Documentary Short Movies

Short version of the film 'Kampf um den Himalaja', released for the home market. The film shows images of the 1937 German expedition to Nanga Parbat,...

Searching for a connection with her mysterious, austere grandfather, Ora DeKornfeld travels to his childhood home in Hungary, where she is swept up...

Weiss’s classic B&W agitprop short made after his escape to London just ahead of the Nazis. He carried with him three reels of material for his...

New documentary by Mexican filmmaker Sonia Fritz about a forgotten town in Puerto Rico.

An in-depth documentary on the behind-the-scenes of the 1990 Canuck cult classic The Final Sacrifice.

An exploration of how the architects who created the genre captivated the entire world, forever influenced the way music was made, and became a...

Soccer champion and women’s sports advocate Ashlyn Harris is telling her full story for the first time ever, sharing her triumphs and defeats...

Extra, behind scenes from Hideaki Anno's film Ritual (also known as Shiki-Jitsu).

A movie that portrays a reflection about sense of being self, to love and to be loved.

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.

Also known as Reindeer Time and Inheritance, this 9-minute short by Arne Sucksdorff documents the Sámi people’s autumn migration as they...

The world-famed Simmenthal cattle, bred by Herr Rebmann, are seen leaving the valley for the summer pastures on the Grimmalp. The herds are...

Nature documentary meets Disney-style cute in this Animaland animated short.

This 2007 behind-the-scenes documentary on the making of PERSEPOLIS features interviews with codirectors Marjane Satrapi and Vincent Paronnaud as...

A 1930s geography lesson on dairy farming, around the pasturelands of Wixenford Farm near Plymouth.

The first half of this Traveltalk entry is spent in the town of Bath, where we learn about the long history and architecture of the area. We then go...

A historical documentary documenting the rise, function, and abandonment of a 17 story building that once housed The Rochester Psychiatric Center. ...

For more than 40 years, on an old back street in San Francisco’s North Beach neighborhood, Jacqueline Margulis’ culinary obsession has...

In June 2010, French actress Marion Cotillard spent a week in the heart of the tropical forests of the Democratic Republic of Congo with members of...