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Films — Affairs

Summary: Our global network of film-makers delivers reports on the stories, ideas, cities and politicians shaping the world.

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 Fighting the freeze | File Type: video/mp4 | Duration: 02:42

Monocle travelled to northern Norway for an exclusive insight into Cold Response, Nato's gruelling cold-weather military training exercise.

 Let the games begin | File Type: video/mp4 | Duration: 08:08

Serbia's recovery from the disasters of nationalism has been slow but sporting success offers a new vision of what it means to be a Serb. Monocle films travels to Belgrade to meet the future stars of tennis and football.

 Soft Power Survey 2014/15 | File Type: video/mp4 | Duration: 05:38

Military action tends to have a more visceral impact when it comes to forcing through change but it is the subtle influence of soft power that drives the most meaningful resolutions. In our fifth annual survey we gauge the soft-power strengths of our top-ranking nations.

 Safe and sound? | File Type: video/mp4 | Duration: 02:17

The UN Security Council is the iconic roundtable heart of diplomacy that decides when to act on some of the globe’s most pressing issues. But is the historic body still fit for purpose? We paid a visit to its HQ to find out.

 The Building - Toronto City Hall | File Type: video/mp4 | Duration: 05:58

Take a look inside Toronto's iconic City Hall and discover how its creation almost 50 years ago signalled the start of a modern metropolis.

 Skopje: starting again | File Type: video/mp4 | Duration: 10:29

A nation defining its identity - or architectural vandalism? We head to the capital of North Macedonia to investigate the controversial building project.

 Quality of Life Survey 2014 | File Type: video/mp4 | Duration: 06:24

Finding the measure of a city is as much about the intangibles that light up a community as the infrastructure keeping it going. We've sized up where the balance is best with our annual top 25.

 Quality of Life Cities | File Type: video/mp4 | Duration: 06:49

Monocle takes a cinematic look at the top cities in our 2014 Quality of Life Survey. We spotlight Copenhagen at number one, Tokyo as our top Asian city and Vancouver leading the way in North America.

 Hop, skip and a jump | File Type: video/mp4 | Duration: 02:28

There are few scheduled flights that make more than one stop these days (let alone three) but African Express is making a business and a brand operating one of the last milk runs in civil aviation. Our man in Africa straps into the jump seat for a jaunt around the horn.

 Club scene | File Type: video/mp4 | Duration: 05:23

We visit the members’ clubs where foreign journalists find a home away from home (and a good supper) in Tokyo, Bangkok and Hong Kong.

 Puerto Rico - state of debate | File Type: video/mp4 | Duration: 06:08

Puerto Rico is struggling with a faltering economy and an ongoing argument over its status as a US territory. Monocle meets the residents attempting to rethink the island’s future.

 When in Rome | File Type: video/mp4 | Duration: 06:56

If you’re in the diplomatic game you could do worse than a posting in Rome, where you’ll probably be put up in a palazzo fit for a pope. Monocle pays a visit to the ambassadors of Brazil and France.

 Troubled Waters | File Type: video/mp4 | Duration: 03:04

They make the news mainly for the number of would-be emigrants attempting to leave their troubled shores. We visit the volatile islands off East Africa to find out how they became a hotbed of political intrigue.

 Hook, Line & Bunker | File Type: video/mp4 | Duration: 02:41

The Swiss are infatuated with their tunnels and underground shelters - and have more of them than any other country in the world. Monocle's David Michon and photographer Beat Schweizer explored their hidden appeal.

 Boom and Gloom | File Type: video/mp4 | Duration: 02:18

Kashgar may look like just another Chinese boomtown but the city is riven with ethnic tensions. Monocle visits a frontier where tradition is clashing with change.

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