Flying Movies

I’ve never flown without having an overweight suitcase. This film explains why.

The very first images in the film set unprecedented standards in East German animated film: a Buñuelean eye that fills the entire screen,...

A folk comedy loosely based on the career of Danish inventor and aviation pioneer Jacob Christian Ellehammer. We follow Ellehammer, his loyal...

An emotionally childish man who never outgrows his childish fascination for flying, dreams of making his own aircraft which is considered foolish by...

The Jockstrap Raiders takes place during World War I in Leeds, England. A group of underdog misfits are excluded from the war due to various...

The film follows Lika, a young girl forced to flee the war with her little sister and mother, leaving her father behind. Haunted by fear and loss,...

Bobby Coote is in his eighties, but he still has a dream: one day he wants to fly. He has built himself a hangar, and he has a runway of sorts, all...

A psychedelic animated short about a flying cat.

1905, featuring Eduard Spelterini, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith.

Documentary about aviation

After Phyllis discovers that her daughter Cecilia can read, she’s torn between abiding to her slave owner’s commands or encouraging her...

Directed by Patrick Gramm, 'The Pigeon People' (2023) takes you deep into Arizona's underground pigeon racing scene as racing rivals prepare for and...

Pushkar finds a magic coat that fulfils wishes once someone wears it. Using it, he decides to impress the girl he loves and enter a dance reality...

Five Kiwis take on a paragliding adventure in Tanzania, with the ultimate aim to fly from the summit of Mt Kilimanjaro.

A biblical interpretation of airline safety instructions.

Matī Kütt’s experimental short animation plunges into the subconscious of a sick society. Through abstract, painted-on-film...

One night, while Alvin, the boring store clerk, is building yet another model plane at his desk, he shrinks to the size of his thumb and realizes his...

Three of the world’s best wingsuit flyers—Espen Fadnes, Ludovic (Ludo) Woerth and Jokke Sommer—set out on a global journey in...

Heckel and Jeckle decide it is too much trouble and time-consuming, not to mention wear-and-tear on their wings, to fly south for the winter, so they...