Action! If there’s one word associated with cinema, the tension of movie sets, and the focus of attention, it’s this one. Action is very often at the heart of popular cinema: Harold Lloyd hanging from the clock hands in Safety Last! (1923), Cary Grant threatened and strafed by a plane in North by Northwest (1959), Franka Potente gasping for air in Run Lola Run (1998)... Westerns, swashbuckler films, martial arts or adventure flicks, thrillers, all these genres rely on action—sometimes frenetic, sometimes meticulously measured.
From movies by Sergei Eisenstein to Gilles Carle, from John Ford to John Boorman and Werner Herzog, via Paul Verhoeven, Kathryn Bigelow, Park Chan-wook, Érik Canuel, and Nicolas Winding Refn, this series will take you through the full range of emotions, from laughter to thrills, from fear to satisfaction.
Winner of the Academy Award, Golden Globe, and BAFTA for Best Animated Feature Film in 2013
In medieval Scotland, the spirited Merida, daughter of King Fergus and Queen Elinor, has no desire to become queen. She defies tradition and established rules, preferring instead to master archery. Her determination will bring chaos to the kingdom, and she will have to thwart a terrible curse.
Mark Andrews, Brenda Chapman
Mark Andrews is an American filmmaker, animator, and storyboard artist. He is best known for directing the Pixar feature film Brave (2012) alongside Brenda Chapman, who became the first woman to win the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature with this film. Also and American filmmaker, animator, and storyboard artist, Chapman is known to be the first woman to direct an animated feature from a major studio, DreamWorks Animation's The Prince of Egypt (1998).
