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Five cities. Five stories. This documentary looks at the urban experience from the perspective of people living at the interface of the changing world. In New York, Seoul, Mumbai, Paris and Nairobi creativity and imagination is necessary to survive and thrive as the cities they live in constantly evolve.
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Narrative based on CROSSROADS : Building the Resilient City
Dominique Perrault, General Director of Seoul Biennale of Architecture and Urbanism 2021
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a CONTENTED production in association with SEOUL BIENNALE OF ARCHITECTURE AND URBANISM 2021
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LEADING PRODUCTION TEAM
executive producer GREEN KIM & JEONGWOOK CHA
producer NILS CLAUSS
director NILS CLAUSS & NEIL DOWLING
writer NEIL DOWLING, NILS CLAUSS
director of photography, editor, colorist, re-recording mixer NILS CLAUSS
composer YEHEZKEL RAZ
additional music THE WORLD OF HAPPINESS by DAE-SOO HAN, MARCH FOR JUSTICE by TENCHER
graphic designer DADEUM GEUM
subtitles ANNEX
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NEW YORK SEGMENT PRODUCTION
main cast CARLOYN KANG
additional cast GIULIA BALDINI, IMAN CHAN, CASIANO HAMER, NIA IMANI, GLORIA JUNG, ALICE CHARLIE LIU, SELENA LIU, CHANTEL NICOLE, NATSNET MEHRETEAB, SEBASTIAN MONTALVO, DANIELLE OKPARAOCHA, CHELI SMITH, TOBIAS WONG, JENNIFER XIONG, ALEX ZHANG
segment producer CAROLINE PARK
segment director EILEEN YOON
segment DoP DANIEL CHANG
sound recordist PATRICK ZIMMON
production assistant AUSTIN EDER
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MUMBAI SEGMENT PRODUCTION
main cast ISHAN SINGH
additional cast KANAK GARG, NISHA KHAIRE, LEENA LALJI MANGE, PRIYA MATHPAL, NAAZ A. SYED
segment director/ producer TAHIR AHMED QURESHI
segment DoP ADITYA DESAI
sound recordist PREM YADAV
production assistant KAMLA PRASAD PAL
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SEOUL SEGMENT PRODUCTION
main cast JAEJIN PARK
additional cast AARON CHOE, SOOHWI JO, SUYEE JUNG, SANGHEE KANG, SOLMIN KANG, SEUNGYEON KIM, JONGEON WON
segment producer BONNIE KIM
segment director NILS CLAUSS
segment DoP SEUNGJI LEE
sound recordist MJ LEE, HYUNSOO JEONG
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PARIS SEGMENT PRODUCTION
main cast FREDERIC BURET
additional cast LORNA BENNOU, ALAN BOUTELEIX, MORGAN DiFELICE, CERSTIN HENNING, ROMAIN NALYSZA, ANA NOVOA, LILY MALYOZA, ALAIN MAUREY, ALICE O’DONNELL, JULIETTE O’DONNELL, ANTHONY OHANESSIAN, CAROLINE PEREZ, LILLY-AMBRE PEREZ, MATHILDE ROCHE, TARIAN SCOTT, JEAN LUC SEREPHIM, JOANA SERAPHIM, VICTOR SOCK, CHLOE VERSIARI
segment producer/ director / DoP NEIL DOWLING
sound recordist LOIC JOYEUX
production assistant NATHALIE O’LENSKIE
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NAIROBI SEGMENT PRODUCTION
main cast SHIVISKE SHIVISI
additional cast RAJAB BAHMARIZ, SAN MAINA, TONNY BRIAN MUTUMA, DAVIS MWANGALE, , MARY WAITHERA, MARGARET WANJIRU KAMINJA
segment producer/ director MUCHIRI NJENGA
production manager MICHAEL J. MWANGI
segment DoP SHURIA ABDI
art director DICKSON KALOKI
sound recordist JOHN KAMICHA
production assistant CLINTON KAIDA
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HOSTED BY
Seoul Metropolitan Government
DONG GU KIM Director for Urban Space Planning
KYUNG SUN PARK Team Leader, International Relationships of Architecture and Urbanism
SUN JAE KIM Project Manager, International Relationships of Architecture and Urbanism
Seoul Biennale of Architecture and Urbanism 2021
General Director
DOMINIQUE PERRAULT General Director
RICHARD NGUYEN Biennale Coordinator
CAMILLE ABEILLE, ENRICO SALVO Coordination Team
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with special thanks to
AREX AIRPORT RAILROAD, CHEEZE CAM (SEOUL), QUENTIN GALLIC, ALBRECHT GERLACH, SPORTS MONSTER, UDO LEE, CHARLOTTE PERNIER, HUGO PERNIER, PHOTO CINE RENT (PARIS), SIDDHI VINAYAK RENTAL EQUIPMENTS (MUMBAI)
with sincere thanks to
VINCENT AHN, SUYEE JUNG, ABRAHAM LIM, YOUNGSOOK KIM, ANTHONY SEABOYER, HARRISON WINTER
