Documentary Short

A documentary film is a nonfictional motion picture intended to document some aspect of reality, primarily for the purposes of instruction or maintaining a historical record. Such films were originally shot on film stock—the only medium available—but now include video and digital productions that can be either direct-to-video, made into a TV show or released for screening in cinemas. “Documentary” has been described as a “filmmaking practice, a cinematic tradition, and mode of audience reception” that is continually evolving and is without clear boundaries.

U.S. and foreign films

The English film title, original title, country of origin and production year are listed. Foreign-language films are subtitled in English.

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USA Through My Eyes

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Rojak Romance

Rojak Romance is a documentary featuring a mixed race couple and the different perspectives of their relationship as they attempt to gain approval from their families. In this documentary film, a young mixed-race couple (a Malaysian Ceylonese Tamil male and a Chinese American female) interrogate differing religious backgrounds, expectations on children, and meeting each others’… Read more »

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Goomba’s

A boxing documentary that is not a documentary about boxing. It is not a documentary about boxers. It is a documentary about people finding their tribe through the ritual of boxing.

Looking for Mom

Extremely abnormal climate on earth made the layers of ice in the Arctic melt rapidly. Mother harp seal must swim 3000 KM to search for large ice field to deliver her pup. New born babies have to wait for their mothers to breast-feed them after mother seals come back from the sea by any natural… Read more »

The Last Headhunters

Marco del lucchese | India | 00:15:00 | 2020 English “The Last Headhunters” is the result of 20 days of exploration of a dozen tribes from Nagaland, a borderland between India and Myanmar. A driver-translator made their way between remote regions and mountainous areas: no asphalt road, no man who had ever seen a foreigner… Read more »

BRIGHT PEOPLE

Yuri Sasamoto | Japan | 00:26:59 | 2020 Japanese Actress Yuri Sasamoto seeks out the actor’s life. One actor, who played the role of a joker, lost his life. Yuri Sasamoto searched for a way to master the actor business without becoming a person on the dark side. Sasamoto is invited to an unexpected world…. Read more »

Rick and Me

Miguel Wise | 00:41:38 | 2020 Mike Wise left the United States to meet a man named Rick Simpson who was living in Croatia. After dealing with crohn’s disease his entire life, Rick was able to offer Mike insight into how to heal and cure an ‘incurable’ disease. This is the film about that healing… Read more »

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The Khe Sanh Peace Garden

Tinh Mahoney | Viet Nam | 00:25:28 | 2020 English A touching and hopeful film about a medevac helicopter pilot who found peace within himself and with his mortal enemies when he tries to build a peace garden at the Khe Sanh Combat Base where he stationed during the Viet Nam war. Cast Dave Hansen… Read more »

Nania

Nicolas Vasseur | Thailand | 00:15:13 | 2020 Thai Nania is a thirtheen year old muslim female thaiboxer trained by her father in Bangkok. We experience her reality and the lead-up to a big fight.

One Day in the Life of Eddy

Pauline A Greenlick | Uganda | 00:19:46 | 2020 English Life in Uganda is challenging, but for someone with a disability it is beyond challenging. Despite the difficulties, Eddy is one of the thousands of disabled who struggle every day and are determined to survive and thrive to make a future for themselves. Cast Eddy… Read more »