Official trailer for ‘The Hobby: Tales from the Tabletop’ Ringar
by Alex Billington
June 16, 2025
Source: YouTube
“People think of the monopoly – and that is certainly no longer that …” Brainstorm Media launched the complete trailer for a documentary film entitled The pastime: Table talesDirected by the Canadian filmmaker Doc Simon Ennis. This is a “film for the gamer and the trained, occasional beginners.” If you like to launch a dice and mix the cards, it’s the winning film! Board games are more than simple games in this affectionate portrait and focused on the characters of a diversified culture. The pastime: Table tales Doc is an overview of the culture of board games, according to various table players in the community. The film explores the passionate world of modern plates games, meeting amateurs who find the community and the meaning through the games. There are all kinds – competitive players, creators, occasional players, etc. It is a super cheesy look, entirely entertaining, only fascinating on this world. Focusing on how the interest in board games has taken off, with a brand new growing industry where people can create and sell their own games. This doc is delicious.
Official trailer (+ poster) for Simon Ennis doc The pastime: Table talesof Youtube:
Via CPH: Dox: “What can happen when you roll two dice? Everything, apparently. Because the dice, the auditors and the board of directors can be portals to something much bigger than a simple game. It is the community, emotion and participation – but it is also a question of winning! This doc takes us from the world championships of social matches in Las Vegas to dating and ancient Mesopotamia, because board games and the desire to play have deep roots. Through personal accounts, players around the world share fascinating stories of competition, passion, creativity and imagination, and on the way in which only one game can fill people and cultures. An affectionate portrait and focused on the characters of the culture of board games, it is a documentary film which reflects in inventively and charming ways of the importance of “meaning” activities in life.“” The pastime: Table tales is a doc directed by the filmmaker Doc Canada Simon Ennisdirector of films You could so well live,, Lunacy!And Man vs machine Previously, plus a number of other shorts and series. Produced by Justin Rebelo, Tina Pehme and Kim C. Roberts. This first was presented at the start of the SXSW 2024 film festival in Austin, TX. Brainstorm Media will make its debut The pastime: Table tales Doc in Canadian theaters starting June 20, 2025. And coming soon to VOD later this summer. Do you want to look?
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