It used to be that people would gather in crowds without thinking twice. The pandemic has changed this, but whether that change is permanent is a question a new film can help answer.

Directed by Nigel Jamieson with cinematographers including Jon Frank, and scored by the Australian Chamber Orchestra, The Crowd & I explores the planet’s transformation as millions of its 7.9 billion people move to cities every week – some by choice, many forced by circumstance.