Documentary Short Movies

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

A rock climbing in the Bavarian Allgäu Alps in Germany. The camera follows two mountaineers on a climb. We see all stages of the ascent, from...

A year has passed since the attacks on the Nord Stream gas pipelines, and it is still unclear what actually happened at the bottom of the Baltic Sea...

What is a home? Can a body become a home? This short film tries to answer these questions about the construction of our identities through the...

Travelogue released on September 18th, 1916. Produced by Burton Holmes.

Austrian military detachment out for Ski practice, showing how the Ski may be used in crossing snow-covered and ice hardened surfaces with great...

1905, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith.

Programmers, filmmakers, and attendees past and present chart the history of BFI Flare to mark its 40th anniversary, from parties to politics. ...

Three mountaineers, including a woman, climb the l'Aiguille du Moine, in the Mont Blanc Massif departing from the Couvercle Shelter. Facing walls...

A party of tourists ascending to the peak of the Rigi find a fresh fall of snow covering the summit. They soon divided into battalions, and bombard...

A film about Men At Work, their hit single Down Under, and the Kookaburra controversy. The band were sued for copyright infringement and faced the...

The stalls with their keepers and stores of laces are being inspected by English and American tourists, who no doubt takeaway with them a goodly...

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...

This Traveltalk short visits Hawaii's capital city.

Documentary which delves a bit deeper into the story of the film in which the cast and crew discuss some of the narrative beats, the performances in...

The Shades of Love is an intimate journey into the loves, lives and losses of 3 sex workers in Singapore. As an ordinary day in this city unfolds,...

Released in 1915, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith.

A program on the relationship between the filmmaking couple Larisa Sheptiko and Elim Klimov.

The cast and crew talk about making the film with some behind-the-scenes footage.

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