Documentary Short Movies

  • 1931
    Fairest Eden – Pago Pago

    Fairest Eden – Pago Pago

    Fairest Eden – Pago Pago

    01931HD

    Follows native life, copra harvesting, Pago Pago Harbor, and the U.S. Naval Station Tutuila in American Samoa during the early 1930s.

    Fairest Eden – Pago Pago
  • 1970
    CMC Teen Jazz Orchestra: Cultivating respect and self expression through music

    CMC Teen Jazz Orchestra: Cultivating respect and self expression through music

    CMC Teen Jazz Orchestra: Cultivating respect and self expression through music

    01970HD

    CMC’s visionary leaders and artists to celebrate one of San Francisco’s most-revered and longest-running community arts programs.

    CMC Teen Jazz Orchestra: Cultivating respect and self expression through music
  • 1970
    Joann Sfar Draws from Memory

    Joann Sfar Draws from Memory

    Joann Sfar Draws from Memory

    01970HD

    Take a journey with master graphic novelist Joann Sfar as he finds inspiration in his Algerian-Jewish heritage and the lively streets and cafes of...

    Joann Sfar Draws from Memory
  • 2014
    In Conversation with the Death King

    In Conversation with the Death King

    In Conversation with the Death King

    02014HD

    A short documentary featuring an interview with director Jörg Buttgereit.

    In Conversation with the Death King
  • 1905
    The Devil's Bridge Torrents

    The Devil's Bridge Torrents

    The Devil's Bridge Torrents

    01905HD

    1905, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith.

    The Devil's Bridge Torrents
  • 2026
    No Personal Ends To Serve: The Story of Patrick Hughes

    No Personal Ends To Serve: The Story of Patrick Hughes

    No Personal Ends To Serve: The Story of Patrick Hughes

    102026HD

    Commandant Patrick Hughes was one of the officers in command in the Louth and Meath area during the 1916 rising. He and his other commanders lead...

    No Personal Ends To Serve: The Story of Patrick Hughes
  • 2022
    Two Daughters

    Two Daughters

    Two Daughters

    62022HD

    Mina Smallman’s daughters were murdered. As their killer and police who took selfies with the bodies come to trial, she shares her journey of...

    Two Daughters
  • 1972
    Good and Ugly

    Good and Ugly

    Good and Ugly

    01972HD

    The film raises the problem of moral development of a child. It explores how the social environment shapes children's moral feelings.

    Good and Ugly
  • 1903
    Cattle Crossing Grindelwald Eismeer

    Cattle Crossing Grindelwald Eismeer

    Cattle Crossing Grindelwald Eismeer

    01903HD

    A curious incident which happens in early summer when the cattle are taken to the high pastures for three months.

    Cattle Crossing Grindelwald Eismeer
  • 2026
    Balik na, Lola

    Balik na, Lola

    Balik na, Lola

    02026HD

    Told from the perspective of her grandson, Rita returns back to the Philippines after years apart. Family, nostalgia, pain sitting exactly where they...

    Balik na, Lola
  • 1935
    Baby on the Rocks

    Baby on the Rocks

    Baby on the Rocks

    01935HD

    A Secrets of Life documentary about the European Buzzard. The film was registered on the Board of Trade's official list under Section 6 of the Films...

    Baby on the Rocks
  • 2026
    Fragments and Rubble

    Fragments and Rubble

    Fragments and Rubble

    02026HD

    A fragmented collection of legends born from the rubble of the catastrophic Friuli Earthquake of May 6, 1976.

    Fragments and Rubble
  • 2023
    Shelter

    Shelter

    Shelter

    02023HD

    What is a home? Can a body become a home? This short film tries to answer these questions about the construction of our identities through the...

    Shelter
  • 1982
    Lettre d'Alain Cavalier

    Lettre d'Alain Cavalier

    Lettre d'Alain Cavalier

    61982HD

    A movie director attemps to film the way he writes a screenplay.

    Lettre d'Alain Cavalier
  • 1954
    Lumière des hommes

    Lumière des hommes

    Lumière des hommes

    81954HD

    Following the example of an entomologist watching the behavior of insects Edmond Bernhard scrutinizes the doings and the words of a priest - assisted...

    Lumière des hommes
  • 2016
    Ryann Holmes

    Ryann Holmes

    Ryann Holmes

    02016HD

    A portrait of Ryann Holmes, community organizer and co-founder of bklyn boihood, un/doing and reframing masculinity.

    Ryann Holmes
  • 1970
    We Will Meet in 1972 – In Dark and in Light

    We Will Meet in 1972 – In Dark and in Light

    We Will Meet in 1972 – In Dark and in Light

    101970HD

    A television documentary about miners: the reality of their work versus how it is made to look and sound in the public sphere.

    We Will Meet in 1972 – In Dark and in Light
  • 1947
    Ascent of the Fiamma

    Ascent of the Fiamma

    Ascent of the Fiamma

    01947HD

    The climbing of the Fiamma, the famous rock needle in the Bergell, with minimal equipment and technique. A must for lovers of mountain sports. A...

    Ascent of the Fiamma
  • 2024
    Killing America

    Killing America

    Killing America

    02024HD

    A 38 minute documentary that investigates why antisemitism exploded in Bay Area High Schools after Hamas attacked Israel on October 7. This comes...

    Killing America
  • 1970
    The Horsemen

    The Horsemen

    The Horsemen

    01970HD

    'The Horsemen' captures the traditions and values of the noble Almonte Horsemen. For over 500 years these men have annually driven over 1000 horses...

    The Horsemen