2021
FESTIVAL

Highlights from the 2021 Better Cities Film Festival

Official Press Release:
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OFFICIAL RESULTS

BEST FEATURE The Place That Makes Us
BEST SHORT The Rural Studio
HERO AWARD ZIP Code Matters
AUDIENCE FAVORITE My Child’s K-5 School Journey in Detroit: Voices from the Best Classroom Project


BETTER PLANNING & DESIGN AWARD Site Specific: Ballyfermot Play Park
BETTER ECONOMIES FOR ALL AWARD 11th Street Bridge Park: Leading with Equity
BETTER ENVIRONMENT AWARD Urban Resilience/Résilience Urbaine
BETTER TRANSPORTATION AWARD Good Hood Stories: Langa Bicycle Hub
BETTER COMMUNITIES AWARD Lakota in America
BETTER TECHNOLOGY & INNOVATION AWARD Draw Me A Swallow


BEST STUDENT FILM VAKA
BEST CIVIC STORY Taking Poletown
BEST HUMAN STORY Sounding the Alarm-America’s Climate Crisis
EMERGING IDEAS AWARD Pretty Vacant
URBAN ARTS AWARD Alice Street
BEST ARCHITECTURE FILM A Symphony in Stone
BEST BICYCLE FILM Biking While Black
BEST HOUSING FILM Marmalade Lane
BEST COVID CITIES FILM The Market
BEST TACTICAL URBANISM FILM Precolinear Park
BEST WEB SERIES Good Hood Stories

 

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