Documentary Short Movies

Several bouts are shown in this picture, and as the contestants frequently lift each other into mid air, and then throw, the effect is exciting and...

Documentary about a man remembering his struggles while floating on a boat down a river.

Travelogue produced by Burton Holmes. Released on November 30th, 1919.

'Odd One Out' is a 15 minute, short coming of age documentary, about the Head Designer & Co-owner of the OSCAR & BAFTA winning prosthetics,...

Parents talk about their gay and lesbian children, and how they came to accept their lifestyle.

A documentary short on the life and work of the late artist John Shearer, one of the greatest American photographers of the 20th century.

A short documentary about an unusual duck that appeared in New York's Central Park and created a global media sensation.

Each of the stories celebrates pioneers of a national movement to engage encore workers, adults age 50+, in solving problems, meeting important...

Released in 1918, produced by Frederick Burlingham.

A man wanders around an abandoned hospital. Years after their last encounter, someone whose life he saved seeks him out in his old office, so that...

“Are you a man, or a woman?” In a world built on binaries, this is the question every trans soul must learn to answer—again and...

Tut is a 52-year-old fisherman living in Kampot. In spite of the language barrier, he recounts for the first time and without any words his past...

Released in 1920, produced by Frederick Burlingham.

As dawn breaks over Taipei, a whole world comes to life around the Luzhou temple night market, only to be dismantled by sunrise. In COME HUNGRY,...

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

This documentary short, produced for West Virginia public TV's "Different Drummer" series, introduces us to Jesco White, a hard-living, tap-dancing...

A 1930s geography lesson on dairy farming, around the pasturelands of Wixenford Farm near Plymouth.

Ambitious documentary chronicling the cultural life and religious customs of the Sinhalese and the effects of advanced industrialism on such customs.

1907, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith.

In Prince Edward Island, Josée Gallant-Gordon is reinventing mental health care through her bilingual equine therapy centre, proving that with...