Documentary Short Movies

A documentary on classic character actors

The ocean is the origin of creation. We simply wouldn't be here without it. In this poetic short film, we explore our relationship with it, allowing...

A father has been fighting for the rights of his daughter since she consumed tainted milk powder, yet fails to be understood. With a focus on the...

This personal film is made up of landscape photos from the archive of the director's father, through which he returns to his life while exploring the...

The Flight of the Condor traces the global circulation of the melody “El Condor Pasa”: from the Andes mountains to global metropoles;...

When Nick Hurndon was six years old he and his two older brothers were set on fire by their stepfather in their San Francisco home. Now in his early...

Explores the role of the cabinetmaker in colonial America, including the tools and technology used to carve table legs, wooden hinges, and more.

Lynda Benglis was a visiting artist at CalArts in 1973 when she encouraged then-student Susan Mogul to explore video as a medium. "Big Tip/Back...

In the Peruvian mountains, rituals offer connection between participants and the divine. Resplendently realized in black and white by director...

Illustrates the behavior of boys organized in clubs, each of which is run either on democratic principles, an autocratic principles, or as a...

Urban renewal in New Castle, PA displaces black families. Thankfully manufactured homes are built on an old baseball diamond and Gary is happy again.

An insightful study of Filipino American family dynamics and psychologies, SILENT SACRIFICES delves into the cultural conflicts Filipino immigrants...

The web documentary Reza Urbana is an audiovisual section of the routine of some rezadeiras found in Salvador, and shows how important the...

The sea is the epitome of freedom for the Palestinians. But due to the restrictions on their freedom of movement, a majority of Palestinians have for...

Compilation of newsreel items: Launch of SS 'Prins der Nederlanden'; Competition of lorries; Queen Wilhelmina and prince Hendrik visit an exhibition...

A cinematic dysfunction based on found footage and manipulated lost films that come together to rethink modern society. The perversity of control,...

This film is about Japanese traditional bamboo craft.

The Dardenne brothers discuss their early documentary films, their relationship with Armand Gatti (who inspired them to become filmmakers), the...

From 1884 to 1914, a small belt of land between the British Gold Coast Colony and French-governed Dahomey was part of the German overseas empire in...