Documentary Short Movies

The first documentary of Frank Thring’s Cities of the Empire series, this episode is about Melbourne in Victoria. It shows the city’s...

Mysterious and only superficially explored by generations of the native Aborigines, Australia's Great Barrier Reef is one of the world's most...

Sandra rummages in the fragments of her memory and photographs in order to reconstruct the portrait of the life and death of her brother.

A docudrama about baroque art in Croatia.

A documentary about the making of Ari Aster's Kafkaesque epic Beau is Afraid.

A biographical documentary on the late great comedian Bill Hicks and his career; in particular the censorship by Letterman that scarred it.

A documentary short.

The passionate advocates of the ‘Cigar Box Guitar Revolution’ express their love of making unique hand-made instruments and the...

An in-depth documentary on the behind-the-scenes of the 1990 Canuck cult classic The Final Sacrifice.

A look at practices in the UK chicken and pig farming industry.

The cast and crew talk about making the film with some behind-the-scenes footage.

A fairly shabby, dark, three-part wardrobe in a hallway: About ten years have passed since Joana Claude suffered sexual violence when it was...

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

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...

Shows new methods in treating those afflicted with mental health issues. Contrasts past treatment regimes where people were locked away out of sight...

Unable to return to Colombia, Francisco Godoy searches for belonging in the Netherlands. Alongside fellow newcomers Liu and Aleksandr, he rebuilds...

The 'Unusual Occupations' series of theatrical short subjects was produced by Jerry Fairbanks Studios and released by Paramount Pictures from 1937...

Searching for a connection with her mysterious, austere grandfather, Ora DeKornfeld travels to his childhood home in Hungary, where she is swept up...