Documentary Short Movies

Fred Parke's thesis film on facial modeling at the University of Utah is an early landmark in computer animation.

In the male dominated society of Iran, Farahnaz Shiri, the first female bus driver in Tehran, has made her own little society in her bus. In Iran...

An in-depth documentary on the behind-the-scenes of the 1990 Canuck cult classic The Final Sacrifice.

Jeena issi ka naam hein - Akhil Balamsheikh, 21/09/2025

A brief but immersive travel short capturing Egypt through the lens, a personal yet cinematic look at a timeless destination.

Hearing Films is a portrait of Joe Sidarose, a blind film lover who experiences cinema through sound, rhythm, and feeling. His world of film is...

Daphne, a transgender performer, and LGBTQ educator based in Milan, navigates two worlds: by day, she juggles work, friendships, and dating apps; by...

From the streets of Japan, where stance cars caught their name, to the rustic roads of Montana, OUTSIDE explores the layered world of stance culture...

Aim High is a recipient of the San Francisco Community Leadership Awards "for closing the achievement gap through programs that inspire a love of...

Interview with multi-disciplinary artist Liv Edwards discussing her work The World Turning Honest which focuses on Women's reproductive rights,...

Costa Rica, 1987. Amidst state violence and the HIV crisis rattling diverse communities, a 33-year-old prepares to debut as a drag queen at one of...

A personal look into master carpenter Richard Grell’s woodworking skills and techniques, as he crafts traditional Windsor Chairs from trees...

"Why we’re all paying so much more for Netflix, and what we can do about it."

This short documentary focuses on traditional wood-working skills in the Cree community of Chipewyan Lake, Alberta. This first part of the film...

This short documentary focuses on traditional wood-working skills in the Cree community of Chipewyan Lake, Alberta. This second part of the film...

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...

Adventure bike-packers Matt Schweiker and Luke Swab decide to take on three of the hardest gravel bike rides in the southeast in three consecutive...

Documentary gathers together portraits of craftspeople in Stolipinovo - a large, racially segregated urban district in Bulgaria. The film shows a...

Thea’s life is changed when she receives an unexpected call from her childhood ‘friend’, May. Memories of the past with May shake...

The film is a fragmented representation of an artist's experience at an art gallery where Wolfgang Lehmann, as a part of his masterclass, shows 2 of...