Documentary Short Movies

CAFÉ TOGO looks at the efforts to change street names with colonial connotations in the so-called Afrikanisches Viertel (African Quarter) in...

Account of the first French expedition to the Himalayas, which attempted to climb the hidden peak (Gasherbrum I) in 1936, from the preparations for...

Documentary about a man remembering his struggles while floating on a boat down a river.

Single Stream explores a recycling facility in the Boston area, where hundreds of tons of refuse are sorted daily. Blurring the line between...

Travelogue released on November 11th, 1916. Produced by Burton Holmes.

A fragmented collection of legends born from the rubble of the catastrophic Friuli Earthquake of May 6, 1976.

An essay film critiquing post-war France's urban developments – Pialat states that modernity and suburban convenience have limited Parisian...

Sex. Something that is part of human nature. Everyone does it and strives to have their happily ever after… Right? In a society where...

Soccer champion and women’s sports advocate Ashlyn Harris is telling her full story for the first time ever, sharing her triumphs and defeats...

Akerman, by using 360° camera pans, explores the space of a small room like a succession of still lifes : a chair, fruits on a table, solitary...

A heartwarming exploration of a community art project by photographer Tawfik Elgazzar providing free portraits for locals and passers-by in Sydney,...

A short documentary film that explains why ancestral languages are dying and promotes their preservation.

In a quiet village, a puppeteer works peacefully on a new project. This gains unexpected momentum when he decides to take in refugees from eastern...

Unable to return to Colombia, Francisco Godoy searches for belonging in the Netherlands. Alongside fellow newcomers Liu and Aleksandr, he rebuilds...

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...

A satirical archive-based portrait spanning 30 years that follows the rise of Christian cinema’s most visible presence, David A.R. White, and...

An affecting observational documentary about the education of youngsters with learning disabilities at two Rudolph Steiner schools, in Bristol and...

short documentary film on an Icelandic whaling station

In recent years, more than 2,500 books have been removed from school districts around the US, labeled as banned, restricted, or challenged, and made...

A look at the unusual process used in the making of the film Shortbus (2006) featuring interviews, behind the scenes footage and clips from the...