Documentary Short Movies

  • 1970
    Daughters

    Daughters

    Daughters

    01970HD

    What does it mean to be your parents' daughter? - Being the protagonists of their own film, three filmmakers ask themselves this particular question....

    Daughters
  • 2021
    Radical Self Acceptance

    Radical Self Acceptance

    Radical Self Acceptance

    02021HD

    We are living in the time of a heteronormative society that antagonizes Queer people for their Being-ness. In Africa, it is believed that we are...

    Radical Self Acceptance
  • 2019
    Tiananmen Square Massacre - Black Night in June

    Tiananmen Square Massacre - Black Night in June

    Tiananmen Square Massacre - Black Night in June

    02019HD

    This documentary short film by Arthur Kent recounts the June 4, 1989 assault by the People's Liberation Army on pro-democracy demonstrators in...

    Tiananmen Square Massacre - Black Night in June
  • 2022
    Polar Night Light

    Polar Night Light

    Polar Night Light

    02022HD

    Antti, a musher from Northern Finland, won't give up his way of life despite being advised contrarily. In the dogsled world there is no going back...

    Polar Night Light
  • 1970
    Generation on Fire

    Generation on Fire

    Generation on Fire

    01970HD

    In the summer of 2021, two groups of young people from the climate-activist group Sunrise Movement, marched hundreds of miles--from New Orleans to...

    Generation on Fire
  • 2016
    Something Carved and Real

    Something Carved and Real

    Something Carved and Real

    02016HD

    In this documentary about the perception of perfection and beauty, three people share the stories of how they got their scars. Created by King Yaw...

    Something Carved and Real
  • 1951
    The Streamlined Pig

    The Streamlined Pig

    The Streamlined Pig

    61951HD

    A BAFTA award nominated documentary looking at methods of pig breeding in Denmark.

    The Streamlined Pig
  • 2022
    The Making of Crime Scenes

    The Making of Crime Scenes

    The Making of Crime Scenes

    02022HD

    A film producer, an assassin, and a patriot. These aren’t three characters in this film but three ways of describing Wu Dun, a member of the...

    The Making of Crime Scenes
  • 1935
    Kristallen en Kleur

    Kristallen en Kleur

    Kristallen en Kleur

    01935HD

    The crystallization processes of various chemicals which are visible only through the microscope are shown using time-lapse acceleration at times.

    Kristallen en Kleur
  • 2020
    Michikha is Not Afraid of Airplanes

    Michikha is Not Afraid of Airplanes

    Michikha is Not Afraid of Airplanes

    02020HD

    "Michikha Is Not Afraid of Airplanes" is a visual essay about a journey - even one that is impossible, didn't take place, or was undertaken...

    Michikha is Not Afraid of Airplanes
  • 2020
    Turning Point: Interview with Phill Harris

    Turning Point: Interview with Phill Harris

    Turning Point: Interview with Phill Harris

    02020HD

    TV program producer Phill Harris unfolds his journey of making 'River to Reef' and where has that lead him to today.

    Turning Point: Interview with Phill Harris
  • 2020
    The Settlers’ Billionaire Backer

    The Settlers’ Billionaire Backer

    The Settlers’ Billionaire Backer

    02020HD

    An investigation by BBC News Arabic into Russian oligarch Roman Abramovich, who controls companies that have donated $100m to Elad, a settler...

    The Settlers’ Billionaire Backer
  • 1994
    Identity Portraits: Janice and Paula

    Identity Portraits: Janice and Paula

    Identity Portraits: Janice and Paula

    01994HD

    A loving portrait of two motorcycle-riding lesbians.

    Identity Portraits: Janice and Paula
  • 1999
    The Cabinetmaker: Crafting a Card Table

    The Cabinetmaker: Crafting a Card Table

    The Cabinetmaker: Crafting a Card Table

    01999HD

    Explores the role of the cabinetmaker in colonial America, including the tools and technology used to carve table legs, wooden hinges, and more.

    The Cabinetmaker: Crafting a Card Table
  • 2020
    The Sun and the Looking Glass – for one easily forgets but the tree remembers

    The Sun and the Looking Glass – for one easily forgets but the tree remembers

    The Sun and the Looking Glass – for one easily forgets but the tree remembers

    02020HD

    Ein Qiniya, a small Palestinian village in the West Bank, occupied since 1967. This is where Milena Desse is to make her own enquiries: how can one...

    The Sun and the Looking Glass – for one easily forgets but the tree remembers
  • 2018
    Eulogy for a Black Mass

    Eulogy for a Black Mass

    Eulogy for a Black Mass

    02018HD

    Aria Dean explores the black creative labour put into memes, images defined not by their content but by how they are circulated, mutated and...

    Eulogy for a Black Mass
  • 2020
    The Stream X

    The Stream X

    The Stream X

    02020HD

    In the man-made waterways of rice paddies, the water in nature must follow artificial rules. In that way, nature is made abstract, giving rise to a...

    The Stream X
  • 2018
    Cats Cradle

    Cats Cradle

    Cats Cradle

    02018HD

    Shortly after retiring, Bruce and Terry Jenkins transformed their home into a hospice and senior living facility for cats.

    Cats Cradle
  • 2020
    Unknown Belarus. Shelter

    Unknown Belarus. Shelter

    Unknown Belarus. Shelter

    02020HD

    For nearly 10 years, Belarus has had a Shelter — place for women victims of domestic violence. This is a big private house in Minsk. Many...

    Unknown Belarus. Shelter
  • 1970
    Reza Urbana: the craft of the healers in Salvador, Bahia

    Reza Urbana: the craft of the healers in Salvador, Bahia

    Reza Urbana: the craft of the healers in Salvador, Bahia

    101970HD

    The web documentary Reza Urbana is an audiovisual section of the routine of some rezadeiras found in Salvador, and shows how important the...

    Reza Urbana: the craft of the healers in Salvador, Bahia