Documentary Short Movies

A movie director attemps to film the way he writes a screenplay.

Jeena issi ka naam hein - Akhil Balamsheikh, 21/09/2025

In the remote Russian Arctic, an aging scientist and his son are trying to recreate the Ice Age. They call their experiment Pleistocene Park –...

A picture of life in the West Australian capital of Perth in the mid 1960s. The social, business, sporting and other activities of an average...

Travelogue of a trip that occurred over a two-week period. Includes scenic sequences of mountains and lakes such as: Spokane, Washington, Rockies,...

In ancient Russian mythology Sirin is a bird with the head of a woman, a Slavic image of the Greek sirens. The ensemble of ancient Russian sacred...

In this documentary Edo Maajka, Bosnian hip hop star talks about war, his life as a refugee, war crimes, forgiving and making peace, nationalism,...

This very short documentary from the Hinterland Who’s Who series provides an introduction to the herring gull.

A short black-and-white silent documentary film featuring the life-cycle of the Barn Owl.

We have our poor people and the east has its starving millions; even in far-away Ceylon there are many kind hearts beating beneath dark skins, and it...

"Flammes de Pierre" is the first documentary made by Gaston Rébuffat himself in 1947. It depicts Rébuffat in full ascent of the Flammes...

This very short documentary from the Hinterland Who's Who series introduces viewers to the polar bear, one of the largest bears in North America. See...

short documentary film on an Icelandic whaling station

A short documentary about an unusual duck that appeared in New York's Central Park and created a global media sensation.

1901, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith

The Scarlet Macaw, a vibrant symbol of the Mexican rainforest, is disappearing from the ecosystem. Conservation and Recovery of the Scarlet Macaw in...

A Secrets of Life short about the tawny owl.

The picture shows various kinds of birds in their natural environments, and in their natural colors, and at such close range that the very eyes of...

Deconstructs the representation of AIDS in the popular media where distortion and misrepresentation amount to a "snow job" promoting increased...

Distressing accounts and images of historical warfare and the ongoing issues of a population suffering from hunger fill this short documentary about...