Documentary Short Movies

The first and last glimpse into the universe of iconic Spanish sculptor Xavier Corberó since his passing in 2017. A kaleidoscopic life and...

On the coast of the Arctic Ocean of Chukotka live people cut off from the world. Their life revolves around hunting walruses and whales and...

What do you call an Indian woman who's funny in 20th Century Britain? A British performer? A Black comedienne? An enigma? This humorous and comedic...

Filmed during Jonas Mekas’s travels through Italy in 1967, this short captures scenes from the country’s cities and countryside. The...

People from different ethnic backgrounds with "difficult" names by Western standards share their experience with moving through the world with an...

This short documentary looks at the animated art of Lotte Reiniger. We are taken through a demonstration by Lotte herself on the way she cut out,...

This behind the scenes documentary split across five chapters focuses on the many aspects of the filmmaking journey and includes interviews with lead...

The Numbers Start with the River is a 1971 American short documentary film about small-town life in Iowa. Produced by Donald Wrye for the United...

In 1996, in rural Albania, one of the first weddings recorded on video after the fall of communism captures a society at a moment of economic,...

This Traveltalk series short visits Sydney, Australia and its harbour.

A young boy's successful battle against cancer and his subsequent efforts to help other children overcome their fears of the illness.

As a Cholera epidemic rages in Haiti, the United Nations denies it is responsible for introducing the disease despite glaring evidence suggesting...

How to make porridge using a haybox.

A short documentary that tells the story of queer artist Heather Spooner and the adult pen pal program she created during the pandemic, featuring the...

Three arrested and detained undocumented immigrants must navigate the system to fight impending deportation.

Each of the stories celebrates pioneers of a national movement to engage encore workers, adults age 50+, in solving problems, meeting important...

Kang Aries and Kang Oca are two cultural observers of Kujang who try to provide a justification perspective on the Kujang Philosophy made by one of...

Short documentary made by Federico Valle and produced by Visugraphic Pictures for Argentinian newspaper La Nacion.

This documentary looks at the Nazi submarine threat, their fleet known as the "Wolf Pack," and how it almost helped to defeat the Allies in World War...

1902, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith