Movies: Documentary short

A POC-led community group’s fight for environmental justice in the Ironbound community of Newark, New Jersey....

An insightful study of Filipino American family dynamics and psychologies, SILENT SACRIFICES delves into the cultural conflicts Filipino immigrants and their American-born children encounter on a daily basis. Frank discussions between teens, young ad...

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Dancer Nonoko Sato at Gallery Kaos No Ma in Kyoto. Shot in ambient light on 30 year old Kodachrome and developed in Caffenol, each frame of the film was exposed for up to a second. Nonoko Sato (Japan) is a member of Kiraza Butoh Company and is also a...

The story of a 77 year-old vegan bodybuilder....

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A cinematic dysfunction based on found footage and manipulated lost films that come together to rethink modern society. The perversity of control, power, consumption, compared to images designed to enhance the sensory side, are some of the topics cov...

A documentary featuring the clash between the two cultures: Polish and Japanese. The filmmakers’ efforts to shoot the film are challenged by numerous obstacles they come across, that is cultural, linguistic, age and personality barriers and differenc...

This film is about Japanese traditional bamboo craft....

The first and last glimpse into the universe of iconic Spanish sculptor Xavier Corberó since his passing in 2017. A kaleidoscopic life and career that traversed a turbulent moment of Spanish history....

South Africa's first and only all-female, anti-poaching unit, fighting to rescue their country's rhinos from the edge of extinction....

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Expurrimental documentary about two cats and the humans in their lives....

Documentary about Montreal, old French city and modern metropolis. Thanks to its secular churches, its old houses, its old markets, Montreal retains some features of its former face. But its art galleries, its universities, its airport, its sorting s...

The film is a continuous, "real time" tracking shot of a stream bed. The length of the track was ten yards. The camera was suspended in a motorized carriage running on steel cables three feet above the water surface. The camera pointed vertically dow...

In the male dominated society of Iran, Farahnaz Shiri, the first female bus driver in Tehran, has made her own little society in her bus. In Iran there are different sections for men and women on public buses. Women should enter buses from the back d...

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A brief but immersive travel short capturing Egypt through the lens, a personal yet cinematic look at a timeless destination....

A young man living alone in Saaremaa analyses loneliness and happiness while trying to put up with the struggles of being the only atheist in his Christian family....

Discover the captivating origins of an iconic little pickup from the 1960s that was transformed into a 'triozinho' and captured the hearts of countless 'foliões' during Carnaval. Through heartfelt memories, interviews, and breathtaking landscapes, th...