Documentary Short Movies

A first-person account of a kid named Sidney in a town that helped him become who he is today: Cole Harbour, Nova Scotia.

The powerful story of a couple who's hopes of having a child went from infertility, to a miracle, to tragedy.

John Milius narrates this featurette on the Clint Eastwood classic.

This short documentary shows the reactions of European immigrants as they land in Halifax at the beginning of the 1960s. From the port, we follow them...

The earliest 'rockumentary' of John Mayall and his musicians filmed in their homes, dressing rooms, motorways, airports, clubs, concert halls and at f...

"The Worthing Station is some distance from the shore, and whenever there is a wreck the life-boat is dragged to the scene on a huge truck drawn by ei...

Rae Ripple, a welder from the outskirts of West Texas transforms neglected metal into works of art and in the process finds healing from her traumatic...

A satirical archive-based portrait spanning 30 years that follows the rise of Christian cinema’s most visible presence, David A.R. White, and how he c...

As a Cholera epidemic rages in Haiti, the United Nations denies it is responsible for introducing the disease despite glaring evidence suggesting Nepa...

A 38 minute documentary that investigates why antisemitism exploded in Bay Area High Schools after Hamas attacked Israel on October 7. This comes afte...

A mother determines to see her son faced with autism and depression overcome challenges, along with support from family, the community and teachers.

People from different ethnic backgrounds with "difficult" names by Western standards share their experience with moving through the world with an iden...

This short 1949 documentary studies the impact Canada's National Health Program has had on people who might otherwise not had been able to obtain medi...

Children of lesbian mothers talk frankly about their mothers' coming out, their own homophobia, and how they feel about being raised by lesbian mother...

Georg is an Austrian retiree whose mother witnessed the crash of an Allied B-17 near their home during World War II. When he takes up metal detecting...

Short documentary about the making of Twin Peaks: The Return.

This fast-paced Documentary was filmed inside America's biggest Comics/Film Convention and includes informative and humorous interviews with Levar Bur...

Distressing accounts and images of historical warfare and the ongoing issues of a population suffering from hunger fill this short documentary about t...

A short documentary chronicling the personal lives and narratives of Thai "ladyboys," who are born men but present themselves as women, living openly...

A documentary about Fausto Delle Chiaie, an italian artist. He worked in many european countries and spent the last 30 years exhibiting on the streets...