Documentary Short Movies

The ascent of the Matterhorn by the Hornli Ridge, filmed in July 1913 by Frederick Burlingham. The team, composed of Burlingham and four mountain...

This short documentary looks at the animated art of Lotte Reiniger. We are taken through a demonstration by Lotte herself on the way she cut out,...

Tut is a 52-year-old fisherman living in Kampot. In spite of the language barrier, he recounts for the first time and without any words his past...

1924, produced by Frederick Burlingham.

The Numbers Start with the River is a 1971 American short documentary film about small-town life in Iowa. Produced by Donald Wrye for the United...

Released in 1918, produced by Frederick Burlingham.

With the local refinery closing, the town of Grangemouth is thrown into limbo.

In a sport dominated for decades by border collies and conventional thinking, an unfancied, backwater team gambles on Hustle — a tiny,...

A documentary focusing on Polish 60-year-old Henryk Kowalczyk who is deaf-blind and being taught sculpture. Working with clay and other materials is...

1924, produced by Frederick Burlingham.

Released on March 30th, 1919. Produced by Burton Holmes.

1918, produced by Frederick Burlingham.

A fond farewell to London's trams - whose peculiarly endearing qualities were discovered only at the threat of their disappearance.

Captures the violence and tenderness, alongside the dominance and submission, that is found in a single, intimate embrace.

An octopus slithers into a narrow crack near the shore; we see its eye up close. It feeds on a crab. In spring it's time to mate. A male grabs a...

A young man living alone in Saaremaa analyses loneliness and happiness while trying to put up with the struggles of being the only atheist in his...

In August 2024, British-Bangladeshi actor and filmmaker Islah Abdur-Rahman was working on a short film, when riots stemming from the Southport...

A documentary about Freia who lives with her mother in a hippie collective. She has thoughts on everything from the things her parents are doing to...

A portrait of the city of Zagreb, as it was in 1943.