities
worldwide.' Danish Film Institute
These films are in
conjunction with KIST Urban Design Studio Year 4 and there will be a short
introduction by tutor Killian Doherty. The future intention is that this film
series relating to architecture and urban design will be screened to the public
at KIST.
Entry is 1500 RWF per
person to subsidise free entry for the KIST Students. Your support is enabling
these students exposure to resources not readily available at KIST and we thank
you for your patronage.
