Documentary Short Movies

The Numbers Start with the River is a 1971 American short documentary film about small-town life in Iowa. Produced by Donald Wrye for the United...

A Ghanaian maintenance technician at a Virginia retirement community dreams of becoming an American citizen to provide a better life for his family....

As the impact of the climate crisis intensifies each year, both Steven Fuller and Yellowstone face an unprecedented threat to their future —...

Documentary on the revitalization of a housing complex in a working class neighborhood of Montreal. Modern housing has now replaced the old, sagging...

A television documentary about miners: the reality of their work versus how it is made to look and sound in the public sphere.

A portrait of two very different mathematicians, porridge pulleys and Pi features Fields medalist Vaughan Jones, one of the world's foremost knot...

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,...

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

Short documentary about the making of Twin Peaks: The Return.

A display of a fallen red cedar at Olympic National Park headquarters proclaims in 1349 "Indians live here." TREE BEGINS LIFE INDIANS STILL LIVE HERE...

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

An Academy Award winning multi-image large-format film showcasing life in Ontario without narration or dialogue but accompanied by the classic song...

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

1902, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith

Released in 1919, produced by Frederick Burlingham.

What is a home? Can a body become a home? This short film tries to answer these questions about the construction of our identities through the...

Historic look at the Columbia River and its development. This film contains rare footage of Grand Coulee Dam construction, Indian fishing at Celilo...

The making of the Tarsem Singh's fantasy-film 'The Fall'. Behind the scenes: Part II.

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 short looks at the sport of rock climbing. A team of three men ascend a rock wall on Southern California's Tahquitz Rock (also known as Lily...