Buffalo is coming home.

“See It Through Buffalo,” the documentary short that has played to hundreds of thousands of visitors in Venice, Italy, since May, will premiere in Western New York next week as part of the Buffalo International Film Festival, which runs Oct. 4-8.

The 15-minute documentary produced by Paget Films in association with the UB School of Architecture and Planning debuted at Time Space Existence, an exhibition that runs parallel to the 2018 Venice Architecture Biennale. The film reveals the deep and lasting impacts of university-city partnerships, both in advancing Buffalo’s resurgence and in grounding the future of architectural education.

Produced with no dialogue, only a soundtrack, the story unfolds through varied urban landscapes of Buffalo, with glimpses into how the School of Architecture and Planning has engaged the city’s historical and contemporary challenges. The exhibition at Time Space Existence will remain on display through November.

The local premiere of “See It Through Buffalo” is set for 7:15 p.m. Oct. 5 at the North Park Theatre, 1428 Hertel Ave., Buffalo. The film will be screened along with “The Rainbow Experiment,” an unrelated film. An additional screening for faculty, staff and students will take place at 6 p.m. Oct. 17 in 147 Diefendorf Hall.

The film was produced by John Paget and directed by Greg Delaney, clinical assistant professor of architecture at UB.

Students from the School of Architecture and Planning have been involved throughout the project, from production of the film and Time Space Existence exhibition, to participation in faculty-led workshops in Venice that explored international issues in urbanism through the lens of Buffalo.

Donors and a crowdfunding campaign supported the film’s creation and helped send students to Venice.