Documentary Short Movies

Made by the Department of Immigration to entice immigrants from Great Britain, this film shows an idyllic picture of life in the South Australian...

Short subject on how fashion is created-- not by the great couturiers, but on the street.

A historical documentary documenting the rise, function, and abandonment of a 17 story building that once housed The Rochester Psychiatric Center. ...

What is the difference between a story and a good story? In this short documentary, ten of the greatest screenwriters in Brazil answer this and other...

A look into the world of sustainable fashion with Emma Gorton-Elicott the owner of Fruit Salad, a Bristol based independent sustainable & slow...

Kristallklar tells the tale of a hidden river holding wild brown trout near the border of Luxembourg and Germany. Find out about this magical river...

As the AIDS epidemic was spreading in 1987, the Swedish government commissioned Roy Andersson to make an educational film about the disease. In these...

A devoted pair of little owls set up home in an old orchard in rural Herefordshire. From spring blossom to autumn apples, a year in the life of the...

This Ukrainian-Jewish teenager immigrated to San Francisco as a young child. Now on the brink of adulthood, she interviews her grandparents about...

In the hills of rural Pennsylvania, the leader of a local militia must prepare his men for the turbulent political landscape of 2020 while at war...

Celebrate the films that redefined animation, influenced culture and brought Spider-Man into all new dimensions as the filmmakers, journalists and...

Short-documentary about the squat at Amandastraße 73 in Hamburg.

Documentary about the Watts Towers. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2009.

First transmitted in 1961, David Attenborough travels to Meru National Park in Kenya to visit Joy and George Adamson and meet Elsa the lioness and...

After constantly moving, two students finally find the opportunity to start a family by adopting a stray dog.

Short documentary about the making of Twin Peaks: The Return.

After waiting all day long, an aspiring actor tries to grab the attention of the exhausted and hungry judges during the short audition.

They’re cute, they’re lovable, and judging by the 26 billion views on over 2 million YouTube videos of them, one thing is certain: cats...

Short documentary about the making of the 1938 film "Jezebel."

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