Documentary Short Movies

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

A satire on celebrity with a cacophony of gossip merchants, publicists, and “a host of stars.”

A man wanders around an abandoned hospital. Years after their last encounter, someone whose life he saved seeks him out in his old office, so that...

This short explores the possibility that Louis XVII, son of King Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette, escaped death during the French Revolution and was...

Latvia is home to almost one fifth of the world’s population of the lesser spotted eagle, yet their number is endangered. Uģis Bergmanis...

The making of “The Devil’s Backbone” by Guillermo del Toro.

Strangers in the Dark is an experimental film about how light pollution makes a glow-worm’s love life a living hell. Combining different...

Tardigrades—tiny creatures just one millimeter in size—exhibit extraordinary adaptability.

1924, produced by Frederick Burlingham.

1918, produced by Frederick Burlingham.

Documentary on the making of the film featuring interviews with distributor Julian Schlossberg and actor Joyce Van Patten.

Witness the world of two sex workers in Toronto, who share their experiences in the industry and discuss the emotional labour involved in responding...

Breaking a centuries-old taboo, Ava stands as the first woman in Iran to master the male-dominated craft of carpentry. Within the grit and clamor of...

While most teens spend their days in a self-absorbed haze, Simon Jackson was out in the world connecting with anyone who could help him save the...

A cell phone was the only thing that kept Yonas, an Eritrean refugee, connected to Jérôme, the French journalist who wanted to tell his...

The birdlife of Northumberland's Farne Islands comes under the spotlight.

"Flammes de Pierre" is the first documentary made by Gaston Rébuffat himself in 1947. It depicts Rébuffat in full ascent of the Flammes...