Documentary Short Movies

The nightingale and its song, its habitat, nest eggs and young.

Released in 1901

A look inside the Batanes traditional boat and how the Ivatans preserve their custom of constructing their tataya (boat).

This glance at Bob Burns' Alien movie collection is featured on the 9th bonus disc for the Alien Quadrilogy, released in 2003.

Svalbard is a norwegian archipelago in the Arctic Ocean where the world's northernmost city is situated. It is a place where the underground,...

Tardigrades—tiny creatures just one millimeter in size—exhibit extraordinary adaptability.

Released on July 20th, 1919.

The oldest preserved Ukrainian nature film.

After a queer Chinese medicine practitioner is brutalized at a recent protest, their community comes together in quiet acts of healing.

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

Malcolm Margolin , Writer, Publisher, and Founder of Heyday Books, winner of the San Francisco Foundation 2008 Community Leadership Awards (the Helen...

Through the memories of three Scarborough residents, unhome explores the cultural identity of home and the impact of gentrification

Joe McKenna is one of the most influential stylists in the world. From the beginning of the 1980s, he struck up a great friendship with Azzedine...

A unique view of one of the most beautiful waterfalls in the world. The film is tinted to portray the falls amid highly picturesque setting in the...

RETURN follows the efforts of a family of former sea-turtle–egg poachers, now dedicated protectors, leading VIVEMAR — a community-based...

1901 film of the Mer de Glace, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith.

Produced by Burton Holmes. Released on April 13th, 1919.

Released in October of 1920. Produced by Burton Holmes.