Explaining abstract spatial concepts of urban geography in Hamburg

1 in 25 empty properties in England could be used to provide much-needed homes

Action on Empty Homes collaborated with Anglia Ruskin University’s Illustration and Animation students to highlight different aspects of how the UK's wasted housing stock could be recycled to help address the UK’s chronic housing crisis.

1 in 25 empty properties in England could be used to provide much-needed homes. One of a series of five animations from Anglia Ruskin University’s Illustration and Animation students highlighting this issue

Animation from students at Anglia Ruskin asking why the UK has so many empty homes in the midst of a housing crisis

1 in 25 empty properties in England could be used to provide much-needed homes. Anglia Ruskin University’s Illustration and Animation students produce five short films highlighting different aspects of how this wasted housing stock could be recycled to help address the UK’s chronic housing crisis

How do we ensure we have inclusive disaster planning in the community? We meet people with disabilites (PWDs) from Barangay Pansol, Bagong Ilog and Ugong; Metro Manila, as they navigate their urban spaces.

Urdu, Hindi with English Subtitles Karachi Pakistan Edinburgh, UK This documentary delves into the rich and unique ecosystem of mangroves in Karachi, Pakistan. The film follows the journey of a local fishing community who are extremely vulnerable in the face of climate change. Severe cyclonic storms, the frequency and intensity of which are increasing at an alarming rate, have adversely affected their day-to-day life. The film interlinks their precarious lives with climate change, destruction of mangroves, and coastal development projects, and the complete apathy from those in positions of power.

Manchester Uk English The Secret City is a 12-minute documentary about the Manchester neighbourhoods of St Michael’s Flags and Angel Meadow Park, using moving-image, spoken word and contemporary music composition to explore a relationship between new building developments and pieces of Manchester’s social history. This piece was developed in layers, later turned to acts: Act 1. High Rise: A conversation between old and new buildings. Do they feel exposed standing alone? Are they united by time and memories of what they have seen? Act 2. The ground: Pavements and gravestones, and anything related to the Earth. Reincarnated inanimacy. Objects and spaces that have been present to new and old life. A valley. Act 3. Underland: People buried below surface, inhabitants of the past, remembered through history of this place. What does it mean to have history speak on a person's behalf? How might that feel?

Poplar, London, UK "50 years ago today they landed on the moon... and I'm still waiting for that future". Jimmy's Archive is a collaborative short film by anthropologist Robert Deakin and James ('Jimmy') Watters – a lifelong resident of Poplar, a working-class neighbourhood in the former docklands of east London. Rebuilt according to a modernist masterplan after being heavily bombed in World War Two, today Poplar is undergoing another round of intensive redevelopment in the form of ‘urban regeneration’. Against this backdrop, Jimmy delves into a cupboard of carefully kept artefacts to tell stories of class, place, music and (still) waiting for the future.