DOCUMENTARY SHORT FILMS

DOCUMENTARY SHORT FILMS

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DOCUMENTARY SHORT FILMS
  • 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?

    Director Biography - Alexander Sp...

  • 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

  • THE MEMORY OF THE MOMENT, 60min., Documentary, Romania

    THE MEMORY OF THE MOMENT, 60min., Romania
    Directed by Ovidiu Georgescu
    An 80 years old woman, former teacher, lives alone in an isolated village in Transilvania, located on a 1200m high mountain. She’s created an important space for books, music and poetry next to her assets and the animals that ...

  • BENJAMIN FELIKSDAL, The Life Story of a Dutch Dance Master, 45min. Ballet

    https://www.instagram.com/roland_gaedtgens/

    Directed by Roland Gaedtgens, Robin Lionhar van Zutphen

    Produced by Liquid Cake Amsterdam

    The inspiring journey of Benjamin Feliksdal began in a humble yet determined manner. At the tender age of just six, he discovered his calling in the world of da...

  • Watch Shiringa: Amazon white gold, 9min., Peru, Documentary/Environmental

    Jorge Escompani is a "Shiringa" master, "Shiringa" is a tree which produces natural latex. This is considered a tradition that preserves great passion and environmental awareness. The extraction of latex from the Shiringa three led to the death of thousands of indigenous people due to slavery dur...

  • REDWOOD SURVIVAL, 5min., USA, Documentary

    Carbon stored in fire-damaged redwoods produces new sprouts directly from tree trunk. The film is about understanding better the details at the chemical level of how these trees are able to come back to rebuild a crown of vigorous green foliage after losing everything.

    Directed by Erik Sather

    P...

  • THE SHOW MUST GO ON, 6min., USA, Documentary

    Is art "essential"? This is a story of how a multi-disciplinary artist of Chinese and Indian descent in New York survived the pandemic and attempts to "return to normal" when the world is now anything but.

    Directed by Fahim Hamid

    Director Statement
    Is art essential? This film is a meditation on...

  • PACING THE POOL, 8min., Australia, Documentary/Sports

    A tiny glimpse into the extraordinary life of Richard Pace. A different approach to life might have seen him crushed under the weight of the physical and mental stresses he has been through since he was a child, however, healing waters have helped him rise above it all!

    https://www.facebook.com/...

  • WILDFIRE, 10min,. Nepal, Documentary/Environmental

    A little red panda, a rare species, has become homeless as a result of the recent 16-day wildfire in the Nepali mid-hills, yet one more of a growing number of symptoms of the climate crises that spares no human nor animal.

    https://nepaldocumentaryfilms.com/
    https://www.instagram.com/_samsonfilms...

  • DISABLED ARTIST SHOWCASE: Creating Our Spaces, 29min., Documentary/Musical

    We examine the work of four disabled musical and film artists living with Cerebral Palsy and SMA (Spinal Muscle Atrophy) who are helping to lead the movement that is advocating for inclusion of more disabled artists in the music, film and entertainment industries. Their extraordinary talents are ...

  • WE TREES, 3min., USA, Documentary/Environmental

    Ever wonder what trees think of us, now that we've created a climate crisis? Watch this 3-minute film to find out. Bill McKibben calls We Trees "Short and elegant."

    http://www.samkauffmann.com/
    https://www.facebook.com/sam.kauffmann.7
    https://www.instagram.com/sam.kauffmann.1//

    Directed by Sam ...

  • A SMALL ACT OF COURAGE, 16min., Comedy concert film

    Recorded during a live performance in Brattleboro, VT, humorist, story-teller and now... musician? Dylan Brody brings a guitar and a looping box to his act risking poetry, confession and an actual song to his act!

    Directed by Dylan Brody

    http://dylanbrody.com/a-small-act-of-courage

    https://ins...

  • THE FULL CATASTROPHE, 4min,. USA, Documentary

    Directed by Yolanda Reid Chassiakos
    Ethnic Cleansing in Smyrna, 1922: A Family's Odyssey

    https://amphitritepublishing.com/

  • Watch THE STORY OF MARJAN THE BUNNY. 2min., Animation/Documentary

    Marjan the bunny was the first pet of little Mitja, which was named after his dad. One day boy found an empty cage and he didn't know where the bunny had disappeared.

    http://www.mancekmitja.si/en/Films/ProfessionalYears/TheStoryOfMarjanTheBunny/
    https://twitter.com/mancekmitja

    Director Statemen...

  • SREBENICA short film watch, 1min., Political/Black & White

    This work is about Srebrenica, Bosnia, place of the last european genocide where thousands of muslim people were killed.

    The video can be seen both as a retranscription of the events and a reflection about the human condition.

    Firstly, the possibility of the horror in the human condition. The b...

  • Watch FINDING THE LIGHT, UK, 24min., Documentary/Poltiical

    Three trauma survivors tell stories of their journey from darkness to light.

    http://www.thoughtjuicefilms.co.uk/

    Directed by Linzy Attenborough
    https://www.instagram.com/linzyattenborough

    DP: Filippo Mazzarino
    https://www.instagram.com/mazzarinofilippo/

    Sound Mixer: Christian Majer
    https://ww...

  • DOCTOR OF THE "POLISH EAGLES" short film watch, Poland, Sports

    Directed by Małgorzata Szyszka

    https://www.facebook.com/malgosiaszyszka

    The film tells about the work of doctor Janusz Garlicki of the Polish national football team, which won, among others, the Olympic gold medal during the time of coach Kazimierz Górski.
    All devoted fans of Polish football kn...