DOCUMENTARY SHORT FILMS

DOCUMENTARY SHORT FILMS

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DOCUMENTARY SHORT FILMS
  • L'ESCALE, 45min., Chili, Documentary/Music

    The 1960s, Paris, rue Monsieur Le Prince, in the “l’Escale” cabaret, Latin Americans live and share their music throughout the night.

    All instruments and nationalities come together in this cabaret in a festive and committed atmosphere.

    The last witnesses of this time tell us an incredible stor...

  • NGEN, 23min., Chili, Documentary

    Ngen is a documentary that, through a contemplative and dreamlike journey, shows us the world of Rosa, a Mapuche machi from the town of Fin Fin Boroa, Araucanía Region. Through her story and the observation of her environment, she brings us closer to the deep relationship that exists between her,...

  • LA CHIMBA, 26min., Chili/Spain, Documentary

    Patrimonial ethnographic documentary that highlights our history, from the Pre-Columbian era, specifically how those territories were inhabited and how it was transformed into an important commercial sector until today.
    Documentary financed by the Regional Government - Cultural Fund.
    Produced by ...

  • Traces of Water, life and work of Ricardo Anwandter, 34min., Chili, Documentary

    Ricardo Anwandter Von Salis – Soglio (1919 – 1993) was the most important watercolourist in the history of Valdivia, Chile. Considered the best national landscape artist in the art of watercolour. Ricardo Anwandter built a Valdivia from his point of view as an artist, making Valdivia known to the...

  • CROSSING WOMEN -THE INVISIBLE SUPPORT OF THE BORDER, 30min., Argentina/Chili

    Through the wandering, life and work of women in the Andean Triple-Border (Bolivia, Chile and Peru), and the Paraná Triple-Border (Argentina, Brazil and Paraguay) we know a story of female invisibility and vulnerability. Through a voice-over that personifies them, we understand that, despite prec...

  • ISOLATED AND DEPRIVED, 27min., USA, Documentary

    The community of the Quinchao Archipelago, Chiloé, is isolated due to connectivity problems that force them to uproot themselves from their territories to access health, education, among others. This crisis has been unleashed because private marine transport companies do not comply with travel sc...

  • ADAS FALASTEEN, 8min., State of Palestine, Documentary/Political

    "Palestine Lentils" is a documentary film that tells the story of a Palestinian chef and his role in using his hobby as a shield against the famine caused by the war on Gaza, preserving the spirit of resilience and hope within his community.

    Directed by Hamdi Khalil Elhusseini, Samar Taher Lulu
    ...

  • CAMERA AND BODY, 4min., Slovenia, Documentary/Experimental

    I dedicated my video to the camera and the body. I tried to tell my own story about a body trapped in chaos, silence, pain and helplessness. And about a camera that helped me free my body and find my authentic language.

    Directed by Andrejka Skračić

    Cast: Vana

    Director Statement:

    As the title ...

  • The Inner Curriculum (Creating Socially Conscious Changemakers), 40min., Doc

    Set in the heart of Bangalore, The Inner Curriculum is an intimate documentary that follows a visionary couple who have dedicated their lives to transforming education and leadership in India. Through their pioneering initiatives, EFIL (Education for Integrating Life) Ltd and EQUBE, a program the...

  • TOGETHER WITH ALS: A Wife's Perspective, 25min., USA, Documentary

    ALS (Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis), also known as Lou Gehrig's disease, affects thousands each year, but the true impact extends far beyond the diagnosis.

    This intimate documentary offers a raw and honest glimpse into the life of a devoted wife navigating her husband's terminal illness. Through...

  • A Beginning for the Final Songs of a River, 70min., Germany, Documentary

    Filmed over six years, this documentary follows the changing fate of the Zayandeh Rood river in Iran. Through the perspectives of local farmers and communities, it portrays the environmental and social challenges linked to water use and policies. With a poetic yet reflective tone, the film illust...

  • Watch CAMERA AND BODY, 4min., Documentary/Experimental

    I dedicated my video to the camera and the body. I tried to tell my own story about a body trapped in chaos, silence, pain and helplessness. And about a camera that helped me free my body and find my authentic language.

    https://instagram.com/andrejkaart/

    Directed by Andrejka Skračić

    Cast: Vana...

