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'Cityscape' is a 2019 Canadian experimental short documentary film, directed by Michael Snow.[Jesse Cumming, [https://canadianart.ca/reviews/outer-worlds/ "Outer worlds"]. 'Canadian Art', May 23, 2019.] Described by critics as an "elaboration" on the methods of his 1971 film 'La Rgion Centrale',[Carlos Valladares, [https://www.filmcomment.com/blog/news-michael-snow-rebecca-hall-paul-verhoeven/ "News to Me: Michael Snow, Rebecca Hall, Paul Verhoeven"]. 'Film Comment', August 13, 2018.] the film depicts the cityscape of downtown Toronto through a rotating camera on the Toronto Islands.[
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The film was commissioned by IMAX, alongside films by Oliver Husain, Lisa Jackson, Kelly Richardson and Leila Sujir, as part of Outer Worlds, a program of short IMAX films that toured Canada in 2019 to mark the 50th anniversary of the company.[ The project premiered at the 2019 , before touring to Canada's other IMAX theatres in Victoria, Sudbury, Edmonton and Montreal.][
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In December 2019, the film was named to the Toronto International Film Festival's annual year-end Canada's Top Ten list for short films.[Norman Wilner, [https://nowtoronto.com/movies/features/tiff-top-10-canadian-films-2019/ "TIFF announces Canada's top 10 films of 2019"]. 'Now', December 11, 2019.]
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