Documentary Shorts

At the End of the Day

A portrait of a homoparental family: Marta and Mariana are married and live with their two young children, Matias and Maria Mar, and Madiba, a Dalmatian. At the End of the Day explores the importance of small gestures in a family’s intimate spaces.

Havenofear

Religious fanaticism has many faces. Some detonate bombs; others wear masks of Jesus. Havenofear depicts Islamophobia in the small village of Nebosja, which lies at the border between Slovakia and Hungary.

Jakub Gajdos is a filmmaker from Banska Bystrica, Slovakia. He is currently a student at the Academy of arts in Banska Bystrica, Slovakia.

 

Black Dog

The myth of the Black Dog structures the life of these Argentine villagers. Capturing their stories and beliefs, this documentary traces how myths shape our identities and world.

Tomas Faiman is a documentary filmmaker from Villa Crespo, Buenos Aires, Argentina. He studies Image and Sound Design at Buenos Aires University.

 

Every Grain of Rice

A beautiful clipboard of textures, sounds, and sights all come together in this audiovisual essay about the filmmaker’s relation to her Vietnamese heritage.

Carol Nguyen is an award winning 19-year-old filmmaker based in Toronto and Montreal. Her films have screened at festivals such as Nashville Film Festival and Los Angeles Film Festival.

The Wall Within

In Arizona, forensic anthropologists must analyze the remains of thousands of migrants who die each year crossing the Sonoran Desert into the U.S. Meanwhile, armed American vigilantes patrol the border.

Yuppie (USA)

dir. Clark Burnett, Yale University

Yuppie is a historical and contemporary exploration of race relations and gentrification in Crown Heights, Brooklyn.

Clark Burnett attends Yale University. He’s interested in sociology (race and class issues), music, and telling stories.

Clark has interned at Ken Burns’s production company and has edited viral videos for Genius.com. From thrillers to documentaries, his work has been screened in film festivals around the country.

What Day Is Today? (PT)

Animated documentary short film made by the youth of the Portuguese city of Montemor-o- Novo. Over a two month period, these youngsters took a trip down memory lane to collect the testimonies of an older generation who witnessed 40 years of dictatorship and another 40 of fable-like democracy only to find out that the struggle for basic human rights has become.

Unfinished Business (UK)

Unfinished business is a film about a man, his family and his obsession with bodybuilding. After placing 18th in the UK’s largest bodybuilding competition, Nat Simon has taken a year out to bulk up and understand why he wants to be the most muscular man in Britain.

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