LARPing Saved My Life (2015)

Danny (Paul Rudd) y Wheeler (Seann William Scott) son comerciales de una bebida energética. Tras estrellar el vehículo de la empresa son arrestados, y sentenciados a completar 150 horas de servicio a la comunidad haciendo de mentores de niños. Mala idea...

Comedia de aventuras fantásticas dirigida por Joe Lynch con unos jugadores de rol en vivo, es decir, que juegan a un juego de rol a campo abierto y en tiempo real, que accidentalmente traerán a un demonio de verdad al mundo.

Cuando en 1980 un estudiante de la Universidad de Pensylvania desaparece misteriosamente, se descubre que pertenecía a un grupo de estudiantes obsesionados por un juego fantástico: "Mazes and Monsters". Juntos habían creado un mundo de terrores ficticios y tesoros deslumbrantes capaz de llenarlos de satisfacción, pero dieron un paso más allá de lo permitido y convirtieron el juego en realidad.

A MODERN MEDIEVAL SAGA, The Wild Hunt tells the story of Erik Magnusson, a young man who decides to follow his estranged girlfriend Evelyn into a medieval re-enactment game when he discovers that she has been seduced by one of the players. As the down-to-earth Erik treks deeper into the game in search of his love, he inadvertently disrupts the delicate balance of the make believe fantasy-land. Passions are unleashed. Rules are broken. Reality and fantasy collide. The good-hearted game turns into a tragedy of mythic proportion... Capturing the culture of costume play and the potentially dangerous intersection of real and made-up worlds, The Wild Hunt is a timely and potent comment on the consuming nature of adopting another identity, even within a game, and the modern yearning for ritual.

Welcome to Monster Camp, the true story about a world where people transform into creatures, heroes, and monsters to escape their daily lives. In the vein of Lord of the Rings, World of Warcraft, and Dungeons and Dragons; these enthusiasts have developed a complicated world to bring their fantasies to life. Romantic relationships are forged between characters. Friendships are destroyed over plot disputes. Characters are slain and never return. But keeping this world alive takes a lot of real world work. And unless someone is willing to take charge, the fantasy may be lost forever.

Darkon is an award-winning feature-length documentary film that follows the real-life adventures of the Darkon Wargaming Club in Baltimore, Maryland, a group of fantasy live-action role-playing (LARP) gamers.

The Dungeon Masters explores the subculture of role-playing games, specifically Dungeons & Dragons, which for over 30 years has offered gamers the chance to escape their mundane lives and participate in a world they might otherwise never experience. Popularity and power are based on creativity and imagination rather than social status or wealth, and success is based not on who you know but on what you do.

A coming of age saga about a 14-year old boy whose life alternates between the medieval fantasy kingdom of Adria and the real world trials of a challenging adolescence.

El documental del universo rolero de Mundo de Tinieblas explora el fenómeno que durante los años noventa surgió a raíz de Vampiro: la mascarada. Su influencia alcanzó a la literatura, la moda, el cine y las series de televisión, pero sobre todo impactó en sus fans. Una aproximación a este fenómeno con miles de seguidores en todo el mundo. "World of Darkness: El Documental" se adentra en el fenómeno creado en los años 90 por el juego de rol de culto, Vampiro: La Mascarada, y por su posterior adaptación del videojuego World of Darkness.

Every year during summer one of the biggest battles of mankind takes place amidst the hillsides of middle earth. Knights, elves and magicians are fighting orcs and the dark powers. What looks like a scene from Lord of the Rings actually takes place in a field in Germany, where thousands of role players meet to plunge into a fantasy world of their own. More than 250.000 people in Germany regularly make this transition. The documentary accompanies five role players in their daily lives and their parallel ones. Where does their yearning for a shared world of fantasy come from? What does this reveal about our hectic, technological life? Sunday warriors is a film about the passion for playing and the ambition to exceed your limits.

Haunted by childhood traumas, Veera is trying to become more independent through live-action role-playing. As she guides herself and her mentally challenged brother through worlds of multiple roles and identities, witches and wizards, she finds the courage to face the demons of her own past and her abusive father’s legacy.

Über Goober focuses on the often-misunderstood, sometimes-controversial, and always-kind-of-geeky world of Gamers. Director Steve Metze examines several different groups including historical miniature gamers, role-players, and those known simply as "LARPers." The film also explores opposition from religious groups, negative media portrayals, and some of the meanest 'man-on-the-street' interviews ever committed to video. Meet the Gamers, learn their exotic language, see their bizarre rituals, gasp at their semi-authentic costumes, and thrill to the painting techniques on their miniatures!

Follows two years in the life of Greg Sommer, aka Skull Man, as he builds the Canadian chapter of Box Wars, an international underground movement of cardboard-based combat.

Caught between two worlds, one real and one imagined, three filmmakers have travelled 4000-miles across Europe to understand Live Action Role-Play (LARP), the hobby where these worlds collide. In its essence, LARP is an extension of how you experienced games as a child. When tabletop games grew too big for the board, players put down their dice, picked up their swords, and have been playing make-believe ever since. The culmination of years-old conversations in a local pub, Treasure Trapped is part-documentary, part-road movie; a film that charts the journey of Mike, Al and Nick, as they explore this often misunderstood pastime. Casting a unique look over a worldwide community that is known for its eccentricities, this project aspires to bring the hobby to the masses. Game on!

A documentary about three people with an extraordinary hobby: live Game (LARP). A weekend to be someone else, experience adventure, fight battles, be a child again; recovery from reality and yourself.

Meet Jon Gallagher, a LARPer with Asperger's syndrome, and see how LARPing helps him make friends, learn social skills, get a job, and in many ways, saves his life.

For some it's a cathartic release, and for others a means of escape, but for everyone who chooses to commit the time and expenses of doing it, Live-Action Role-Playing is addictive fun that allows fully grown adults to engage in the magical realm of make-believe-- a place that, as we all age, becomes increasingly less accessible.

Documental que recoge la vida de Bruce Lee, una de las mayores leyendas de las artes marciales. El especial cuenta con la participación de familiares, amigos y personalidades del cine y el deporte como Mickey Rourke o Kobe Bryant.

Star Wars cambió para siempre la manera de hacer, ver y oir el cine, transformó al propio Hollywood e influyó en toda una generación. Este documental de dos horas y media de duración revela el trasfondo de la serie de películas independientes con más éxito de la historia. Es la saga de un “outsider” de Hollywood llamado George Lucas, y de una serie de películas de bajo presupuesto, hechas realidad a base de trabajo y dedicación, que reescribió la reglas de la cinematografía. Es la historia de un cineasta independiente que tuvo que innovar e inventar una forma completamente nueva de crear películas.

Nuevo documental del responsable de Baraka, filmado a lo largo de cinco años en veinticinco países de cinco continentes.