Bricks in Motion

BRICKS IN MOTION is a feature length documentary that explores the lives of individuals involved in the hobby of creating stop-motion animated films with LEGO® bricks and other building toys. Filmed in five countries around the world, the film is a journey through the creative life and struggles of a diverse community of storytellers as they bring their spectacular visions to life.

2016-01-01 | en

The Hobby

Follows longtime collectors and a new generation of buyers from the trading card industry, diving deep into the real-time trading card fever as the hobby goes nuclear.

2024-02-16 | en

Grey Ambition

Canadian seniors over 65 are staying active through philanthropy, the arts, volunteerism, education, entrepreneurship, or the workplace. Profiled here are a fashion tycoon gone back to school in his 80s, a 95 year old who builds and flies airplanes, a competitive darts player and painter without hands, an entrepreneur, an avid community volunteer, and a couple in their 90s who continue to teach roller skating.

2014-09-17 | en

The Pigeon People

Directed by Patrick Gramm, 'The Pigeon People' (2023) takes you deep into Arizona's underground pigeon racing scene as racing rivals prepare for and compete in the Grand Canyon Classic - a 350-mile pigeon race from Utah to Arizona that crosses over the Grand Canyon.

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Cosplay, más que disfrazarse

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Hints and Hobbies No.11

Jiu-jitsu for ladies, how to get ink off a white apron and other life essentials courtesy of the 'Hints and Hobbies' team.

1926-02-03 | en

Kayak

A non-narrated view of the sport of kayaking. Slow-motion sequences with men and kayaks twisting through rolling rapids and gliding over placid lakes are intercut in this film to capture the excitement and beauty of the sport. The film is not designed to teach skills. - acmi.net

1970-01-01 | en

Meráki

2023-06-05 | pt

The Outdoorsman

Jason has made up his mind: he's going to live in the wilderness for a year. One problem: he's never been camping. While he's preparing, he meets Mona, a goal oriented corporate type who has just suffered a nervous breakdown at work. They fall in love but ultimately Jason must decide: follow his dream or his heart.

2017-10-28 | en

The Pigeon Cree

A pastel animation produced by Sheila Graber and based upon the short story by Sid Chaplin. Narrated by north east broadcaster Mike Neville the film tells the story of Geordie, a miner, and his love for his pigeons and the trials and tribulations of his passion which is very popular around the region. The face of Sid Chaplin is used as Geordie.

1986-01-01 | en

Cameron Esposito: Four Pills

In a 1-hour long stand-up special, Cameron Esposito guides the audience through the ups and downs of her bipolar disorder diagnosis, with detours to talk about her extremely unlucky dog, a near-deadly bacterial infection, and the things she learned during a stint in (virtual) divinity school.

2025-04-11 | en

piano!

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A Year in Notes and Numbers

A year’s worth of to-do lists confronts the unavoidable numbers that are part and parcel of an annual visit to the doctor. The quotidian and the corporeal mingle and mix. Family commitments, errands and artistic effusions trade places with the daunting reality of sugar, cholesterol, and bone.

2017-01-01 | en

Jack the Ripper's London

Merging both modern footage of what remains of the Jack the Ripper murder trail with some of the oldest and least known archive materials captured from police records, press and documents of the time. Some graphic content included. Get a glimpse of unsolved historical murders that went on to create one of the most notorious and famous characters to have never been caught in the last 2 centuries.

2002-01-01 | en

¿Quién soy yo?

The documentary directed by Estela Bravo collects the story of girls, boys and young people who were able to recover their true identity thanks to the struggle of the Grandmothers of Plaza de Mayo. The documentary gives an account of the tireless task undertaken by Estela de Carlotto in the search for the stolen granddaughters and grandsons, as well as to reveal the true story of the horror perpetuated by the last civic-military dictatorship in Argentina.

2007-10-20 | es

Elsa Laula Renberg

A documentary about Elsa Laula Renberg, a South Sámi activist.

2017-02-06 | no

I Trollkarlens Hatt

2015-10-23 | sv

Pavlensky. Life Naked

Pavlensky/Pawlenski, artist and activist, is leading the way in forging social change in Russia. Through an multiple courageous performances, he acts as society's conscience in the face of an increasingly totalitarian state. From lying naked in a coil of barbed wire, to nailing his scrotum to the floor of Red Square, his acts of defiance aim to spark debate and catalyse reform. This documentary follows his mission to challenge the state.

2016-12-01 | ru

A Place I've Never Been

The absurd wealth of typical tourist photos that can be found online allows for new forms of archaeology. A frame-by-frame reconstruction of generic behaviour. Although the animation of photos can never become a surrogate for the restoration of ancient ruins, it does reveal all sorts of patterns and references.

2015-01-01 | de

Colossal Cave

Plato's allegory of the cave is often read as a prefiguration of cinema. Yet this film illustrates how online gaming was born from a network of caves. The reconstruction of one couple's hobby, spending all their time in the world's largest cave system, leads us to the conception of a pioneering video game.

2016-11-19 | en