MANiFEST

MANiFEST was a brickfilming competition hosted by Ben Young on Bricks in Motion in 2021. It was the eleventh official Bricks in Motion summer contest, following the Fright and Fear Contest in 2020, and the first hosted by Young. The aim of the contest was to encourage experimentation in brickfilming, with greater freedom than the average brickfilm contest, and with entrants encouraged to consider styles or combinations of mediums that are not commonly seen in brickfilming. The contest received 30 accepted entries, which can be seen here. The name of the contest was inspired by a quote from pioneering experimental filmmaker Maya Deren, "Myth is the facts of the mind made manifest in a fiction of matter". It was followed by a second iteration of the same contest, MANiiFEST, the following year.

Judging and prizes
The contest was judged by a panel consisting of Seán Willis, William Osborne, Lucas Mass, and Ben Young. Like the preceding Bricks in Motion Summer contests, no formal set of judging criteria was used, but consideration was given to overall creativity, originality, and interpretation of the contest's theme and spirit.

Prizes were awarded to the top three placing entrants, in a prize pool format. The three prizes available were a copy of Dragonframe 4 including Bluetooth controller, a Brickstuff Pico LED light board starter kit, and the LEGO set 31118 Surfer Beach House.

List of all entries: {| class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="min-width:100%;" !data-sort-type="text" style="width:50%"|Film Name !data-sort-type="text"|Director
 * The 15 FPS Bandit || Dylan "Psycho Stopmotion Bros." Landes
 * The Citizen of the Year 2021 edit || Seán Willis
 * Colour - Manifest Cut || Jonny Gilbert & Nathaniel Fargo ("Paradox Studios")
 * Dancing With Nobody || "Vertical Bricks"
 * day in the life of Johnny mconny. || "toadproductions"
 * Endless Chase || Cody Salvesen
 * foreign || "BlueBrick"
 * Golabi (The Pear) || Shahriar Khalvati
 * hot dogs?? || "Ziltrag"
 * In my mind chopping rules || Ilmari Teekkinen
 * Interpretation || Ian "Brickwood Studios" R.
 * jker dies || "egg mcguffin"
 * -KINGDOM- || Kaleb Barkman
 * LEGO Medieval Battle || "Mystery Bros Films"
 * LEGO Outdoor Car Chase Brickfilm || "QuickBrick"
 * low effort MANiFEST animation || Tom "BrickGuffinWolffe" Torrisi
 * Mask || "minideliciouspant"
 * Milking a Reindeer || "Flat Earth Productions"
 * Orcs in space || Lewis "duffosaur" Duffield
 * A Perfect Picnic || Joshua Armell
 * PLANET Pogreoul Part 2 || Stephen "Jedindy ANIMATION" Harrison
 * Plastic Puppet Theater || Joshua Nelson
 * Plinks || Rodolfo "Roody" Beguiristain
 * A Question Before The Board || "JO Co"
 * Rancho - pilot unfinished scenes || Stephany Melissa Alfaro Barrera
 * REWIND || Fin "Brickmaster Studio" Krueger
 * the silent one || "One With The Stud"
 * STUCK || Keyaan Vegdani
 * Surfing On Mars || "TurtleFlight Studios"
 * YOU & I || Joel "JaguarBrickFilms" Meyer
 * low effort MANiFEST animation || Tom "BrickGuffinWolffe" Torrisi
 * Mask || "minideliciouspant"
 * Milking a Reindeer || "Flat Earth Productions"
 * Orcs in space || Lewis "duffosaur" Duffield
 * A Perfect Picnic || Joshua Armell
 * PLANET Pogreoul Part 2 || Stephen "Jedindy ANIMATION" Harrison
 * Plastic Puppet Theater || Joshua Nelson
 * Plinks || Rodolfo "Roody" Beguiristain
 * A Question Before The Board || "JO Co"
 * Rancho - pilot unfinished scenes || Stephany Melissa Alfaro Barrera
 * REWIND || Fin "Brickmaster Studio" Krueger
 * the silent one || "One With The Stud"
 * STUCK || Keyaan Vegdani
 * Surfing On Mars || "TurtleFlight Studios"
 * YOU & I || Joel "JaguarBrickFilms" Meyer
 * Plinks || Rodolfo "Roody" Beguiristain
 * A Question Before The Board || "JO Co"
 * Rancho - pilot unfinished scenes || Stephany Melissa Alfaro Barrera
 * REWIND || Fin "Brickmaster Studio" Krueger
 * the silent one || "One With The Stud"
 * STUCK || Keyaan Vegdani
 * Surfing On Mars || "TurtleFlight Studios"
 * YOU & I || Joel "JaguarBrickFilms" Meyer
 * the silent one || "One With The Stud"
 * STUCK || Keyaan Vegdani
 * Surfing On Mars || "TurtleFlight Studios"
 * YOU & I || Joel "JaguarBrickFilms" Meyer
 * Surfing On Mars || "TurtleFlight Studios"
 * YOU & I || Joel "JaguarBrickFilms" Meyer
 * YOU & I || Joel "JaguarBrickFilms" Meyer

Results

 * 1. || Plastic Puppet Theater || Joshua Nelson
 * 2. || STUCK || Keyaan Vegdani
 * 3. || Plinks || Rodolfo "Roody" Beguiristain
 * 4. || Colour - Manifest Cut || Jonny Gilbert and Nathaniel Fargo ("Paradox Studios")
 * 5. || A Question Before The Board || "JO Co"
 * 6. || In my mind chopping rules || Ilmari Teekkinen
 * 7. || -KINGDOM- || Kaleb Barkman
 * 8. || Endless Chase || Cody Salvesen
 * 9. || Rancho - pilot unfinished scenes || Stephany Melissa Alfaro Barrera
 * 10. || A Perfect Picnic || Joshua Armell
 * 6. || In my mind chopping rules || Ilmari Teekkinen
 * 7. || -KINGDOM- || Kaleb Barkman
 * 8. || Endless Chase || Cody Salvesen
 * 9. || Rancho - pilot unfinished scenes || Stephany Melissa Alfaro Barrera
 * 10. || A Perfect Picnic || Joshua Armell
 * 9. || Rancho - pilot unfinished scenes || Stephany Melissa Alfaro Barrera
 * 10. || A Perfect Picnic || Joshua Armell
 * 10. || A Perfect Picnic || Joshua Armell
 * 10. || A Perfect Picnic || Joshua Armell