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FILM LIBRARY
ALL editions, films by category (1433)
SHORT DOCUMENTARY
RETURN TO CALAIS
Dir: Noah Benezra, Joseph Tuzzolino, Edith Goldenhar, United States, 15 min, 2019, Short Documentary
A personal story, global story, and call to action. In 1940, Paulette was a teenage refugee fleeing the Nazi invasion of Belgium. In 2018, Edith fol... more »
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STAN
Dir: JP Olsen, Kristen Nutile, United States, 8 min, 2019, Short Documentary
STAN is an experimental documentary based around the life of former heroin addict, Stan, who was among several thousand New York City teens in the 1... more »
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THE MISSION HOME
Dir: Deborah Harse, United States, 15 min, 2019, Short Documentary
The Mission Home is a story about the Ramakrishna Vivekananda Mission on the Ganges River in Barrackpore, a suburb
north of Kolkata (Calcutta), In... more »
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ˇHOLA KITTY!
Dir: Daniel Burity, United States, 10 min, 2015, Short Documentary
The film address the challenging issues of Latino illegal immigrants in the US. The main subject is a Latino immigrant who works in New York City in... more »
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3 STOLEN CAMERAS
Dir: RĺFILM, Equipe Media, Sweden, 17 min, 2017, Short Documentary
The members of video activist group Equipe Media, from occupied Western Sahara, fight to keep their cameras. This is a story about breaking an absol... more »
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A BLACK MAN IN ZIMBABWE
Dir: Roger Horn, South Africa, 4 min, 2018, Short Documentary
In 1994, 62 school children in Ruwa, Zimbabwe claimed to have seen a UFO and a black man on the school playground. No teachers or school employees w... more »
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ACCUSED OF WITCHCRAFT
Dir: Ewa Marcinowska, Poland, 23 min, 2017, Short Documentary
In February 2016, the world was gripped by the photo of a starved-to-death boy, accused of witchcraft and banished by his family and community. The... more »
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ASTRONAUT STARBRIGHT
Dir: Lana Taylor, United States, 12 min, 2018, Short Documentary
Taylor Richardson (Astronaut Starbright), is a young girl of color who aspires to be an astronaut when she grows up. She advocates for girls of colo... more »
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BACK HOME
Dir: Haruka Motohashi, United States, 12 min, 2018, Short Documentary
Back Home is an autobiographical documentary about the filmmaker's heart-rending personal journey to reconcile with her estranged mother, who is abo... more »
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CHALLENGING THE CALL
Dir: Milik Robinson, United States, 20 min, 2018, Short Documentary
Challenging The Call is call is a personal journey film about discovering one's self worth while moving on from past pain. In this film, I set out t... more »
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FINDING NASSEEBI
Dir: Andrea Yu-Chieh Chung, United Arab Emirates, 9 min, 2018, Short Documentary
A soul-searching filmmaker sets out to make a documentary about the United Arab Emirates' Islamic hotline center, where scholars answer questions an... more »
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GREAT! LAKES
Dir: Tess Wagman, United States, 20 min, 2018, Short Documentary
In the small town of Knife River, Minnesota, twin sisters, Pamela Matson & Patricia Canelake, make candy the old fashioned way using recipes invente... more »
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HOW TO POWER A CITY: ASTORIA
Dir: Melanie J La Rosa, United States, 10 min, 2018, Short Documentary
When the utility wanted to built yet another power plant in already heavily polluted Astoria, Queens, this community decided to do something about i... more »
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IRON TRIANGLE
Dir: Nate Dorr & Maya Edelman, United States, 16 min, 2018, Short Documentary
A vibrant industrial neighborhood thriving despite city neglect. Immigrant workers, documented and undocumented. A city plan for massive redevelopme... more »
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NOBODY DIES HERE
Dir: Simon Panay, France, 23 min, 2016, Short Documentary
Perma gold mine, Benin. Some dream to find something, others realized there was nothing to be found. Some dig relentlessly hoping to become rich, ot... more »
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ROOFTOP REFUGE
Dir: Andrew Leibman, United States, 5 min, 2017, Short Documentary
A short documentary about Brooklyn local, Dave Malone, and how his passion for flying pigeons shaped his life.
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THE DIVER (El Buzo)
Dir: Esteban Arrangoiz, Mexico, 16 min, 2016, Short Documentary
Julio César Cu Cámara is the chief diver in the Mexico City sewerage system, he job is to repair pumps and dislodge garbage that flows into the gutt... more »
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THE HIVE
Dir: Sheila Avellaneda, Spain, 3 min, 2018, Short Documentary
There are 20,000 species of bees in the world and survive in hives. But surviving is not always enough.
