Documentary Short Movies

Doing the right thing cost them everything: farmers speak up about “forever chemicals” that poison their land, water, and livestock.

Legendary short story writer Lucia Berlin (1936-2004) captured moments of grace in the cafeterias and laundromats of the American Southwest, in the...

"The role of the arts is to tear down what is evil and build up what is good." - Chinaka Hodge

Mary Lou Breslin, co-founder of the Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund, winner of the San Francisco Foundation 2009 Community Leadership...

Klaira presents a surprising vision of assimilation and a loving depiction of San Francisco. She and her grandparents explore how the experience of...

A city, three streams, its overlooked urban green and the water that never stops running

A short documentary charting the construction of the BBC Crystal Palace Television Tower.

An intimate confession of a girl who was diagnosed with diabetes at the age of 23, created as an assignment for a Documentary Film course. In the...

In search of a better life, Nepalese emigrate en masse, sacrificing their rights and health for remittances. Should they continue searching abroad or...

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

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...

A part of Porto’s nightlife history is revealed. In this work, the artist draws on her extensive archive of video recordings of Porto’s...

A rewilding success story, ONE MILLION FISH chronicles the 8-year effort of a Maine community to restore a run of fish that had been blocked by dams...

This story is set against the backdrop of a same-sex love murder case during the Japanese colonial period and contemporary Kaohsiung. It pieces...

The only North American crayfish that does cheer you up: this stop-motion copy of fabric. The exotic little animal is a huge plague in our ditches...

Short documentary

Major communal ceremonies for purification, exaltation of the forces of life and deliverance from hostile powers marking the very intense religious...

A verbose essay film, making a mountain out of a molehill. Due to Covid-19, exploratory field trips to the countryside turned into school trips. Just...

An in-depth look at how the short film Monkey Business was created. This was made in 1987 to explain to the clients of MPC what the new digital post...