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Denmark

This short documentary intends to investigate the eye of the "outsiders" of the city, particularly those, as the hostel guests, who live the city only for a short period of time. This temporarity however, and outer perspective allow them to provide important considerations about the city as well as on how inclusive design could be interpreted, hence improved.

Azerbaijan

The film is about the lacking soul of Baku. The bright and beautiful capital is lovely for many and is the center of entertainment, beauty, tourism, trade, and culture. On the other hand, many people have a “boundary” between the beauty of these things due to poverty, mental health, or bad memories with the city. Baku has its part as well. The rapidly growing city has almost no soul left. The town's history is wiped off due to the construction of new sites and fancy buildings to attract tourists and guests and turn it into a business/entertainment hub in the South Caucasus.

United Arab Erimates

The short film "PATCH" focuses on homeless people around the world who suffer from a lack of shelter For those who are trying to create their own space in the street or side road with a piece of cloth, home is different for everyone; when you don't have one, you'll come to realize the difficulties. Patch is for those who are always trying to patch something for shelter

Belgium

Third episode of a mini series about Belgian contemporary architecture commissioned by Wallonie-Bruxelles Architecture in the framework of EUMiesAward 2022 . Let’s discover "La Cîme - La Famille" a Brussels based school for children with disabilities designed by Atelier229.

Azerbaijan

The film highlights the citizens' struggles related to the sidewalks, certainly in the central streets where sidewalks are very narrow, cars are allowed to enter and parking is chaos. Many citizens who walk the streets where the film is made encounter different challenges. Particularly, for those who are in a hurry or coming back from shopping with some bags. Cars barely move due to the congestion, making the situation even worse for people to pass by. The narrow streets in Baku cover a huge area behind the central area from Hazi Alsanov to Bashir Safaroghlu street where plenty of shopping centers, entertainment and leisure facilities, local shops, business centers, embassies, and hotels are centered. The area requires access to a big number of citizens every day and the situation with the sidewalks demotivates many to walk around these streets. In return, people tend to take cabs to their destination and it creates a vicous circle where the cabs worsen the traffic and eventually the overall situation. At the heart of Baku, many are left without a pavement/sidewalk, and the film portrays the real every-day struggles of citizens.

South Africa

Community architect and environmental activist Kevin Kimwelle from South Africa is demystifying architecture for people with a social cause, who wouldn't be able to afford an architect. He and his team of engineers and volunteers are building community centers, creches, schools and other social structures by entirely relying on local and repurposed industrial materials that he recycles for construction. His idea of a cycle economy expands also to independent energy production through bio gas from human waste.