City Dreamers

City Dreamers is a Canadian documentary film, directed by Joseph Hillel and released in 2018.[1] The film focuses on Phyllis Lambert, Blanche Lemco van Ginkel, Cornelia Oberlander and Denise Scott Brown, four significant innovators in contemporary architecture who were among the very first prominent women architects.[2]

City Dreamers
Directed byJoseph Hillel
Produced byZiad Touma
Written byBruno Baillargeon
Joseph Hillel
StarringPhyllis Lambert
Blanche Lemco van Ginkel
Cornelia Oberlander
Denise Scott Brown
Music byJean-Olivier Bégin
CinematographyÉtienne Boilard
Léna Mill-Reuillard
Stéphanie Anne Weber Biron
Edited byHeidi Haines
Production
company
Couzin Films
Distributed byMaison 4:3
Release date
  • November 10, 2018 (2018-11-10) (RIDM)
Running time
80 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguageEnglish

The film premiered in November 2018 at the Montreal International Documentary Festival,[3] before going into wider release in 2019.[4]

The film received a Canadian Screen Award nomination for Best Cinematography in a Documentary at the 8th Canadian Screen Awards in 2020.[5]

References
  1. Jocelyn Lambert Squires, "Film review: City Dreamers". Canadian Architect, August 14, 2019.
  2. Alex Bozikovic, "City Dreamers: Portraits of four women who shaped the world we live in". The Globe and Mail, May 16, 2019.
  3. "City Dreamers, a documentary feature by Joseph Hillel, presented at the Montreal International Documentary Festival Nov. 8 to 18". The Suburban, November 5, 2018.
  4. Justine Smith, "City Dreamers looks at pioneers in architecture". Cult MTL, May 10, 2019.
  5. Jillian Morgan, "Extra: Drive takes Australia doc; Canadian Screen Awards nominees unveiled". RealScreen, February 18, 2020.
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