This is a bonus screening - mainly for participants in the January series of screenings & conversations presented by York Central Co-Owned (YoCo) in partnership with My Future York.

The Life Sized City was originally a documentary series made in 2017 and fronted by urban planning pioneer Mikael Colville-Andersen, very much the public face of the Copenhagenize design practice. Made in response to Colville-Andersen’s young daughter’s question “when is my city going to fit me, Daddy?” the series looked at six very different cities and found in each examples where the city did, despite challenges, fit its citizens. We showed the first series as part of The Festival of York Central in 2018, and were delighted with the way in which each example prompted questions and thoughts about our own city.

The first in this series visited Medellin - the first city to spring to mind when someone mentions drugs cartels - and this was in many ways the most inspiring of the first series (though Tel Aviv/Jaffa was a close second, showing how troubled places can re-make themselves). In the spirit of the Village au Pied-du-Courant which we saw in Montreal, let's move beyond simply copying good ideas and look for deeper lessons. We'll screen the film, and then have an hour's conversation, when we can pick up on some of the big ideas which came out of our earlier events. As before, sit back and enjoy and then bring your thoughts to the Zoom room and help identify key issues we should be relating to York Central. (The Life Sized City is not currently available for viewing elsewhere in the UK!)

Watch the trailer here.

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