Documentary Short Movies

Soon enough humankind will ascend to space. Who can join that mission? Who has to stay behind? In some places it has already started. Men 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...

A dedicated dance teacher continues inspiring his current and former students even after the arts high school in Gary, Indiana where he's taught for...

Making of Jean Luc Godard's Alphaville (1965)

Water Birds is a 1952 short documentary film directed by Ben Sharpsteen. The film delves into the still waters of lagoons and marshes to the wild...

In a greenhouse in England, a military veteran talks about his experiences as a soldier in Afghanistan. Clement Boland served with the British Army...

1924, produced by Frederick Burlingham.

Noemí, an Ayuukjä'äy woman reflects on the loss of her native tongue with a voice that blends into day to day life in Cerro Costoche...

A discovery of the pictorial art that Ndebele women traditionally practice in South Africa: painting the walls of their houses.

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...

Allegations of a significant elephant-poaching problem in Botswana have sparked a political row between the president and his predecessor. As...

New documentary by Mexican filmmaker Sonia Fritz about a forgotten town in Puerto Rico.

In 1886, the United States Department of Agriculture ambitiously commissioned watercolour illustrations of over 3,000 fruit cultivars. In 2019, this...

1924, produced by Frederick Burlingham.

1924, produced by Frederick Burlingham.

Moscow, January 1948. In the bitter cold, a large crowd attends the State Funeral of the Yiddish actor and director Solomon Mikhoels. An official...

Fidgeting fish, dancing on the train, big stages – we scroll through a phone gallery. How do you find your own identity between ever-changing...

A teen with autism unlocks a joyous world of self-expression as she shares her voice for the first time using a letter board.

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