Watch the best of DOCUMENTARY Shorts Festival November 2025
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33m
Srebrenica, 2min., France
Directed by Thibaut Fleuret
This work is about Srebrenica, Bosnia, place of the last european genocide where thousands of muslim people were killed.
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Besieged Artists' Oasis, 16min., Germany
Directed by Dave Lojek
Threatened by eviction from their B.L.O. Atelier, artists in Lichtenberg describe the complicated situation and the state of negotiations. Nevertheless, they celebrate the 20th anniversary of this cultural oasis with Berliners on the "Day of the Closed Door".
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Twenty Years on an Island, 6min., Turkey
Directed by Evrim Inci
Mustava Simavlı, who for twenty years had undertaken the task of bringing drinkable water to the goats on the island off Karaburun, is no longer able to do so due to physical ailments. However, when he decides to go to the island one last time, he brings not only water but also tree saplings.
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Second Responders, 9min., USA
Directed by Julissa Xena Delacruz
Meet four “second” responders employed at St. John’s Episcopal Hospital in Queens, NY, where the first case of COVID-19 was diagnosed in NYC. While doctors and nurses are rightfully praised as heroes, the support staff at St. John’s --the Head of Security, a Janitor, a Logistician, and a Chaplain— must also bear witness to the untold ravages left in the wake of a worldwide pandemic.
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CAST LIST:
Narrator: Val Cole
Jamie: Shawn Devlin
Henry: Sean Ballantyne
