Documentary Short Movies

2023
A Shelter
A Shelter
02023HD
Sainath, age 25, is a film student in Pune, India and his grandmother, Sunila, age 80, lives far afield in the village of Merces in Goa, India. They...
1964
Life in Australia: Mount Gambier
Life in Australia: Mount Gambier
01964HD
Made by the Department of Immigration to entice immigrants from Great Britain, this film shows an idyllic picture of life in the South Australian...
2026
Middle of Nowhere
Middle of Nowhere
02026HD
Kakuma means "middle of nowhere." It's also where Mo Jabari is from, a refugee camp in Kenya where seasons were sandstorms and survival was not a...
1979
Costa Rica Banana Republic
Costa Rica Banana Republic
01979HD
This film was originally made for the International Conference on Human Settlements (HABITAT) which was held in Vancouver, Canada. Taking as an...
1992
Joannis Amelii, animula vagula blandula
Joannis Amelii, animula vagula blandula
71992HD
1918
Allied War Heroes Arrive in Switzerland
Allied War Heroes Arrive in Switzerland
01918HD
1918, produced by Frederick Burlingham.
1934
The Aiguille Verte
The Aiguille Verte
01934HD
The ascent of the Aiguille Verte in the Mont Blanc Massif by the ridge of the Moine. Two climbers, the mountain, and the rope. No plot, no tragedy,...
1958
The Isle Of Man
The Isle Of Man
01958HD
Featuring the sites and sounds of the Isle of Man in 1958.
2013
The Secret of Trees
The Secret of Trees
52013HD
13-year-old inventor Aidan has discovered that trees use a mathematical formula to gather sunlight in crowded forests. Now he wonders why we don't...
1985
Tango
Tango
01985HD
A brief history of the emergence and artistic innovations of tango in 19th-century Argentina and Europe. The film offers a mosaic of tango melodies,...
2002
It Ain't As Easy As It Looks... (...a.k.a. the Making of 'The Cat's Meow')
It Ain't As Easy As It Looks... (...a.k.a. the Making of 'The Cat's Meow')
02002HD
A documentary behind the scenes of Peter Bogdanovich's 'The Cat's Meow' (2001).
2013
Pusharatas: A Biloxi-Croatian Tradition
Pusharatas: A Biloxi-Croatian Tradition
02013HD
Every year at Christmas, the women of the Slavonian Ladies' Auxiliary celebrate their culinary heritage by getting together to make pusharatas (a...
2021
Against the Tide
Against the Tide
62021HD
A remote and wild island on the west coast of Scotland is home to a small group of people that live in deep connection with the land, the sea and the...
1918
The Melting Pot of the Pacific
The Melting Pot of the Pacific
01918HD
Travelogue produced by Burton Holmes. Released on June 3rd, 1918.
1919
In Brittany
In Brittany
01919HD
Travelogue produced by Burton Holmes. Released on December 21st, 1919.
2021
The Function of Fiction is the Abstraction and Simulation of Social Experience
The Function of Fiction is the Abstraction and Simulation of Social Experience
62021HD
Image production is fiction-weaving. Together with Sheena Absalud, we spent an entire day in Pride Month in my room documenting ourselves using...
1970
Después del Fuego
Después del Fuego
01970HD
1961
After Mein Kampf?
After Mein Kampf?
91961HD
By combining actual footage with reenactments, this film offers both a documentary and fictional account of the life of Adolf Hitler, from his...
2022
In Their Name
In Their Name
02022HD
Filmmaker Peter Hegedus embarks on the challenging journey to make Sorella's Story, an immersive 360° film set on the beaches of Latvia in...
2023
Piblokto
Piblokto
02023HD
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...