  • Watch Life with AREZOU, 15min., Iran, Documentary

    It is about AREZOU(Rural girls with disabilities) and her family.....

    Directed by Amirali Mirderikvand

  • GROCERY SHOPPING, 38min., USA, Documentary

    I am at the grocery store three to five times a week. It has become a ritual, picking out the items, going over the shopping list, interacting with the same people year after year. It seems to me, an important aspect of my and many other people’s lives. Something utterly familiar. Though filmed i...

  • PEACE IN MY NIGHT, 13min., Canada, Documentary

    "Peace in my Night" is a compelling documentary that follows the extraordinary life of Elsie Mascher, a woman whose unwavering faith in God guided her through the darkest chapters of World War II.

    As a young child, Elsie witnessed the horrors of war firsthand, enduring the unimaginable as her fa...

  • AN ORDINARY EXPERIENCE, 52min., France, Experimental/Documentary

    52' documentary film
    original music : Pierre Yves LENIK
    A film by Hervé MARCOTTE
    In July 2022, I brought together two sixteen-year-olds, Jeanne and Romain, in a house by the sea.
    They didn't know each other yet.
    I was determined to take them seriously,
    and make them live
    with all their uncertaint...

  • LULLABY OF UKRAINE, 3min., Ukraine, Documentary/Music/Experimental

    Dedicated to the Children of Ukraine, victims of the brutal Russian invasion… Let everyone ask themselves and the leaders of their countries: what else has to happen, what arguments are needed that Ukraine is finally given the necessary military aid for Victory?

    https://www.instagram.com/aleksan...

  • COOKIES 4 JANE, 102min., Documentary

    Ten years in the making, “Cookies 4 Jane” recounts the final chapters of the life of a beloved matriarch, Jane, as she battles Alzheimer’s Disease. Filmed, edited, and directed by Jane’s granddaughter, Mary, this intimate documentary condenses four years of raw footage into an hour-long, heart-re...

  • ABSTRACT SKIES, 4min., Canada, Documentary/Experimental

    A short film that reimagines the skies as a gallery of abstract forms, captured in motion through time-lapse.

    http://www.projectaroid.com/

    Director Biography - Roger Gallant
    Roger Gallant is a filmmaker, animator, and composer from western Newfoundland, Canada. His work reflects a somber and tr...

  • Variations in Light and Shadows, 4min., Documentary/Environmental

    A non-narrative time-lapse exploration of light and shadows over the landscape of Bay St. George, NL, Canada.

    http://www.projectaroid.com/

    https://www.instagram.com/projectaroid/

    Director Biography - Roger Gallant
    Roger Gallant is a filmmaker, animator, and composer from western Newfoundland, ...

  • THE TRENT SAUCER, 4min., USA, Documentary/Sci-Fi

    Tagline: We may never know

    The year was 1950. The camera used was a Kodak Roamer. But were the negatives altered? And what did President Harry Truman say about UFOs at that time - just three years after the Roswell incident? His reaction is included in this five minute documentary.

    Directed by ...

  • Extinguish the flares and light up life, 29min., Spain, Documentary/Environment

    Pablo Fajardo, the renowned environmental lawyer who managed to bring down the North American transnational Chevron (formerly Texaco), shows us his world of commitment for the rights of an Amazonian population affected by oil activities. Together with the activist Donald Moncayo and the Union of ...

  • QUEER MONGOL, 16min., Mongolia, Documentary/LGBTQ+

    Queer Mongol follows four characters over the course of Mongolia's LGBTQ+ Pride Festival, who embody a diversity of gender and sexual identities. The film is a meditation on queerness in the non-west and a nuanced glimpse into a nascent movement on the Central Asian Steppe.

    Directed by Brandt Mi...

  • COLD ISLE, 5min., Ireland, Documentary/Environmental/Experimental

    A seagull living in a harbour village starts to evaluate its existence and flies to a remote island for answers.

    Directed by Josh Wagner