Documentary Short Movies

Through the story of Rocky, a rescued orangutan whose intelligence and empathy rival our own, Orang. Utan. explores the radical question of whether...

A Secrets of Life short about the tawny owl.

1906, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith.

Set during the 30th LGBTTTIQ+ Pride March in Tijuana, this short documentary presents a queer archivist whose career as a journalist has documented...

Man's need to create beauty, to interpret the world around him in image and color, has found expression in many forms, from the days of primitive...

1904, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith.

Frank Zappa stopped by the Night Flight studios in 1985 to talk about music videos, censorship, the PMRC and what it's like to play in his band.

The film shows one day from waking up in the morning all the way to waking up again the next morning. The everyday situations that many commercials...

Travelogue produced by Burton Holmes. Released on October 5th, 1919.

Second part of the film 'River of ice', a mountaineering tour on Franz Josef Glacier in New Zealand. After spending the night in the Deficance Hut,...

1. Lake steamer leaving Lucerne. 2. Panorama of Lucerne Lake front. 3. The picturesque Village Weggis. 4. The oldest Chalet at Trieb. 5. Brunnen -...

Football or Soccer has had an interesting journey in America but one thing is for certain, there would be no Beckham, Rooney or Ibrahimovic in the...

Through one woman's experience as an adopted person and also as a mother who relinquished her child in 1971, this documentary highlights the many...

Ahead of the state visit to Britain by Chinese Premier Xi Jinping, the BBC's China Editor Carrie Gracie retraces his remarkable career from living in...

The film is a fragmented representation of an artist's experience at an art gallery where Wolfgang Lehmann, as a part of his masterclass, shows 2 of...

Produced by Burton Holmes. Released on December 28th, 1919.

A documentary about the actress who played Miss Torso, the dancer that caught James Stewart's eye in Alfred Hitchcock's classic film Rear Window.

1897, directed by Georges Melies.

1904, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith.

Robert Donnell is a man with an unusual occupation. He is the Carilloneur in the Dominion of Canada Peace Tower in Ottawa. Unseen to the visitors ,...