Documentary Short Movies

Released on April 11, 1920. Directed & produced by Burton Holmes.

This rare silent black & white and color Super-8 footage was shot with the camera of actor Kei Sato (Hachi in the film) during the production of...

Documentary on one of the first editions of the Trofeo Mezzalama, the highest ski mountaineering race in Europe, at more than 4,200 meters above sea...

An artistic view of Van Gogh as if this movie is self narrated by himself.

Hunting Season deals with the wave of homosexual murders that plagued São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro in the 1980s. With street statements and...

A documentary that follows the recording process over three days and nights of "(I'll Love You) Till the End of the World" by Nick Cave and the Bad...

In this featurette, ART + COM members join the cast and crew of the show to discuss its factual basis and the development of the court case.

A grandmother, mother, and daughter quarantine together in a Tribeca apartment as they laugh about life over wine.

A documentary on the making of Curtains

This short 1949 documentary studies the impact Canada's National Health Program has had on people who might otherwise not had been able to obtain...

Through the memories of three Scarborough residents, unhome explores the cultural identity of home and the impact of gentrification

Emily Grodin is an autistic woman who spoke minimally for a significant part of her life, until she had a breakthrough and began to express herself...

A shopping center in the middle of montains, pyramides of goods, a glass tower dedicated to bodycare, Andorra makes bright promises of modern...

Documentary about the Watts Towers. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2009.

1904, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith.

A short film made for S4C and Channel 4 about the history of the whaling industry and how our view of these animals has changed over time. Winner of...

An unflinching look at the ongoing debate on violence in movies and its effect on the audience.

This personal film is made up of landscape photos from the archive of the director's father, through which he returns to his life while exploring the...

On September 28th, 1903, the Urban Mountaineering Expedition, headed by Frank Ormiston-Smith, left Zermatt to attempt the conquest of the Matterhorn....