Documentary Short Movies

  • 2022
    Guide to a Midwest Hometown

    Guide to a Midwest Hometown

    Guide to a Midwest Hometown

    102022HD

    Coming back during Winter, Alex Powell explores both the places and personal connections found in his hometown and how they've changed. “Guide...

    Guide to a Midwest Hometown
  • 2004
    Blue Box Blues (Staging a Photo Shoot)

    Blue Box Blues (Staging a Photo Shoot)

    Blue Box Blues (Staging a Photo Shoot)

    62004HD

    Captures the violence and tenderness, alongside the dominance and submission, that is found in a single, intimate embrace.

    Blue Box Blues (Staging a Photo Shoot)
  • 1913
    Descent into the Crater of Vesusvius

    Descent into the Crater of Vesusvius

    Descent into the Crater of Vesusvius

    01913HD

    Frederick Burlingham visits Vesuvius and climbs down into the crater accompanied by two Italian guides. Contains some nice actuality of Pompeii and...

    Descent into the Crater of Vesusvius
  • 2023
    Camp Courage

    Camp Courage

    Camp Courage

    7.12023HD

    Made refugees by the war in Ukraine, Olga and her granddaughter Milana travel to a summer camp in the Austrian Alps to test the limits of their own...

    Camp Courage
  • 1924
    Sky Trails Above Lake Lucerne

    Sky Trails Above Lake Lucerne

    Sky Trails Above Lake Lucerne

    01924HD

    1924, produced by Frederick Burlingham.

    Sky Trails Above Lake Lucerne
  • 2018
    Caribou in the Archive

    Caribou in the Archive

    Caribou in the Archive

    02018HD

    In Caribou in the Archive, rustic VHS home video of a Cree woman hunting caribou in the 1990s is combined with NFB archival film footage of northern...

    Caribou in the Archive
  • 1944
    Nocturnal Fantasia (I See Everything)

    Nocturnal Fantasia (I See Everything)

    Nocturnal Fantasia (I See Everything)

    01944HD

    A study of nocturnal butterflies and their mating habits.

    Nocturnal Fantasia (I See Everything)
  • 2018
    Daughters of the Polo God

    Daughters of the Polo God

    Daughters of the Polo God

    02018HD

    Set in Manipur, India, this is a unique story of girls and horses empowering each other. It is a story about saving an endangered breed of pony and...

    Daughters of the Polo God
  • 1903
    Trip Around Lake of the Four Cantons

    Trip Around Lake of the Four Cantons

    Trip Around Lake of the Four Cantons

    01903HD

    1. Lake steamer leaving Lucerne. 2. Panorama of Lucerne Lake front. 3. The picturesque Village Weggis. 4. The oldest Chalet at Trieb. 5. Brunnen -...

    Trip Around Lake of the Four Cantons
  • 1919
    Filipino School Days

    Filipino School Days

    Filipino School Days

    01919HD

    Produced by Burton Holmes. Released on April 27th, 1919.

    Filipino School Days
  • 2018
    The Stranger in Your Lover's Eyes

    The Stranger in Your Lover's Eyes

    The Stranger in Your Lover's Eyes

    02018HD

    This two-part visual essay features the son of director Don Siegel, Kristoffer Tabori, who reads from his father book A Siegel Film. The bulk of the...

    The Stranger in Your Lover's Eyes
  • 2025
    La Femme Equi-Libre

    La Femme Equi-Libre

    La Femme Equi-Libre

    02025HD

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

    La Femme Equi-Libre
  • 2021
    Jack Arnold Remembers The Incredible Shrinking Man

    Jack Arnold Remembers The Incredible Shrinking Man

    Jack Arnold Remembers The Incredible Shrinking Man

    02021HD

    From footage filmed in 1983, this documentary presents an interview with director Jack Arnold and his reminiscences of the making of the 1957 film...

    Jack Arnold Remembers The Incredible Shrinking Man
  • 2003
    Outlaw Comic: The Censoring of Bill Hicks

    Outlaw Comic: The Censoring of Bill Hicks

    Outlaw Comic: The Censoring of Bill Hicks

    6.62003HD

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

    Outlaw Comic: The Censoring of Bill Hicks
  • 1912
    An Eclipse of the Sun

    An Eclipse of the Sun

    An Eclipse of the Sun

    01912HD

    A short documentary about the April 17 1912 eclipse, which was partially visible in Italy.

    An Eclipse of the Sun
  • 2004
    porridge pulleys and Pi: two mathematical journeys

    porridge pulleys and Pi: two mathematical journeys

    porridge pulleys and Pi: two mathematical journeys

    02004HD

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

    porridge pulleys and Pi: two mathematical journeys
  • 2024
    Landscape of our Body

    Landscape of our Body

    Landscape of our Body

    02024HD

    As queer trans and gender non-conforming children of the Vietnamese diaspora, we are fragmented at the crossroads of being displaced from not only a...

    Landscape of our Body
  • 2014
    The Figures Carved into the Knife By the Sap of the Banana Trees

    The Figures Carved into the Knife By the Sap of the Banana Trees

    The Figures Carved into the Knife By the Sap of the Banana Trees

    102014HD

    The rapid turning of a light draws a circle. In the space bound by its line unravels an archive of postcards sent between the island of Madeira and...

    The Figures Carved into the Knife By the Sap of the Banana Trees
  • 1982
    Borneo in de jungle van de Sarawak

    Borneo in de jungle van de Sarawak

    Borneo in de jungle van de Sarawak

    01982HD

    Short documentary.

    Borneo in de jungle van de Sarawak
  • 1911
    The Sedge Warbler and the Cuckoo

    The Sedge Warbler and the Cuckoo

    The Sedge Warbler and the Cuckoo

    01911HD

    The peculiar trait of the cuckoo, which tricks another bird into hatching her egg for her, is shown in color photography.

    The Sedge Warbler and the Cuckoo