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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Identity: The Andrew Nemr Story

Jonathan Cipiti | United States | 00:22:40 | 2022 Journey with international tap dance artist Andrew Nemr as he searches for an place where he can just be. Cast Andrew Joseph Nemr Writers John Priddy Jonathan Cipiti Producers Makoto Fujimura Kevin Chan Ed Priddy John Priddy Michael Priddy Sarah Moore Cinematography Peter Pascucci Edited by… Read more »

To Dance

Jake Fuller | United States | 00:09:35 | 2022 English Portrait of the Milwaukee Ballet Company’s school of dance with kids aging in range from 3 to 14 Writer Jake Fuller Producer Jake Fuller

Magnetic

Ilka Goldschmidt | Brazil | 00:25:00 | 2022 Portuguese The small town of Ipuaçu, located in the west of Santa Catarina, is Brazil’s national capital of crop circles. In between October and November, they appear. When the sun comes up, the shapes are suddenly there, among the wheat. Could they be the work of extraterrestrial… Read more »

One Heck of a Game

Karen DeLuca Stephens | United States | 00:17:48 | 2022 English In the summer of 1937 during the Depression a group of 13 year old boys from an Italian immigrant neighborhood of Boston forms a baseball team. They hunt up uniforms and equipment; they join a citywide league alongside 27,000 other boys. They win every… Read more »

Girl Beer

Marena Domingo-Young | United States | 00:34:08 | 2022 English An introspective look at the history and participation of women in the craft beer industry and the trials and tribulations they experience everyday. Cast Adela Elizarrez Kelly Erickson Kelly Chandler Anne Ortega Candace Moon Nicole Geletka Laurie Porter Laura Fahey Amanda Larson Writer Marena Domingo-Young… Read more »

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27 STEPS

Andrea Schramm | Germany | 00:21:12 | 2022 German On the first day of the Corona lockdown, the director’s father is picked up by an ambulance. He dies shortly thereafter. Mother and daughter mourn in the parental apartment, isolated on 49 square meters — and connected to the outside world only by telephone. With painful… Read more »

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Women are the Change

Philip Lewis | United States | 00:24:24 | 2022 With only a tiny percentage of girls in sub-Saharan Africa making it to college–or even knowing someone who has–this film is about seven ordinary girls who did make it to college will introduce new inspiring possibilities to girls throughout Africa. The women of the film, like… Read more »

Just a Broadway Baby: Mary Ellen Ashley

Patrick A Riviere | United States | 00:23:55 | 2022 English A short documentary film about the career and life of Mary Ellen Ashley who made her Broadway debut in 1943 in The Innocent Voyage (as Mary Ellen Glass) and went on to do the entire run of the original Broadway Production of Annie Get… Read more »

Anatomy of a Chase!

Daniel J. Coplan | United States | 00:05:30 | 2022 Behinds the scenes documentary on how the chase scene in 8 Winds was built. Cast Christopher Loverro Ben Schyan

Edgar Palm in Otrabanda

Harrie Verstappen | Curaçao | 00:29:05 | 2022 Papiamento The dean of Curaçao piano players walks around with his son in Willemstad, Curaçao’s sadly delapidated musicians’ quarter of Otrabanda, telling him stories about who lived there, intercut by live performances with his group of their music. Cast Edgar Palm Anthony Palm Writer Harrie Verstappen Producer… Read more »