Documentary Short Movies

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

A grandmother, mother, and daughter quarantine together in a Tribeca apartment as they laugh about life over wine.

Refuge(e) traces the incredible journey of two refugees, Alpha and Zeferino. Each fled violent threats to their lives in their home countries and...

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...

In 1945, Allied troops invaded Germany and liberated Nazi death camps. They found unspeakable horrors which still haunt the world’s conscience....

Set against the landscape of 80s teen culture and the dawn of yuppiedom, this documentary relishes 'Risky Business' for having the brains to break...

Choreography of familiar gestures that the author was able to spice up with a peculiar and original perspective.

1924, produced by Frederick Burlingham.

Filmed during Jonas Mekas’s travels through Italy in 1967, this short captures scenes from the country’s cities and countryside. The...

1903, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith

The way of life for people living along the tropic of Capricorn in Queensland 1965. Farming and mining are the main industries in this area of...

A look at the cinematographers, editors, musicians, production designers and other talent of the Dirty Harry series.

A promotional documentary short celebrating the 20th anniversary of Paramount Pictures, complete with a studio history, interviews with stars, and...

Frank Ormiston-Smith, the pioneer mountaineering photograher and filmmaker, filmed in 1906 the ascent to several towers in the Cinque Torri area in...

Chris Renfro doesn’t just grow and harvest grapes on a hillside high above San Francisco’s Highway 280 to make delicious local wine. He...

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...

Released in 1920, produced by Frederick Burlingham.

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...

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...