Academy Awards
Best Documentary Short
373 nominations · 81 winners · 81 years
The Last Repair Shop
The Last Repair Shop
Island in Between
Island in Between
Nǎi Nai & Wài Pó
Nǎi Nai & Wài Pó
The ABCs of Book Banning
The ABCs of Book Banning
The Barber of Little Rock
The Barber of Little Rock
The Elephant Whisperers
The Elephant Whisperers
Haulout
Haulout
How Do You Measure a Year?
How Do You Measure a Year?
Stranger at the Gate
Stranger at the Gate
The Martha Mitchell Effect
The Martha Mitchell Effect
The Queen of Basketball
The Queen of Basketball
Audible
Audible
Lead Me Home
Lead Me Home
Three Songs for Benazir
Three Songs for Benazir
When We Were Bullies
When We Were Bullies
Colette
Colette
A Concerto Is a Conversation
A Concerto Is a Conversation
A Love Song for Latasha
A Love Song for Latasha
Do Not Split
Do Not Split
Hunger Ward
Hunger Ward
Learning to Skateboard in a Warzone (If You're a Girl)
Learning to Skateboard in a Warzone (If You're a Girl)
In the Absence
In the Absence
Life Overtakes Me
Life Overtakes Me
St. Louis Superman
St. Louis Superman
Walk Run Cha-Cha
Walk Run Cha-Cha
Period. End of Sentence.
Period. End of Sentence.
A Night at the Garden
A Night at the Garden
Black Sheep
Black Sheep
End Game
End Game
Lifeboat
Lifeboat
Heaven Is a Traffic Jam on the 405
Heaven is a Traffic Jam on the 405
Edith+Eddie
Edith+Eddie
Heroin(e)
Heroin(e)
Knife Skills
Knife Skills
Traffic Stop
Traffic Stop
The White Helmets
The White Helmets
4.1 Miles
4.1 Miles
Extremis
Extremis
Joe's Violin
Joe's Violin
Watani: My Homeland
Watani: My Homeland
A Girl in the River: The Price of Forgiveness
A Girl in the River: The Price of Forgiveness
Body Team 12
Body Team 12
Chau, Beyond the Lines
Chau, Beyond the Lines
Claude Lanzmann: Spectres of the Shoah
Claude Lanzmann: Spectres of the Shoah
Last Day of Freedom
Last Day of Freedom
Crisis Hotline: Veterans Press 1
Crisis Hotline: Veterans Press 1
Joanna
Joanna
Our Curse
Our Curse
The Reaper
The Reaper
White Earth
White Earth
The Lady in Number 6: Music Saved My Life
The Lady in Number 6: Music Saved My Life
Cavedigger
Cavedigger
Facing Fear
Facing Fear
Karama Has No Walls
Karama Has No Walls
Prison Terminal: The Last Days of Private Jack Hall
Prison Terminal: The Last Days of Private Jack Hall
Inocente
Inocente
Kings Point
Kings Point
Mondays at Racine
Mondays at Racine
Open Heart
Open Heart
Redemption
Redemption
Saving Face
Saving Face
God Is the Bigger Elvis
God is the Bigger Elvis
Incident in New Baghdad
Incident in New Baghdad
The Barber of Birmingham: Foot Soldier of the Civil Rights Movement
The Barber of Birmingham: Foot Soldier of the Civil Rights Movement
The Tsunami and the Cherry Blossom
The Tsunami and the Cherry Blossom
Strangers No More
Strangers No More
Killing in the Name
Killing in the Name
Poster Girl
Poster Girl
Sun Come Up
Sun Come Up
The Warriors of Qiugang
The Warriors of Qiugang
Music by Prudence
Music by Prudence
China's Unnatural Disaster: The Tears of Sichuan Province
China's Unnatural Disaster: The Tears of Sichuan Province
Rabbit à la Berlin
Rabbit à la Berlin
The Last Campaign of Governor Booth Gardner
The Last Campaign of Governor Booth Gardner
The Last Truck: Closing of a GM Plant
The Last Truck: Closing of a GM Plant
Smile Pinki
Smile Pinki
The Conscience of Nhem En
The Conscience of Nhem En
The Final Inch
The Final Inch
The Witness from the Balcony of Room 306
The Witness from the Balcony of Room 306
Freeheld
Freeheld
Salim Baba
Salim Baba
Sari's Mother
Sari's Mother
The Crown
The Crown
The Blood of Yingzhou District
The Blood of Yingzhou District
Recycled Life
Recycled Life
Rehearsing a Dream
Rehearsing a Dream
Two Hands: The Leon Fleisher Story
Two Hands: The Leon Fleisher Story
A Note of Triumph: The Golden Age of Norman Corwin
A Note of Triumph: The Golden Age of Norman Corwin
God Sleeps in Rwanda
God Sleeps in Rwanda
The Death of Kevin Carter: Casualty of the Bang Bang Club
The Death of Kevin Carter: Casualty of the Bang Bang Club
The Mushroom Club
The Mushroom Club
Mighty Times: The Children's March
Mighty Times: The Children's March
Autism Is a World
Autism Is a World
Hardwood
Hardwood
Sister Rose's Passion
Sister Rose's Passion
The Children of Leningradsky
The Children of Leningradsky
Twin Towers
Twin Towers
Mighty Times: The Legacy of Rosa Parks
Mighty Times: The Legacy of Rosa Parks
The Collector of Bedford Street
The Collector of Bedford Street
Why Can't We Be a Family Again?
