DOC SOCIETY Shorts Festival
New Releases
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1h 9m
Conscious Co-Working, 22min., Mexico
Directed by Matt Crowe
Conscious Co-Working is an award winning heart-led documentary exploring the rise of spiritually conscious entrepreneurship and community in the digital age. Set in Playa del Carmen, Mexico, the film follows a global tribe of creatives, healers, spiritual digital nomads, and conscious entrepreneurs who are redefining work as a sacred act of self-expression, collaboration, and inner growth. Through intimate interviews, rituals, and raw moments of transformation, the film captures how a coworking space became a sanctuary for purpose-driven humans building businesses that align with soul and service. This is not just about work - it's about healing, connection, and the future of how we live and create together.
https://instagram.com/conscious_coworking
https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/audience-feedbackconscious-co
THROW IT BACK, 8min,. Canada
Directed by Vicente Gacitua, Lucas Vollicks
A story about a young man who started his own vintage store in North Bay called Talbots Throwback, and he shows and explains his love of vintage items and explains why it is so important to keep these items alive.
https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/audience-feedback-throw-it-back
THE PLAZA OF TIME, 11min., China
Directed by Xinyuan He
The Plaza of Time is an observational documentary directed by a teenage dancer, chronicling the lives of three elder performers—Auntie Yuan, Auntie Zhang, and Mr. Li—who each bring their own rhythm, resilience, and reason to dance on the public plazas of urban China.
https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/audience-feedback-the-plaza-of-time
NIGHT SHIFT, 29min,. Ukraine
Directed by Megumi Lim
In the still hours of Kharkiv's curfewed nights, a quiet resilience hums through its empty streets. Night Shift is a short film about people who work under the cover of darkness, navigating both routine and risk as Russia often attacks when residents try to sleep. Those who stay awake to work do so for the city's survival. The film explores how nighttime in Ukraine's second largest city has transformed because of war, its nightly hope that dawn will arrive quietly, and the human need to carry on.
https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/audience-feedback-night-shift