Cityscape (2019 film)

Cityscape is a Canadian experimental short documentary film, directed by Michael Snow and released in 2019.[1] Described by critics as an "elaboration" on the methods of his 1971 short film La Région Centrale,[2] the film depicts the cityscape of downtown Toronto through a rotating camera on the Toronto Islands.[1]

Cityscape
Directed byMichael Snow
Produced byJanine Marchessault
Distributed byIMAX
Release date
  • April 18, 2019 (2019-04-18) (Images)
Running time
10 minutes
CountryCanada

The film was commissioned by IMAX, alongside films by Oliver Husain, Lisa Jackson, Kelly Richardson and Leila Sujir, as part of Outer Worlds, a program of short IMAX films that toured Canada in 2019 to mark the 50th anniversary of the company.[1] The project premiered at the 2019 Images Festival, before touring to Canada's other IMAX theatres in Victoria, Sudbury, Edmonton and Montreal.[1]

In December 2019, the film was named to the Toronto International Film Festival's annual year-end Canada's Top Ten list for short films.[3]

References
  1. Jesse Cumming, "Outer worlds". Canadian Art, May 23, 2019.
  2. Carlos Valladares, "News to Me: Michael Snow, Rebecca Hall, Paul Verhoeven". Film Comment, August 13, 2018.
  3. Norman Wilner, "TIFF announces Canada's top 10 films of 2019". Now, December 11, 2019.
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