Documentary Short Movies

1904, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith.

A lyrical and haunting portrait of reindeer herding in the twilight expanses of the Lappish wilderness.

When temporary solutions become the status quo, who gets left behind? A Stop Gap Measure follows disability activist Luke Anderson in his fight for...

This short documentary focuses on a man-made island that became the first federal sanctuary for wildlife in Canada. Situated an hour east of...

A promotional short for Lolly-Madonna XXX (1973).

1902, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith

A look at the Lake District and its famous poet.

Short documentary written, directed and edited by Aleksandar Ilić. It won the Special Jury Prize at the Krakow Film Festival.

1907, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith.

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...

Mats Öberg, born 1971 in Umeå, Sweden, has been living in Stockholm for many years, where he moved when he entered the Royal Academy of...

George Stoney investigates the living conditions, both good and bad, in the rural, segregated South.

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...

1902, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith

Short subject on how fashion is created-- not by the great couturiers, but on the street.

Showing hundreds of boys, girls and adults on skis descending a steep snow-covered bank.

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...

In a greenhouse in England, a military veteran talks about his experiences as a soldier in Afghanistan. Clement Boland served with the British Army...

Released on the 13th of August, 1917. Produced by Burton Holmes.

A remote and wild island on the west coast of Scotland is home to a small group of people that live in deep connection with the land, the sea and the...