Documentary Short Movies

The cast and crew talk about the core themes of the film and the seeds of the film.

A series of impromptu interviews with Hal Hartley, Adrienne Shelly, and some of Hartley's other most frequent collaborators on his style, career, and...

In a small fishermen's village in the Azores, an enormous whale is being jointed, carved and stocked. Once this task is over, the whalers ready...

The Wilhelm Scream has made an appearance in hundreds of films, TV shows, video games, and commercials over the past 70 years. Now discover the story...

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

Documentary on the Mayan culture.

This short follows a day of work for an Everglades wildlife trapper catching animals for zoos around America. In this film, his assignment is to go...

The same submarine which successfully captured the world's first moving images of a giant squid in its natural habitat is used for exploring the deep...

"Duel" describes the clash of two athletes, shot putters David Davis and Alfred Sosgórnik.

Set in a semi-urban coastal village of Kerala, “Beneath the Wings of Rosary Beads” follows a fishing community where faith and labor...

Making of Moontide talking about the production of the movie.

Set during the 30th LGBTTTIQ+ Pride March in Tijuana, this short documentary presents a queer archivist whose career as a journalist has documented...

Travelogue released on the 8th of January, 1917. Produced by Burton Holmes.

Join the majestic Olympic elk as they traverse the alpine path from their winter home in the lowland shadow of Washington's Mount Olympus, to the...

A short film made for S4C and Channel 4 about the history of the whaling industry and how our view of these animals has changed over time. Winner of...

The past drags itself into the present day, taking us back to the era of the Dominican Republic's greatest dictator, while we explore the traces of...

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

Nature documentary meets Disney-style cute in this Animaland animated short.