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Urbanisation in China: Happiness is seen everywhere. (DVD)

"Urbanisation in China" has been selected by a jury of film critics, directors and architects as best documentary at the Istanbul International Architecture and Urban Film Festival. (oct. 2011)

The screening of "Urbanisation in China" will be the final act of the Chinese Triptych exhibition @ Casla architecture institute, Almere. June 15, 8 pm. Free admission. See the website for details.

The film is added to the IMDb filmdatabase.

The film has been screened at the MiNi Film Festival in Shanghai (April 23 & 24, Dutch Design Workspace). Interviews and articles in Time Out Shanghai, Global Times, Smart Shanghai and Creative Hunt.
Thanks to all people who came to this great mini festival, the cinema room was just overcrowded. Special thanks to the people asking smart questions at the Q&A!

The DVD is "Book" of the month April at ArchiNed.

Screening in CASLA architecture centre (almere) during exhibition Chinees Drieluik: De alledaagse, Netwerk en Groene Newtown. From april 8 - june 20.

Radio interview CRTV about the film. Available as podcast.

Presentation of the DVD in Architectura & Natura, Amsterdam (3-3-2011). The DVD is for sale now!

A preview of the documentary was shown at the presentation of the book "Shanghai New Towns" (Harry den Hartog)(nov 30, 2010).

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Urbanisation in China: Happiness is seen everywhere. (DVD)

A Journey of Wonder in Shanghai

In China is de urbanisatie in volle gang. Nieuwe wijken en steden schieten met ongekende snelheid uit de grond.
Bewoners, veelal afkomstig uit oude kleine dorpen of uit sloopwijken in de binnenstad, vinden in de nieuwe stad ook een nieuwe sociale context. De woningen zijn weliswaar beter dan wat ze gewend waren, maar voelen ze zich er ook thuis? Sluiten de nieuw ontworpen steden aan bij de verwachtingen van de bevolking?

De 'nieuwe rijken' kunnen het zich veroorloven om een eerste of tweede woning in een luxe themawijk te betrekken. Maar veel winkels in de centra van Thames Town of Holland Village staan leeg. Deze gebieden lijken vooral gebruikt te worden door rondrennende bruidspaartjes op zoek naar een idyllische achtergrond voor de trouwreportage.

Urbanisation in China: Happiness is seen everywhere geeft een achtergrond en context bij de Chinese urbanisatie en laat daarbij vooral de bewoners aan het woord.

engels / chinees - ISBN 978-94-614001-5-4
60 minuten + extra's. 12,50 euro
extra op de DVD: 16 MM Mao Man (short doc)

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Urbanisation in China: Happiness is seen everywhere. (DVD)

A Journey of Wonder in Shanghai

In China urbanisation is at full pace. New neighborhoods and cities emerge faster than ever before. The inhabitants, often coming from small villages or demolished areas in the city centres, find a new social context in the new cities. The apartments are better than what they were used to, but do they feel at home there? Do the new cities meet their inhabitants' expectations?

The 'new rich' can afford to buy a house in a new themed suburb. But the city centres of Thames Town or Holland Village look empty. These areas seem to be used mainly by frantic newlyweds searching the perfect surrounding for their wedding pictures.

Urbanisation In China: Happiness Is Seen Everywhere provides a background and context for the Chinese urbanisation and specifically lets the inhabitants speak.

english / chinese - ISBN 978-94-614001-5-4
60 minutes + extra's. RRP 12,50 euro
extra on the DVD: 16 MM Mao Man (short doc)