The World of Brickfilms Podcast LOTWStudios

In our first-ever post-results livestream, we talk to first place winner of THAC 2024, ForlornCreature  about his film 'I Remember You', alongside the entire judging team of THAC (including William and Sean), Jay Silver,  Roody, and AOWGamer. We also talk in-depth about the Top 10, as well as 25th-23rd place, as we had an audio issue during the BiM Results stream and our discussion couldn't be heard. *Mild language warning*




=Brickfilms Showcase=

25th Place - Castaway's Dream by Formal Lens24th Place - The Journey on a Head by Procreeper23rd Place - A Hero's Journey by Flannelshirtguy10th Place - Bury That Body by JOCo9th Place - Dangerous to go Alone by MindGame8th Place - The Journey: A Head by Austin Ramey and Sean Willets7th Place - Lost in the Current by Nurtnaut6th Place - Dance of Shadows by AeroNomad5th Place - Planet L611 by Toadproductions and Corbanzofilms4th Place - Claire by 2x4 Productions3rd Place - A Son's Purpose by Daragh Twomey and Steve Collins2nd Place - Highway 67 by Jacob Crow1st Place - I Remember You by ForlornCreature

In this episode, we talk to David Pagano, creator of the Little Guys movies, co-creator of The LEGO Animation Book with David Pickett, and much much more. We talk about his long and varied brickfilming career, how commercial brickfilm content has changed over the years, and the more recent projects he has been working on.

=The Brickfilm Showcase=
“Reality (what a Concept)” (2004) by Mark Butler “The Most Stupid Video on YouTube Ever” (2010) by Steffen Troeger“Greedy Bricks” (2004) by Mirko Horstmann

In this episode, we speak to Austrian Brickfilmers Andreas Bitzan of A&M Studios and Alexander Leitner of Legostudio01, winners of the Steinerei Jury Prize 2022, about their film Escape, their history of partaking in previous Steinerei years, and the experience of premiering Brickfilms on the big screen.

A&M Studios: https://www.youtube.com/user/Cocotatam

Legostudio01: https://www.youtube.com/user/Legostudio01



=Brickfilm Showcase=


Goethe - Found" (2006) - by Steffan Troeger and Sandra Abele

"Goethe: Erlkonig" (2013) - by Martin Kreienmeier

"The Mountains" (2021) - by Paul Kubica


"Der Funfte" (2009) - by Eine Boony & 2XMW Studios


"Day of the Sun" (2013) - by Nicht Gedreht

In this episode we talk to the 1st place winner of THAC 2023, AeroNomad about his film Unwavering Dedication, classic LEGO video games, motivated lighting, and the power of collaboration.

AeroNomad: https://youtu.be/QHKcYNq0Hmc

In this episode of the podcast we talk to the winner of BRAWL 2022, Phil of BrickTavernFilms about his and his brother’s entry Endless, the attention to detail that goes into creating worlds with large-scale sets, and the process behind perfecting motion graphics. 

BrickTavernFilms: https://www.youtube.com/c/BrickTavernFilms   

=BRAWL Top 20= 

20th - “AGAIN” by Corbanzo Films

19th - “Coffee gave me my big break” by Robukka

18th - “A Fellow and His Gunpowder” by Nik Stroganov

17th - “Captain Stewart and the Gonkers - The Genies curse” by toadproductions

16th - “Sherlock Holmes and the Curator’s Case” by Star Brick Studios 

15th - “The Eternal Soldier” by Adventures Ensue

14th - “More Like a Cereal Killer” by Nurtnaut

13th - “Echoes of a Humdrum Existence” by AeroNomad

12th - “Birds From a Lunchroom Window” by Sullivan Manning

11th - “The Paradisa Far Away” by Stanely Q-Brick

10th - “Jugu Part 1" & "Jugu Part 2" by Joshua Nelson and 2x4 Productions

9th - “Time For Pie” by LOTW Studios

8th - “Gluttony” by AngryCatBrickfilm

7th - “The LEGO Backrooms - Pipe Dreams” by Twisted Bricks

6th - “Out For Lunch” by Sillypenta

5th - “REBIRTH” by Lewis Townley, Andrew Foley, Thomas "Dragon Brick Studios" Gibson, Levi "Darth Levee" Johnson, and Jared Van Bever

4th - “Can Dogs Wear Pants?” by Ziltrag

3rd - “Game of Telephone” by Formal Lens

2nd - “Vibrant” by Chaizin

1st - “Endless” by BrickTavernFilms

In memory of Tony Mines (1978-2022).  

Back in May, we had the honour of speaking to both Tony Mines and Tim Drage of Spite Your Face. Tony was suffering from terminal cancer at the time of recording, but despite this, was more than happy to participate in the podcast and share many stories of working together with Tim over the years. They were both great to talk with and they would go on to talk extensively about the process of making their most iconic films and give insight into their various inspirations and influences. 

The other week, I made this episode available to members of the Bricks in Motion Patreon with the intent of releasing it to the public that following Wednesday. Just before I did so, we would hear the news of Tony's passing, that previous weekend. Given this news, we wanted to delay the release of the episode.  Tony Mines and Tim Drage of Spite Your Face are a massive inspiration to so many people in the Brickfilming community; from some of the online pioneers, even to newer brickfilmers who started way into the time of YouTube. It is no exaggeration to say that they kickstarted so many people’s brickfilming journeys and are some of the first brickfilms many of us would have ever seen - myself included. Tony Mines was a true legend of the Brickfilming Community and the LEGO Community more broadly, and his legacy will live on for generations to come.