Documentary Short Movies

Released on March 19th, 1917. Produced by Burton Holmes.

David Gladwell's ground-breaking documentary about changes in a regional council's approach to caring for children with disabilities.

Reclaiming what was once stolen from him, a man journeys back to the place of his childhood nearly 80 years after his world came crashing down.

The Great Valley in Africa - a crack of more than 6,500 kilometers in the earth's crust - is the result of the continental fracture that began about...

A scenic documentary record of a climb up to Mount Assiniboine, the 'American Matterhorn' in the Canadian Rockies.

A short documentary about the April 17 1912 eclipse, which was partially visible in Italy.

Travelogue produced by Burton Holmes. Released on January 21st, 1918.

Released in May of 1921, produced by Frederick Burlingham.

Released on December 17th, 1917. Produced by Burton Holmes.

In the remote Russian Arctic, an aging scientist and his son are trying to recreate the Ice Age. They call their experiment Pleistocene Park –...

Short documentary about a German electrician who settled and started a family in the mountainous region of Lika.

Elephants are used to pull teak logs through thick jungle to a river.

Travelogue released on September 11th, 1916. Produced by Burton Holmes.

In Caribou in the Archive, rustic VHS home video of a Cree woman hunting caribou in the 1990s is combined with NFB archival film footage of northern...

The world's most famous Swede in 1929 is undoubtedly Greta Garbo. Here the photographer has taken her on a boat departing Gothenburg as she returns...

At just 22 years old, Nigerian superstar Ayra Starr has toured the world, bagged a Grammy nomination and captured the hearts of millions. The short...

An up-to-date look at Youth Suicide with an examination of the warning signs, statistics and causes, along with possible ways teachers and parents...

Dave Meslin, a 47-year-old Canadian activist, is known for his campaigns to defend public space from commercial interests. For 15 years, he has been...

After waiting all day long, an aspiring actor tries to grab the attention of the exhausted and hungry judges during the short audition.

Explores the natural history of the otter, depicted through the fictitious account of a day in the life of Otto the Otter and his mother. The...