THEME EXPLORATION

DIY construction

11 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Home Made Home
Home Made Home
1951 · Jack Kinney
Concrete Grandma
Concrete Grandma
1986 · Mai Zetterling
Idlers That Work
Idlers That Work
1949 · Lindsay Anderson
Skyscraper
Skyscraper
1959 · Shirley Clarke
Storstrøm Bridge
Storstrøm Bridge
1950 · Carl Theodor Dreyer
The Boat
The Boat
1921 · Buster Keaton
Union Pacific
Union Pacific
1939 · Cecil B. DeMille
The Ghost and the Darkness
The Ghost and the Darkness
1996 · Stephen Hopkins
Getting to Know the Big Wide World
Getting to Know the Big Wide World
1978 · Kira Muratova
Golden Balls
Golden Balls
1993 · Bigas Luna
Microbe and Gasoline
Microbe and Gasoline
2015 · Michel Gondry
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Werner Herzog Germany

His films obsessively document human determination to build and construct against impossible odds, from architectural ambitions to personal visions.

 Alejandro González Iñárritu Mexico

His work explores how individuals construct meaning, identity, and narratives through personal effort and creative transformation in modern life.

 Agnès Varda France

She championed DIY aesthetics and grassroots creation, celebrating how ordinary people build art, community, and resistance through improvisation and resourcefulness.