Capital City

Young filmmaker Hannah Kersten has finally found a place to live – in Crooswijk, the ‘real’ Rotterdam. But she notices that the neighbourhood is changing rapidly. Is she part of the problem? With Now I Live Here, Kersten offers a personal take on gentrification, eviction and displacement.

Take a journey through time to the heart of Fukushima before the nuclear disaster. An immersive and sensitive VR documentary told through the eyes of former residents, about the connection you build with the shopping streets, schools and houses where you spend your life.

Visit Mouraria, Lisbon, in the near future: thriving, self-sufficient and no longer plagued by over-tourism or the government. Artists Pedro Gil Farias and Hugo Pilate recreated the real Mouraria district in Fortnite and, with Lagares do Alvará, tell a critical story about urban renewal and the pursuit of ‘smooth cities’ without rough edges.

A poetic journey through ghostly 3d-scanned interiors of French nuclear power plants. Wander through these haunting structures, meet scientists and energy experts, and listen to their varied perspectives on ecology, geopolitics and the urgent choices related to our energy future.

One morning, a woman looks out from her home in Los Angeles, where she sees an unfamiliar tent. A humorous augmented reality fairy tale about our strange behaviour towards homeless people.