Documentary Short Movies

Portrait made for the 70th birthday of Rosa von Praunheim by his close collaborator.

A young boy's successful battle against cancer and his subsequent efforts to help other children overcome their fears of the illness.

In 1886, the United States Department of Agriculture ambitiously commissioned watercolour illustrations of over 3,000 fruit cultivars. In 2019, this...

Longyearbyen, Svalbard, is the northernmost settlement in the world. About 3000 polar bears and 400 snow scooters outnumber its 2700 inhabitants. It...

A dedicated dance teacher continues inspiring his current and former students even after the arts high school in Gary, Indiana where he's taught for...

A film shot in the early 1930s and revised in 1952 which covers Moscow, the tribal areas of the Caucasus Mountains, avant-garde and Jewish theatre...

Filmed during Jonas Mekas’s travels through Italy in 1967, this short captures scenes from the country’s cities and countryside. The...

Pelicans move

Film is about Elnara Dadashova, professor of the Baku Academy of Music, honored artist, doctor of philosophy in art studies, composer.

short documentary film on an Icelandic whaling station

As an animatronic dinosaur park closes, its owner braces for a series of lasts

The Dardenne brothers discuss their early documentary films, their relationship with Armand Gatti (who inspired them to become filmmakers), the...

Bogart was interested in this project because it offered a chance to work with his new bride. The studio wasn't convinced, but the result speaks for...

The film depicts one of the great hunts the South Sea Islanders. Come schools of fish in one of the bays on the island, so hurry on an alarm signal...

This film discusses conditions in the Soviet Union, including party activity and influence, the shortage of consumer goods, the roles of children and...

A prospective wish is announced at the very beginning: "Imagine a land without ownership". Ownership? Since when? How? Where? With which...

An interview with British film director Mike Leigh produced for BBC-TV.

A doc about the Cree and Chippewa people of northern Manitoba. Made in the mid 20th century, it is dated in tone, but provides insight into the vital...