Documentary Short Movies

Afatasi The Artist is a San Francisco based mixed-media conceptual artist and futurist. Her artwork—which includes textiles and fine art...

The picture shows various kinds of birds in their natural environments, and in their natural colors, and at such close range that the very eyes of...

Things fall apart, but they are also reassembled and given new life, in an enlightened form. Meet the New York based artist and filmmaker Bill...

LIONESS A story of hope and survival in one of the world's most notorious slums, where one out of four girls is raped every year. This short...

A filmmaker begins making a film about another artist. She is there to observe, listen, and stay behind the camera. But keeping her distance becomes...

Quebec stands 200 feet above the lower town, dominating the entire landscape. Along Duffern Terrace there runs the toboggan slide, which at night is...

1904, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith

1907, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith.

1902, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith

A brief visit to the unique wildlife and peoples of Ethiopia. Expect the unexpected.

An interview with Caroline Munro about the making of Maniac.

1907, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith.

A short film exploring the journey of international students in France facing administrative hurdles in a system that seems to keep them in orbit...

1924, produced by Frederick Burlingham.

1918, produced by Frederick Burlingham.

Released in 1901

In Caribou in the Archive, rustic VHS home video of a Cree woman hunting caribou in the 1990s is combined with NFB archival film footage of northern...

RETURN follows the efforts of a family of former sea-turtle–egg poachers, now dedicated protectors, leading VIVEMAR — a community-based...

A documentary short.

Released in 1901