DOCUMENTARY SHORT FILMS

DOCUMENTARY SHORT FILMS

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DOCUMENTARY SHORT FILMS
  • OUR CROWN & GLORY short film, 29min., USA, Documentary

    A group of friends explores their hair journey and what it means to embrace black hair joy!

    Directed by Ashley Brajaé

  • ENTOMOS PHAGOS short film, 2min., Drama/Environment

    "Between his ecologist mother and his very careerist and non-chalaching father, Nathan does not hesitate to face their contradictions in a surprising way."

    Directed by ARM & FLORIAN LE TAVERNIER.

  • LET THE MUSIC PLAY feature film, 73min., Musical Documentary

    A feature-length documentary by DailyBOOM Media on Covid-19's crushing impact on the music industry as seen through the eyes of artists, musicians, promoters, venue owners, merchandisers and Save Our Stages/NIVA ambassadors.
    All interviews filmed from Nov. 2020 - Jan. 2021 via Zoom due to pandemi...

  • IT'S GOOD BUSINESS short film, 12min., Documentary/Environment

    “It's Good Business: Moving Beyond Conservation” is a short documentary that explores the antiquated idea that capitalism must be at odds with the health of the environment in order to profit. While we all want to protect our planet, current models of environmental conservation are failing. It’s ...

  • MILD short film, 4min., Australia, Documentary/Drama

    Campbell Sims expresses on what it's like to grow up having a learning difficulty in and out of school, whilst talking about how different things such as art has helped him get through life.

    Directed by Daniel Woods

    Cinematography: Thomas Snowden

    Editor: Matt Temby

  • HAND DRAWN LIFE feature film, 88min., Documentary/Comics

    The history and influence of newspaper comic strips

    Directed by Tom Tanquary

    http://www.handdrawnlife.com/
    https://facebook.com/handdrawnlife
    https://twitter.com/drawnlife
    https://instagram.com/handdrawnlife1

    Director Statement
    This project was done out my love for newspaper comics strips and ...

  • MUSIC AND DEMENTIA short film, 13min., Japan, Documentary

    A professional pianist was diagnosed as an early on set dementia when she was in her 50's and forgotten how to play the piano. She was depressed since then. Her husband wanted her to get back her meaning of life and they started practicing piano together. After 3 years practice and her husband su...

  • BOATHOUSE ROW short film, 16min, USA, Documentary/Sports

    Boathouse Row is a personal essay documentary about the generational intersections of olympic rowing, manic depression, and fatherhood.

    Directed by Ethan Knecht

  • BOYCOTT THIS! short film, 40min., USA, Documentary

    Exposes the darkly comedic truth behind the hate Israel industry and BDS.

    https://pjtn.org/
    https://www.instagram.com/proclaimingjustice/

    Directed by Stan Moore

    Produced by Laurie Cardoza-Moore

  • LOVE & FEAR short film, 15min., Ireland, Documentary, Comedy

    Grá & Eagla is a short documentary examining Irish people’s attitudes towards our native language.

    The story follows comedian Áine Gallagher as she prepares material for her bilingual stand-up comedy show, giving her an opportunity to explore why so many Irish people feel passionately about the...

  • THE RETURN short film, 19min. Turkey, Documentary

    The story telling the journey of the 3rd and 5th generation women from a family who had to leave the country because of the population exchange between Turkey and Greece. Will they be able to take their families’ soil from their graves to their homeland, Kavala?

    Directed by Nesli Ozalp Tuncer

    D...

  • THE ORIGINAL Richard McMahan short film, 21min., USA, Documentary

    The multi-talented outsider artist Richard McMahan is on a quest to painstakingly re-create thousands of famous and not-so-famous paintings and artifacts-- in miniature. From well-loved Picasso and Frida Kahlo paintings to more obscure intricate Maori canoes, McMahan has mastered dozens of genres...

  • CLEANING SHIPWRECKS short film, 5min., Netherlands, Documentary/Environment

    In the night of 1st and 2nd of January 2019, the ship MSCZoe lost 342 cargo containers in the North Sea. Plastics in the sea accumulates around shipwrecks and threatens the water quality of this UNESCO World Heritage Site. A team of experienced North Sea wreck divers voluntarily heads out to salv...

  • THE SILENT WILLOW, 15min., USA, Black & White, Documentary

    Uterine fibroids affect Black women three times more than any other race. After being diagnosed, the filmmaker sets out to explore health inequities and find out why some Black women are as silent as the growth.

    Directed by Taylor-Alexis Gillard

    http://tayloralexisgillard.com/
    https://twitter....

  • COUNTY short film, 27min., USA, Political Documentary

    The biggest secret in politics is the smallest office you could possibly run for. "County" is a documentary about County Committee—the fundamental building blocks of our democracy that our Parties don’t want you to know about—and the activists in NYC fighting to unveil and reform a corrupt system...

  • Sunnyside short film, 23min., Japan, Sports Ski Movie

    Sideshow presents 3rd Ski Movie,the final segment of a trilogy
    Urban,Street and Powder in Japan.

    https://www.instagram.com/sideshow.ski/

    Directed by Daisuke Kurata

    Key Cast: Takuya Ishida, Daisuke Ito, Kohei Nishikata, Mayu Ogino

  • Instrument of Peace; the Brother Gabriel Story. 7min., USA, Documentary

    The story of the skateboarding monk.

    Directed by Nolan Uebelhor

  • Black Love short film, 10min., USA, Documentary/Political

    Directed by Darrell Anthony Reynolds

    Director Statement
    What does love mean to you? Now, what does black love mean to you? Can you tell me what is black love? I'm going to take you journey with me to discover the question to interview the community of Lake Merritt in Oakland, CA. There will be e...

  • THE PATH OF LIGHT short film, 6min. Brazil, Documentary

    The choices of an amateur photographer facing the challenges imposed by Coronavirus and a cruel government in Brazil.

    https://coringacomunica.rio/
    https://www.facebook.com/marcus.verasdefaria
    https://www.twitter.com/marcusveras
    https://www.instagram.com/marcusveras

    Directed by Marcus Veras de F...