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VIDA ALEGRE
Dir: Marta Pulk, Estonia, 6 min, 2018, Short Documentary
Vida Alegre takes us to the Peruvian Amazon where thousands of women sell their bodies for money in the midst of jungle law. Developed under the gui... more »
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YIA YIA: A PORTRAIT
Dir: Greg Sego, United States, 20 min, 2018, Short Documentary
Between 1939 and 1945, an estimated 40.5 million Europeans were uprooted and displaced... This is the story of 1 of them. "Yia Yia: A Portrait" doc... more »
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.TV
Dir: G. Anthony Svatek, United States, 22 min, 2017, Short Documentary
.TV is a found footage essay film: Voicemails left by an anonymous caller from the future guide us to the remote islands of Tuvalu, a place the glob... more »
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CYCLE
Dir: Heath Hofmeister , United States, 4 min, 2017, Short Documentary
A Friday night bike ride becomes a battle for the essence of liberty. One rider's view of a Critical Mass Ride in Manhattan on September 30, 2005. I... more »
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FIGHTING FOR JUSTICE
Dir: Anuz Thapa, United States, 10 min, 2017, Short Documentary
The feature documentary focusses on the reluctance of the criminal justice system to charge anybody with 'hate crime'. Imam Maulama Akonjee and his... more »
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HATTIE GOES CRUISING
Dir: Konstantin Bock, United States, 18 min, 2015, Short Documentary
While rifling through his collection of dirty photos of horse-hung tricks, Hattie shares his vivid memories, insights, and practical advice for pick... more »
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PER
Dir: Néha Hirve, Sweden, 6 min, 2017, Short Documentary
A portrait of Per, who lives on the streets in Norwegian capital Oslo. The only time that per finds solace from his failures in life is when he's in... more »
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RECONSTRUCTING REALITY
Dir: Alice Wong, Netherlands, 11 min, 2016, Short Documentary
I thought the truth about my father's violent death would reveal itself if I investigated enough data on the event. But accessing more information a... more »
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RISKI
Dir: Otto Reuschel, Germany, 12 min, 2017, Short Documentary
Along with dozens of other young Moroccan boys between 8 and 18 years old, Mohammed lives on the shores of the Mediterranean Sea in the port of Meli... more »
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RUDY'S HOBBY SHOP
Dir: Jason Guzman, United States, 5 min, 2017, Short Documentary
Marvin Cochran, owner of Rudy's Hobby & Art in Astoria Queens, let's us have a glimpse at the day-to-day in this once ice cream parlor, turned hobby... more »
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RULE OF NATURE
Dir: Dieter Primig, Namibia, 25 min, 2017, Short Documentary
Adapt or die? Following a young woman female tribe member of the only few remaining indigenous bushmen of Namibia, we get a uniquely personal and dr... more »
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TEMPO RUBATO
Dir: Noelia Santos, United States, 19 min, 2016, Short Documentary
‘Tempo Rubato' depicts the creative origins and rhythmic roots of a new jazz composition by the acclaimed New York-based Colombian percussionist and... more »
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TERRAZA 7
Dir: Carlos Freire, United States, 12 min, 2017, Short Documentary
Terraza 7 is a bar located in Jackson Heights, New York. It opened its doors in 2002, always with the promise of bringing us a show case of differen... more »
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THE FOURTH KINGDOM
Dir: Alex Lora, Adan Aliaga , Spain, 14 min, 2017, Short Documentary
The Fourth Kingdom is the kingdom of plastics, a redemption center in NY for immigrants and underdogs where the American Dream becomes possible inde... more »
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THE OTHER SIDE
Dir: Griselda San Martin, Spain, 5 min, 2016, Short Documentary
Just like every other weekend at Friendship Park, dozens of people have come to meet and greet one another on both sides of the U.S.-Mexico border f... more »
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THREE RED SWEATERS
Dir: Martha Gregory, United States, 8 min, 2017, Short Documentary
A filmmaker explores memory and the way that we use technology to record our lives - sometimes at the expense of being present for them - through he... more »
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TWO MARXISTS IN HOLLYWOOD
Dir: Zoe Beloff, United States, 26 min, 2016, Short Documentary
A series of Interviews with Sergei Eisenstein and Bertolt Brecht about their experiences in Hollywood. The film was shot in contemporary locations i... more »
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4 BED, 4 1/2 BATH
Dir: Amanda Katz, United States, 10 min, 2016, Short Documentary
Sudden divorce spurs a newly single Marjorie to sell her family home of 35 years. We move through, room by room, in this newly made intermediate zon... more »
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A WALK TO FREEDOM
Dir: Dan Pearson, United States, 30 min, 2016, Short Documentary
Donna Hylton's first person interview about the childhood abuse she endured, the spiral of events that lead to her incarceration, and how she learne... more »
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CHRIST/EL
Dir: Andreas Grützner, Germany, 9 min, 2016, Short Documentary
A family portrait told through Super8 footage and old tapes from 1975-77. In it's essence the question about belief. A boy and his dilemma to stand... more »
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OVER OCEANS
Dir: Lisa Tan, United States, 15 min, 2016, Short Documentary
In 2015 an interracial couple remembers their courtship and marriage two years before the US Supreme Court ruled the ban on interracial marriage unc... more »
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RAISIN/ROSEDALE
Dir: Sandy Chase, United States, 21 min, 2016, Short Documentary
Segregation in New York City affects people of different races and income levels in deeply personal ways. In Rosedale, Queens in the 1970s, for exa... more »
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THE DROVER'S BOY
Dir: Margaret McHugh, Australia, 11 min, 2014, Short Documentary
The Drover's Boy is an award-winning hybrid documentary set in the 1920s outback Australia, which recalls a time when it was illegal for white Austr... more »
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THE FISHERMAN
Dir: Anoah Levine, United States, 5 min, 2016, Short Documentary
Queens, New York is often described as the most diverse borough in New York City. Within this borough exists two conflicting worlds: the loud, fast... more »
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TO SERVE AND PROTECT?
