Documentary Short Movies

The ocean is the origin of creation. We simply wouldn't be here without it. In this poetic short film, we explore our relationship with it, allowing...

Kevin investigates the online traces of a British news reporter who was kidnapped and appeared in several Islamic State propaganda videos.

The life of the inhabitants of a shelter near Moscow for people in a crisis situation: women with young children, the homeless, victims of abuse.

A father has been fighting for the rights of his daughter since she consumed tainted milk powder, yet fails to be understood. With a focus on the...

This personal film is made up of landscape photos from the archive of the director's father, through which he returns to his life while exploring the...

The Flight of the Condor traces the global circulation of the melody “El Condor Pasa”: from the Andes mountains to global metropoles;...

A short documentary on the "Harlem Street Singer," blues artist Rev. Gary Davis. Features footage of his neighborhood, Davis talking about his...

When Nick Hurndon was six years old he and his two older brothers were set on fire by their stepfather in their San Francisco home. Now in his early...

Lynda Benglis was a visiting artist at CalArts in 1973 when she encouraged then-student Susan Mogul to explore video as a medium. "Big Tip/Back...

In the Peruvian mountains, rituals offer connection between participants and the divine. Resplendently realized in black and white by director...

Radical resistance in the postwar British Caribbean community, from the 1948 Nationality Act to the 1958 Brixton riots.

Illustrates the behavior of boys organized in clubs, each of which is run either on democratic principles, an autocratic principles, or as a...

Urban renewal in New Castle, PA displaces black families. Thankfully manufactured homes are built on an old baseball diamond and Gary is happy again.

An insightful study of Filipino American family dynamics and psychologies, SILENT SACRIFICES delves into the cultural conflicts Filipino immigrants...

PT Boat Video by ELCO during World War II.

A cinematic dysfunction based on found footage and manipulated lost films that come together to rethink modern society. The perversity of control,...

This film is about Japanese traditional bamboo craft.

The Sabbat Festival Of Dark Arts is an annual festival exploring the influence of witchcraft, magick, cults and the occult on pop culture. Recorded...

The first and last glimpse into the universe of iconic Spanish sculptor Xavier Corberó since his passing in 2017. A kaleidoscopic life and...