Documentary Short Movies

A young boy's successful battle against cancer and his subsequent efforts to help other children overcome their fears of the illness.

LIONESS A story of hope and survival in one of the world's most notorious slums, where one out of four girls is raped every year. This short...

A short documentary from Eric Ashby on the badgers leaving near his home.

This short film from the Perspective series highlights social and economic development in Haiti circa 1957. It depicts customs and traditions used to...

The story of two young single mothers who join forces to make a new kind of family unit for themselves and their children.

1. Panoramic View from the Acropolis. A fine view of modern Athens. 2. Mar's Hill. Probable site of St. Paul preaching to the Athenians. 3. A View of...

Shot for an Australian Travel Agents Seminar, this short film seeks to portray 1969 New Zealand as a hip and happening place. The tourism...

...where the whole expedition, by the breaking of an ice cornice on the summit, escaped death by a hair's breadth. The miraculous escape is recorded...

This short 1949 documentary studies the impact Canada's National Health Program has had on people who might otherwise not had been able to obtain...

This 2007 behind-the-scenes documentary on the making of PERSEPOLIS features interviews with codirectors Marjane Satrapi and Vincent Paronnaud as...

Released on May 4th, 1919. Produced by Burton Holmes.

The Scarlet Macaw, a vibrant symbol of the Mexican rainforest, is disappearing from the ecosystem. Conservation and Recovery of the Scarlet Macaw in...

'The Horsemen' captures the traditions and values of the noble Almonte Horsemen. For over 500 years these men have annually driven over 1000 horses...

Close to Greenaway takes us behind the scenes of the first part of the trilogy The Tulse Luper's Suitcases in Barcelona and Almeria. In this film,...

Afatasi The Artist is a San Francisco based mixed-media conceptual artist and futurist. Her artwork—which includes textiles and fine art...

Abel Ferrara directed this thirty-minute documentary that interviews the cast of his film THE ADDICTION.

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

How to make porridge using a haybox.

Short film made on the production of HOWL OF THE DEVIL.

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