Documentary Short Movies

A delicious flavour of queer London nightlife through the lens of someone who had their life changed by The Chateau, a (now gone) underground DIY...

The lack of clean drinking water in Karakalpakya from the view of the well builders. A well made on request yields spoiled unpotable water. A good...

The film takes place in the Saharawi refugee camps in Algeria against the historical backdrop of Spanish colonialism and the Morroccan invasion of...

Part 4, Episode Nº 77, Chroniques de France (1964–1978) — This 4-part film covers the "Abstrels" of artist Jacques Potin (Bernard...

In this documentary about the perception of perfection and beauty, three people share the stories of how they got their scars. Created by King Yaw...

The story of the larger than life boxing legend John Davison, From Wheeler dealer to WBC Boxing Champion.

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...

A documentary on classic character actors

"Michikha Is Not Afraid of Airplanes" is a visual essay about a journey - even one that is impossible, didn't take place, or was undertaken...

A father has been fighting for the rights of his daughter since she consumed tainted milk powder, yet fails to be understood. With a focus on the...

The Flight of the Condor traces the global circulation of the melody “El Condor Pasa”: from the Andes mountains to global metropoles;...

What is it like to be HIV-positive in Russia? The authors of the film spent several days with the HIV-infected characters Alexandra and Olesem and...

A short documentary on the "Harlem Street Singer," blues artist Rev. Gary Davis. Features footage of his neighborhood, Davis talking about his...

A loving portrait of two motorcycle-riding lesbians.

When Nick Hurndon was six years old he and his two older brothers were set on fire by their stepfather in their San Francisco home. Now in his early...

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...

Lynda Benglis was a visiting artist at CalArts in 1973 when she encouraged then-student Susan Mogul to explore video as a medium. "Big Tip/Back...

Illustrates the behavior of boys organized in clubs, each of which is run either on democratic principles, an autocratic principles, or as a...

In the man-made waterways of rice paddies, the water in nature must follow artificial rules. In that way, nature is made abstract, giving rise to a...