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Better Cities Film Festival

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

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]

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.