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Autopcity

This film takes shape in the form of an investigative documentary, exploring a town adrift: Chișinău. Joined by a group of researchers, academics, architects, sociologists, urban activists and visual artists, the director probed the transformation processes and the urban planning undergone by the city before and after the proclamation of Independence at 1991. The quondam core of the city – enclosing heritage buildings, small streets, junctions and squares – is at risk of being altered by the new plan of urban development. The creative interventions undergone in extremis by the artistic community within these spaces, as well as the actions meant to bring back the vitality of the Zaikin Park, accomplished with the help of the residents, can pass as tactical solutions for protecting this region, its social texture and its urban identity.

Director:
Ștefan Rusu
Year:
2015
Country:
Republic of Moldova
Genre:
Documentary
Duration:
73 minutes
Language:
Romanian
Subtitles:
English, Romanian