Here's a complete line up of the films (features AND shorts) appearing in the 2016 New Urbanism Film Festival. We had over 80 submissions this year and the selection process was incredibly difficult. Given that when we launched the festival we were asked "are there enough new urbanism films to merit a festival?", we are … Continue reading Complete Line up of Films for NUFF2016
Summer of NUFF
In the Summer of 2016, the New Urbanism Film Festival travels to Toronto, Detroit, Milan, then back to Los Angeles.
A New Season
Cities are alive, they grow and evolve, and our festival reflects that--growing and evolving to include new topics, new themes, new brands of filmmakers.
Screening in Shenzhen
We were happy to work with organizers of the Bi-City Biennale in Shenzhen Hong Kong to develop a NUFF screening curated to current trends in Urbanism in Shenzhen. The organizers wanted films that focused on building equity and economic development in neighborhoods. We will be presenting Built to Last, (our New Urbanism primer video) Zurich, … Continue reading Screening in Shenzhen
Official Announcement: 2015 NUFF Winners
2015 Winners The 2015 New Urbanism Film Festival, the third annual edition here in Los Angeles, was bigger than ever. The festival began with a sold out screening of East LA Interchange on opening night, followed by a Q&A with Councilmember Jose Huizar. Over the four day weekend event, hundreds of attendees saw films about cities … Continue reading Official Announcement: 2015 NUFF Winners
Councilmember Huizar to Speak at Opening Night!
“Councilmember Huizar has an impressive track record of working with communities to revitalize neighborhoods,” said festival director Josh Paget. “We’re honored to have him join us at the festival and share his experience and his vision.”
Early Coverage of this year’s Fest!
Articles about the Third Annual New Urbanism Film Festival already appearing in local entertainment and political news! Thanks to Tim Deegan for this great article summarizing the festival and the dynamic improvements coming to Los Angeles. And thanks to Larchmont Buzz and City Watch for publishing it on their sites. This year's fest is going … Continue reading Early Coverage of this year’s Fest!
Submissions closed.
We have officially closed submissions on the 2015 edition of the New Urbanism Film Festival. This year we received a total of 241 films. We'll spend the next month reviewing the films and announcing the participating films in this year's fest. We'd like to thank all of the filmmakers. The films we've reviewed so far … Continue reading Submissions closed.
Early Reviews of Submissions
From an unpublished interview on another blog. Last year, the New Urbanism Film Festival screened over 50 short films and feature length documentaries. Each had an emphasis on improving the built environment for the future. In 2015, the festival will be in October and submissions are still open. If you have a film you’d like to … Continue reading Early Reviews of Submissions
Three Questions.
This year, I have the pleasure of the help of a board of directors to organize the festival. Each of them have participated in the festival in years past and are very excited to see it into the future. We are gearing up for the third year, so I asked them three questions about the … Continue reading Three Questions.
