Documentary Short Movies

Sir Ernest Shackleton is a poignant absence in this fragment from the closing chapter in the Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration. The...

1902, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith

Released on August 3rd, 1919.

Fast food menu items come and go, but none have ignited lasting passion quite like A&W’s Whistle Dog. Selected at 42 film festivals in 15...

Several bouts are shown in this picture, and as the contestants frequently lift each other into mid air, and then throw, the effect is exciting and...

1901, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith

Renata is a survivor from ED (Eating disorder). In this documentary, she tell us the story of how she dealed with that problem, which had putted her...

Short documentary about Barbados directed by Gene Gregoret. Particular attention is given to showing the processing of cane sugar.

Released on March 30th, 1919. Produced by Burton Holmes.

Captured during the events of Euromaidan revolution in Kyiv, Ukraine, an expressive argument looks like something out of the movie by Sergio Leone....

The Line She Carries follows Inuk filmmaker and Indigenous Geographic co-founder Crystal Martin at a turning point, the end of her childbearing...

This Traveltalk short visits Hawaii's capital city.

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...

LIONESS A story of hope and survival in one of the world's most notorious slums, where one out of four girls is raped every year. This short...

Captures the violence and tenderness, alongside the dominance and submission, that is found in a single, intimate embrace.

Tut is a 52-year-old fisherman living in Kampot. In spite of the language barrier, he recounts for the first time and without any words his past...

Produced by Burton Holmes. Released on March 23rd, 1919.

1918, produced by Frederick Burlingham.

1901, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith