Documentary Short Movies

Sainath, age 25, is a film student in Pune, India and his grandmother, Sunila, age 80, lives far afield in the village of Merces in Goa, India. They...

Galapagos Suite is a 17-minute compilation of 16 days sailing around the Galapagos archipelago aboard the Anahi catamaran. It seeks to encapsulate...

Footage of the seabirds found in the Shetland Isles. One of a group of films made by Jenny Brown and bought by John Grierson for the GPO Film Library...

A road safety film for pedestrians in city traffic. Demonstrates typical unsafe practices.

People from different ethnic backgrounds with "difficult" names by Western standards share their experience with moving through the world with an...

Juskatla weaves together perspectives of the people who live on the islands of Haida Gwaii-an archipelago on Canada's Northwest coast, and the...

The Great Valley in Africa - a crack of more than 6,500 kilometers in the earth's crust - is the result of the continental fracture that began about...

Millennials in the US discover their lack of legal nationality, sparking a search for recognition and belonging that unites them and offers hope for...

1924, produced by Frederick Burlingham.

Celebrate the films that redefined animation, influenced culture and brought Spider-Man into all new dimensions as the filmmakers, journalists and...

1903, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith.

1919, produced by Frederick Burlingham.

Explores the natural history of the otter, depicted through the fictitious account of a day in the life of Otto the Otter and his mother. The...

Jeena issi ka naam hein - Akhil Balamsheikh, 21/09/2025

Parents talk about their gay and lesbian children, and how they came to accept their lifestyle.

The documentary adresses the meaning of music and the musical diversity present in Umbanda (a Brazilian religion with afroindigenous roots). With...

Released in 1918, produced by Frederick Burlingham.

A picture of life in the South Australian capital of Adelaide in the mid 1960s, social, commercial and recreational.

The first picture of the new Paramount-Burton Holmes Travel pictures recount Mr. Holmes' motor trip of the summer of 1913 through the more...

1902, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith