Documentary Short Movies

1902, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith

A Deep Dive into the life of Stephen Zivkovic, the owner of the last DVD rental store in Adelaide.

Released in 1901

1902, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith

Released on the 21st of September, 1919. Produced by Burton Holmes.

This film shows an idyllic picture of life in the Victorian capital of Melbourne in the mid 1960s.

Travelogue released on the 12th of June, 1916. Produced by Burton Holmes.

1907, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith.

Released in 1901

Released in 1923, produced by Frederick Burlingham.

Dating from 1932, this footage is a relic filmed by British explorer Nelson Castle during an expedition to the south of South America.

A long-haul trucker turns to YouTube to combat loneliness and social isolation. Under the handle “MsDivaTrucker43,” she discovers a...

The Algerian region of Tindouf is home to more than 170,000 Sahrawis, who have been living in refugee camps since 1976, when Morocco occupied the...

The striking landscapes of rural Sardinia provide the backdrop to this lyrical look at the hardscrabble lives of the region’s shepherds in...

Travelogue produced by Burton Holmes. Released on May 27th, 1918.

This opens with a view of the upper falls and great viaduct of the mountain railway, showing ascending and descending cars, and then a close view of...

'Consumed' is a cinematic journey through the landscapes, mines, factories, and shipyards of Chinese production. Blurring the lines between...

An official training film from the War department. In April 1942, a detail of five enlisted men and two officers, Capt. Paul Lafferty and Lt. John...

Joan Bakewell visits Haworth in Yorkshire, home of the Brontës, to see the setting in which the novelists worked.

Video Nasty; once a term referring to films that were criticised for their violent content in the early 80s, now the name of an up-and-coming film...