Documentary Short Movies

This entry in the TravelTalks series visits the ancient Egypt. starting Valley of the Kings in a remote and desolate part of Egypt, the entrance to...

The story of Michael Ray VanMeter, the self proclaimed vampire of Ft. Leeds, Alabama

A picture of life in the West Australian capital of Perth in the mid 1960s. The social, business, sporting and other activities of an average...

Curses examines historical hexes. Learn the fate of those who had contact with the Hope diamond after it was stolen from an idol in India. In ancient...

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...

An historical account looking at how Britain's canals were used, and declining, in 1951.

Searching for a connection with her mysterious, austere grandfather, Ora DeKornfeld travels to his childhood home in Hungary, where she is swept up...

Mysterious and only superficially explored by generations of the native Aborigines, Australia's Great Barrier Reef is one of the world's most...

The making of the Tarsem Singh's fantasy-film 'The Fall'. Behind the scenes: Part I.

Breaking a centuries-old taboo, Ava stands as the first woman in Iran to master the male-dominated craft of carpentry. Within the grit and clamor of...

Simon Intihar’s film will delight geeks, bring memories back and encourage young people to google even quicker. One thing is certain. Having...

The American mountaineer Gary Hemming marked the era of the 1960s. The story of this "exceptional" character is intimately linked to that of the...

A desktop documentary about the online afterlife of the late French filmmaker, Chris Marker.

Sex. Something that is part of human nature. Everyone does it and strives to have their happily ever after… Right? In a society where...

An artistic view of Van Gogh as if this movie is self narrated by himself.

Model, film star, muse, socialite, icon. Edie Sedgwick was the very first "it" girl of the Andy Warhol Factory scene. The arc of her life traced the...

People of different age, profession and social status answer two simple questions: who they are and what they want from life.

Mark Thompson Ashworth discusses the 1966 film "The Third Eye "( or "Il Terzo Occhio"), and its cast and crew, pointing out key figures, including...

Directors Errol Morris and Werner Herzog describe and discuss the film The Act of Killing (2012).

Featuring the sites and sounds of the Isle of Man in 1958.