Homo Urbanus Venetianus

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 freewheeling 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