Documentary Short Movies

A quickfire portrait of the New York City ballroom scene in the ‘80s.

A discovery of the pictorial art that Ndebele women traditionally practice in South Africa: painting the walls of their houses.

Remembering the old Ljubljana tram and its history of the last 50 years through archival material brings up memories of Slovenia capital’s half...

Bees are one of the most important species on the planet. A look at the trials and tribulations of two particular honeybees over two years from birth...

A short travelling documentary exploring Ibarbo Park, a family recreation and educational destination in Yogyakarta, Indonesia. Home to nearly a...

In this fun and educational piece, animal experts talk about the real creatures that inspired the characters of Rango and the filmmakers explain why...

Stephen Mitchell narrates footage shot by Peter Helm of Stephen's GTO at Willow Springs Raceway and in the canyons of Los Angeles.

A group of children in the Mayan town of San José Oriente spend their days riding motorcycles and playing soccer, but one of them has other...

This entry in the TravelTalks series visits the ancient Egypt. starting Valley of the Kings in a remote and desolate part of Egypt, the entrance to...

The first documentary of Frank Thring’s Cities of the Empire series, this episode is about Melbourne in Victoria. It shows the city’s...

On November 4th, 2008, three states - California, Florida and Arizona - voted to amend their constitutions, denying and revoking the rights of...

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

"Duel" describes the clash of two athletes, shot putters David Davis and Alfred Sosgórnik.

Account of the first French expedition to the Himalayas, which attempted to climb the hidden peak (Gasherbrum I) in 1936, from the preparations for...

A cell phone was the only thing that kept Yonas, an Eritrean refugee, connected to Jérôme, the French journalist who wanted to tell his...

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...

The past drags itself into the present day, taking us back to the era of the Dominican Republic's greatest dictator, while we explore the traces of...

In the summer of 1968, a group of people assembled in Great Barrington, Massachusetts. They were making a film of John Barth's 1958 novel The End of...