Dir: Gandhi Brigade Youth Media, United States, 7 min, 2016, Short Documentary
We see it all over the media, but excessive use of force by police isn't new. We've known about the killings of men, women, and children of color to... more »
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VIRIATO
Dir: Gabriel Stanger Martins, Spain, 10 min, 2016, Short Documentary
A portrait of the spanish society and of a culture that has been taken down and it couldn't get up anymore, living generation after generation, the... more »
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BOULEVARD'S END
Dir: Nora Fingscheidt, United States, 15 min, 2015, Short Documentary
At the end of Washington Boulevard, where Los Angeles' streets merge into the ocean, the Venice Pier begins. The rough concrete pier braves Pacific... more »
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CHRISTOPHER'S GARDEN
Dir: William Torgerson, United States, 11 min, 2014, Short Documentary
In the Blue Ridge Mountain town of Asheville, North Carolina, an artist named Christopher Mello has made a darkly beautiful garden that includes wha... more »
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CUBICLES
Dir: Riz Nasim, Canada, 21 min, 2015, Short Documentary
'Cubicles' depicts the issue of child labor escalating due to poverty, lack of education, unavailability of government support and so on. In develop... more »
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HANKA'S TATTOO
Dir: Elaine Vedette Tack, United States, 15 min, 2015, Short Documentary
Seventy five years after his mother was branded at Auschwitz, a New York City Doctor gets his mothers tattoo and so does his 23 year old daughter. A... more »
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MY FATHER'S HOUSE
Dir: David Greenwald, United States, 29 min, 2015, Short Documentary
From his boyhood home in Queens to his father's boyhood home in Eastern Europe, filmmaker David Greenwald takes you through a multi-generational jou... more »
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THE LADIES
Dir: Tyler Zoanni, United States, 13 min, 2015, Short Documentary
For 50 years, a group of Ukrainian women has gathered in New York's East Village to make dumplings for their church. This observational short offers... more »
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AS YOU PASS BY
Dir: Georg Anthony Svatek, Amanda Katz, United States, 11 min, 2014, Short Documentary
The roads we erect and the cars we drive maximize our comfort and efficiency, but at what cost? As You Pass By commences an exploration of the Brook... more »
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COMIC BOOK HEAVEN
Dir: E.j. Mcleavey-Fisher, United States, 12 min, 2014, Short Documentary
This short documentary follows 81 year old Joe Leisner, owner of Comic Book Heaven in Sunnyside, Queens, NY as he cantankerously assesses the status... more »
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NOT NEW RUSSIANS
Dir: Abigail Spindel, Brazil, 28 min, 2014, Short Documentary
Dark scenes from Russia in 2004, that reveal the anger and despair of ordinary Russians who feel abandoned by the state infrastructure: Old pensione... more »
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SKIN FEELS
Dir: Daan Bunnik, Netherlands, 7 min, 2014, Short Documentary
In this observational diptych, the narrator, Daan Bunnik depicts the struggles of observing the ageing bodies of his parents. The part about his fat... more »
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BENEATH THE TREES
Dir: Iker Esteibarlanda, Spain, 12 min, 2014, Short Documentary
Storytelling in Ireland stems from an ancient oral tradition of transmitting laws and taboos, hero epics, wisdom tales and cultural myths from gener... more »
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HAENYEO: WOMEN OF THE SEA
Dir: Kevin Sawicki & Alex Igidbashian, United States, 11 min, 2013, Short Documentary
Haenyeo refers to the women free-divers of Jeju Island, South Korea who for centuries have collected sea food without the use of scuba equipment. Th... more »
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HOPE ON THE HORIZON
Dir: Donna York, United States, 27 min, 2013, Short Documentary
The 48 highest peaks in the White Mountains of New Hampshire, also known as the '4000 footers' cover over 250 miles of various terrain and over 70,0... more »
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JUANA
Dir: Neha Gautam, United States, 10 min, 2013, Short Documentary
The story of a Filipino domestic worker who is a survivor of labor trafficking and domestic violence. Juana leaves the Philippines for a better life... more »
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LAST RIDE...FIRST RIDE
Dir: Daniel Turkewitz, United States, 13 min, 2013, Short Documentary
Only days after the end of the season party, Hurricane Sandy destroys the Coney Island bumper cars along with much of the region. Will it reopen for... more »
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