Documentary Short Movies

  • 2020
    30 Years of the Film Foundation: Martin Scorsese and Ari Aster in Conversation

    30 Years of the Film Foundation: Martin Scorsese and Ari Aster in Conversation

    30 Years of the Film Foundation: Martin Scorsese and Ari Aster in Conversation

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    In the following conversation, recorded remotely in 2020, filmmakers Martin Scorsese and Ari Aster discuss the mission, evolution, and ongoing work...

    30 Years of the Film Foundation: Martin Scorsese and Ari Aster in Conversation
  • 2020
    The Invention of Chris Marker

    The Invention of Chris Marker

    The Invention of Chris Marker

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    A desktop documentary about the online afterlife of the late French filmmaker, Chris Marker.

    The Invention of Chris Marker
  • 2014
    A Star Is Drawn: Rob Simone's Look Inside Comic-Con

    A Star Is Drawn: Rob Simone's Look Inside Comic-Con

    A Star Is Drawn: Rob Simone's Look Inside Comic-Con

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    This fast-paced Documentary was filmed inside America's biggest Comics/Film Convention and includes informative and humorous interviews with Levar...

    A Star Is Drawn: Rob Simone's Look Inside Comic-Con
  • 2013
    The Making of Amarillo Ramp

    The Making of Amarillo Ramp

    The Making of Amarillo Ramp

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    The Making of Amarillo Ramp documents the construction of Robert Smithson's earthwork Amarillo Ramp. At age thirty-five, while photographing the...

    The Making of Amarillo Ramp
  • 2018
    Smile

    Smile

    Smile

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    A heartwarming exploration of a community art project by photographer Tawfik Elgazzar providing free portraits for locals and passers-by in Sydney,...

    Smile
  • 2026
    Return to Mortville

    Return to Mortville

    Return to Mortville

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    Special feature from Criterion’s release of Desperate Living, where writer-director John Waters tours the Baltimore location that served as the...

    Return to Mortville
  • 2022
    Drei Frauen

    Drei Frauen

    Drei Frauen

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    Drei Frauen
  • 1959
    John Betjeman: A Poet in London

    John Betjeman: A Poet in London

    John Betjeman: A Poet in London

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    Poet John Betjeman is shown visiting locations including Vauxhall Park, Aldersgate Street station, Camden Town and Hatfield, where he recites a...

    John Betjeman: A Poet in London
  • 1959
    Canberra Today and Tomorrow

    Canberra Today and Tomorrow

    Canberra Today and Tomorrow

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    Canberra, the National Capital of Australia, is a city which has been planned; a place where modern living is enriched by a lovely setting. But the...

    Canberra Today and Tomorrow
  • 1994
    Lipstick

    Lipstick

    Lipstick

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    With an off beat sense of humour, the film looks at the politics and glamour of lipstick and the dilemmas of the modern woman in a marketed world.

    Lipstick
  • 1952
    Water Birds

    Water Birds

    Water Birds

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    Water Birds is a 1952 short documentary film directed by Ben Sharpsteen. The film delves into the still waters of lagoons and marshes to the wild...

    Water Birds
  • 1935
    White Marathon

    White Marathon

    White Marathon

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    Documentary on one of the first editions of the Trofeo Mezzalama, the highest ski mountaineering race in Europe, at more than 4,200 meters above sea...

    White Marathon
  • 1970
    Dark Matter

    Dark Matter

    Dark Matter

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    Audiovisual footage from the 54,000 page report, divided into 85 volumes (with 13 appendices) about the Iguala Case (the disappearance and presumed...

    Dark Matter
  • 1966
    Life in Australia: Launceston

    Life in Australia: Launceston

    Life in Australia: Launceston

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    A picture of life in the Tasmanian town of Launceston in the mid 1960s.

    Life in Australia: Launceston
  • 1977
    Dormouse

    Dormouse

    Dormouse

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    A short wildlife documentary about dormouse.

    Dormouse
  • 2013
    Werner Herzog and Errol Morris on 'The Act of Killing'

    Werner Herzog and Errol Morris on 'The Act of Killing'

    Werner Herzog and Errol Morris on 'The Act of Killing'

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    Directors Errol Morris and Werner Herzog describe and discuss the film The Act of Killing (2012).

    Werner Herzog and Errol Morris on 'The Act of Killing'
  • 1999
    Hell Hath No Fury: The Making of The Outlaw Josey Wales

    Hell Hath No Fury: The Making of The Outlaw Josey Wales

    Hell Hath No Fury: The Making of The Outlaw Josey Wales

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    John Milius narrates this featurette on the Clint Eastwood classic.

    Hell Hath No Fury: The Making of The Outlaw Josey Wales
  • 1953
    The Seafarers

    The Seafarers

    The Seafarers

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    Stanley Kubrick’s first color film, commissioned by the Seafarers International Union to promote the benefits of union membership. Shot inside...

    The Seafarers
  • 2011
    Postmodernism: The Substance of Style

    Postmodernism: The Substance of Style

    Postmodernism: The Substance of Style

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    This film features some of the most important living Postmodern practitioners, Charles Jencks, Robert A M Stern and Sir Terry Farrell among them, and...

    Postmodernism: The Substance of Style
  • 2018
    Spinning Away

    Spinning Away

    Spinning Away

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    Vans skate proudly presents Spinning Away, the follow up to our 2016 skateboard video No Other Way. Directed by Ryan Lovell and showcasing exclusive...

    Spinning Away