Best Short Documentary

  • Coach Pancake

    Gabriel Olson USA, Documentary, 6:00

    Former soccer star Andres, lovingly named “Coach Pancake” by his students, finds his calling training six-year-olds to find their superpowers on and off the field.

  • Shitty Therapy

    Javier Polo Spain, Documentary, 10'00''

    In 2012, two biology students created fecomagnetism, a parody of pseudotherapies that claimed

    to cure all kinds of diseases by mixing poop with magnets,but shit gets out of hand. How long would it take for people to realize that it was all fake?

  • Know Your Stones

    Katarina Jazbec Germany, The Netherlands, Documentary, 21'00''

    As we face climate change, young activists, steelworkers, and a geologist come together in a time-traveling space full of nightmares and aspirations. 

  • The Box

    Tomaž Pavkovič Slovenia, Documentary, 21'52''

    A melancholic trip back to a bygone era unfolds as a son discovers rare 8mm

    footage of his family's life in a small Yugoslav town during the 60s and 70s,

    capturing the magic, the ideology, and the sudden mystique of time itself in a

    country that no longer exists.

  • Saintonge Roundabout

    Quentin Papapietro France, Documentary, 14’18’’

    On the roads of Saintonge, roundabouts were organized with an obsession with local culture, this film is therefore an opportunity to turn around these postcard landscapes where oysters, parasols and prehistoric women live together. 

  • Fantoomwijk

    Ravi Sandberg The Netherlands, Documentary, 14’20’’

    Fantoomwijk gives a voice to the residents, who reminisce about their own neighbourhood that was erased from the city. The film investigates how perceptions determine policy and the ensuing impact on those affected. 

  • Bye Bye Benz Benz

    Mamoun Rtal Bennani, Jules Rouffio France, Documentary, 09’30’’

     

    While the Moroccan state has been instituting a scrappage scheme for old Moroccan cabs since 2016, Kbir is one of the few drivers still attached to his old Mercedes 240.

  • Filming Under Fire: John Ford’s OSS Field Photo Branch

    Dan Gagliasso USA, Documentary, 21:45

    Hollywood director John Ford’s service as commander of the Office of Strategic Services (OSS) Field Photographic Branch in World War II.

  • Taking Back The Groove

    Celia Aniskovich USA, Documentary, 33’14’’

    Taking Back the Groove tells the story of how Richie Weeks clawed back the rights to his own music in the wake of the Black Lives Matter movement and his ongoing fight to restore his legacy and share his music. 

  • Black Wagon

    Adilet Karzhoev Kyrgyzstan, Documentary, 23'37''

    A crew of miners digs coal 500 meters underground. Miners must fulfill the daily plan. But with each hit with the pick, it becomes more and more difficult to get to the coal in the safe zone. The foreman decides to take risks and dig coal in the danger zone.

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  • Holy Slut

    Fred Mascaras France, Documentary, 8'24''

    Young graffiti woman who was sexually abused at the age of 13, wanders alone through the locked-down streets of Albi.

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  • Mutha & The Death of Ham-Ma-Fuku

    Daniel Suberviola Spain, Documentary, 25'00''

    Mutha searches for antipersonnel mines in the Western Sahara Desert.

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  • Danielle

    Gareth Warland Sweden, Documentary, 15'18''

    Danielle is a film that chooses not to focus on the disease itself but instead on the person who has the disease, their life and how they choose to live it, despite the obstacles.

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  • Lifeboat

    Skye Fitzgerald USA, Documentary, 34'00''

    LIFEBOAT showcases the crisis of refugees desperate enough to risk their lives in rubber boats leaving Libya in the middle of the night and pushing off into the unknown, despite a high probability of drowning.

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  • Rakijada- Distillated Village Tales

    NIKOLA ILIC Switzerland, Serbia, Documentary, 16'00''

    A portrait of a sleepy village that shines a new light on a serbian soul, while never losing sight of a typical humour of the Balkans.

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  • Nobody Dies Here

    Simon Panay France, Documentary, 23'30''

    Perma gold mine, Benin. Some dream to find something, others realized there was nothing to be found. Some dig relentlessly hoping to become rich, others died in the process. And a few of them say that here, nobody dies.

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  • Invisible

    Zofia Pregowska Poland, Documentary, 22'00''

    90-year-old Krystyna, lives in the tiny apartment surrounded by books and writing pads. That is remarkable in itself since Krystyna is almost blind, but that does not stop this still vital woman from writing passionate and eloquent poetry that celebrates life.

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  • The Visit

    Matej Bobrik Poland, Documentary, 11’

    IN A CARE HOME SURROUNDED BY MAGICAL FOREST DEEP IN THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE, THE RESIDENTS LEAD QUIET, UNRUFFLED LIVES. ONLY SUNDAYS SEEM TO BRING ANY VARIETY. FOR SUNDAY IS VISITING DAY.

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