Documentary Short Movies

A documentary about the making of Ari Aster's Kafkaesque epic Beau is Afraid.

Coming back during Winter, Alex Powell explores both the places and personal connections found in his hometown and how they've changed. “Guide...

Gracenter is a recovery residence that offers a supportive and gently challenging program for women who wish to strengthen their early sobriety....

Documentary on the Mayan culture.

A documentary behind the scenes of Peter Bogdanovich's 'The Cat's Meow' (2001).

How to make porridge using a haybox.

By combining actual footage with reenactments, this film offers both a documentary and fictional account of the life of Adolf Hitler, from his...

This Ukrainian-Jewish teenager immigrated to San Francisco as a young child. Now on the brink of adulthood, she interviews her grandparents about...

A brief history of the emergence and artistic innovations of tango in 19th-century Argentina and Europe. The film offers a mosaic of tango melodies,...

OnBoard is a brilliant chronicle of the rise of Black women on America's boards and the evolution of board diversity from Patricia Roberts Harris in...

In 1945, Allied troops invaded Germany and liberated Nazi death camps. They found unspeakable horrors which still haunt the world’s conscience....

In 1810, 20 year old Sara Baartman got on a boat from Cape Town to London, unaware that she would never see her home again, or that she would become...

Presence narrates the journey of Thati, a woman determined to overcome her anxiety attacks through surfing. She finds refuge in the waves, where the...

An NHS nurse of twenty years reflects on a challenging and strenuous career as time dwindles to her retirement.

Several children spend a day in the forest and learn from Smokey Bear the five rules to fire safety.

It’s the second semester of junior year for Pierce “Sparni” Sparnroft, a gifted jazz vibraphonist studying at Montclair State...

Through one woman's experience as an adopted person and also as a mother who relinquished her child in 1971, this documentary highlights the many...

Rita Semel, interfaith pioneer and Jewish activist, is a recipient of the San Francisco Foundation Community Leadership Awards "for her life-long...

The cast and crew talk about the core themes of the film and the seeds of the film.

"CATANAS POINT - A Surf Documentary" portrays the reality of the sport of surfing in Angola and compares it with what surfing was like in Brazil from...