The Life-Sized City

The Life-Sized City is a Canadian television documentary series which premiered on TVOntario in 2017.[1] Hosted by Mikael Colville-Andersen, the series visits various world cities, where it profiles innovative local urban development and improvement projects that are changing and revitalizing city life.[2]

The series received five Canadian Screen Award nominations at the 6th Canadian Screen Awards, and two at the 7th Canadian Screen Awards.[3]

The series has been rebroadcast by Knowledge Network in British Columbia,[4] as well as internationally on Finland's Yle (as Ihmisen Kaupunki),[5] Denmark's DR (as Det fantastiske byliv),[6] Austria's ServusTV, Belgium's VRT,[7] Poland's TVN24, Italy's LaEffe (as Racconti dalle citta del futuro),[8] and France's Planète+ (as Des villes à hauteur d'hommes).

  1. ^ "Seeing Medellín Through the Eyes of a Copenhagener". CityLab, September 9, 2017.
  2. ^ "TVO show The Life-Sized City to spotlight Detroit-Windsor urban renewal". Kingston Whig-Standard, November 23, 2018.
  3. ^ "The Life-Sized City". Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television, February 7, 2019.
  4. ^ "The Life-Sized City". Knowledge Network, September 22, 2019.
  5. ^ "Ihmisen kaupunki". Yle, September 22, 2019.
  6. ^ "Det fantastiske byliv". DR, September 22, 2019.
  7. ^ "The Life-Sized City". Vlaamse Radio- en Televisieomroeporganisatie, September 22, 2019.
  8. ^ "Racconti dalle citta del futuro". LaEffe, September 22, 2019.