Documentary Short Movies

Why box? Is it the thrill of competition, or the lure of commercial riches, the chance to compete at the Olympics, or a simple need to test oneself....

The sea is the epitome of freedom for the Palestinians. But due to the restrictions on their freedom of movement, a majority of Palestinians have for...

An inside look at the making of Feud: Bette and Joan.

A study of nocturnal butterflies and their mating habits.

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

A cinematic dysfunction based on found footage and manipulated lost films that come together to rethink modern society. The perversity of control,...

Fred Parke's thesis film on facial modeling at the University of Utah is an early landmark in computer animation.

Fly-on-the-wall documentary footage of a film crew shooting a horror scene in Mumbai.

Several women recounted their experiences after the disappearance of their children and husbands in the seventies, when they were identified as...

Joan Braderman talks about and appears in front of a projected version of the soap opera Dynasty.

A Swiss railway documentary short.

A short documentary about a man who resembles Barack Obama.

Brooke Carten has been rock climbing for long enough that it's hard to imagine who she'd be without it. How has climbing shaped the person she's...

Legendary short story writer Lucia Berlin (1936-2004) captured moments of grace in the cafeterias and laundromats of the American Southwest, in the...

Hunnarshala, founded in the wake of the 2001 earthquake in Gujarat, India, facilitates community-driven, artisan-led reconstruction in post-disaster...

Studio TAMassociati is a nonprofit architecture firm recognized for designing healthcare facilities in war-torn areas. The firm champions human...

The San Francisco Foundation Community Leadership Awards presents Bishop Yvette A. Flunder, founder and director of Ark of Refuge, with the Robert C....

"The role of the arts is to tear down what is evil and build up what is good." - Chinaka Hodge

Asian Women's Shelter, winner of the San Francisco Foundation 2008 Community Leadership Awards (the John R. May Award) - a cornerstone in the Asian...