Why Can't We Be a Family Again?
Thoth
Thoth
Artists and Orphans: A True Drama
Artists and Orphans: A True Drama
Sing!
Sing!
Big Mama
Big Mama
Curtain Call
Curtain Call
Dolphins
Dolphins
On Tiptoe: Gentle Steps to Freedom
On Tiptoe: Gentle Steps to Freedom
The Man on Lincoln's Nose
The Man on Lincoln's Nose
Eyewitness
Eyewitness
The Wildest Show in the South: The Angola Prison Rodeo
The Wildest Show in the South: The Angola Prison Rodeo
The Personals: Improvisations on Romance in the Golden Years
The Personals: Improvisations on Romance in the Golden Years
A Place in the Land
A Place in the Land
Sunrise Over Tiananmen Square
Sunrise Over Tiananmen Square
A Story of Healing
A Story of Healing
Alaska: Spirit of the Wild
Alaska: Spirit of the Wild
Amazon
Amazon
Family Video Diaries: Daughter of the Bride
Daughter of the Bride
Still Kicking: The Fabulous Palm Springs Follies
Still Kicking: The Fabulous Palm Springs Follies
Breathing Lessons: The Life and Work of Mark O'Brien
Breathing Lessons: The Life and Work of Mark O'Brien
An Essay on Matisse
An Essay on Matisse
Cosmic Voyage
Cosmic Voyage
Special Effects: Anything Can Happen
Special Effects: Anything Can Happen
The Wild Bunch: An Album in Montage
The Wild Bunch: An Album in Montage
One Survivor Remembers
One Survivor Remembers
Jim Dine: A Self-Portrait on the Walls
Jim Dine: A Self-Portrait on the Walls
Never Give Up: The 20th Century Odyssey of Herbert Zipper
Never Give Up: The 20th Century Odyssey of Herbert Zipper
The Living Sea
The Living Sea
The Shadow of Hate: A History of Intolerance in America
The Shadow of Hate
A Time for Justice
A Time for Justice
89 mm from Europe
89mm od Europy
Blues Highway
Blues Highway
School of Assassins
School of the Americas Assassins
Straight from the Heart
Straight from the Heart
Defending Our Lives
Defending Our Lives
Blood Ties: The Life and Work of Sally Mann
Blood Ties: The Life and Work of Sally Mann
Chicks in White Satin
Chicks in White Satin
Educating Peter
Educating Peter
At the Edge of Conquest: The Journey of Chief Wai-Wai
At the Edge of Conquest: The Journey of Chief Wai-Wai
Beyond Imagining: Margaret Anderson and the 'Little Review'
Beyond Imagining: Margaret Anderson and the 'Little Review'
The Colours of My Father: A Portrait of Sam Borenstein
The Colours of My Father: A Portrait of Sam Borenstein
When Abortion Was Illegal: Untold Stories
When Abortion Was Illegal: Untold Stories
Deadly Deception: General Electric, Nuclear Weapons and Our Environment
Deadly Deception: General Electric, Nuclear Weapons and Our Environment
A Little Vicious
A Little Vicious
Birdnesters of Thailand
Birdnesters of Thailand
Memorial: Letters from American Soldiers
Memorial: Letters from American Soldiers
The Mark of the Maker
The Mark of the Maker
Days of Waiting: The Life & Art of Estelle Ishigo
Days of Waiting: The Life & Art of Estelle Ishigo
Burning Down Tomorrow
Burning Down Tomorrow
Chimps: So Like Us
Chimps: So Like Us
Journey Into Life: The World of the Unborn
Journey Into Life: The World of the Unborn
Rose Kennedy: A Life to Remember
Rose Kennedy: A Life to Remember
The Johnstown Flood
The Johnstown Flood
Fine Food, Fine Pastries, Open 6 to 9
Fine Food, Fine Pastries, Open 6 to 9
Yad Vashem: Preserving the Past to Ensure the Future
Yad Vashem: Preserving the Past to Ensure the Future
You Don't Have to Die
You Don't Have to Die
A Family Gathering
A Family Gathering
Gang Cops
Gang Cops
Portrait of Imogen
Portrait of Imogen
The Children's Storefront
The Children's Storefront
Young at Heart
Young at Heart
Frances Steloff: Memoirs of a Bookseller
Frances Steloff: Memoirs of a Bookseller
In the Wee Wee Hours...
In the Wee Wee Hours...
Language Says It All
Language Says It All
Silver Into Gold
Silver Into Gold
Women - For America, For the World
Women - For America, For the World
Debonair Dancers
Debonair Dancers
Red Grooms: Sunflower in a Hothouse
Red Grooms: Sunflower in a Hothouse
Sam
Sam
The Masters of Disaster
The Masters of Disaster
Witness to War: Dr. Charlie Clements
Witness to War: Dr. Charlie Clements
Keats and His Nightingale: A Blind Date
Keats and His Nightingale: A Blind Date
Making Overtures: The Story of a Community Orchestra
Making Overtures: The Story of a Community Orchestra
The Courage to Care
The Courage to Care
The Wizard of the Strings
The Wizard of the Strings
The Stone Carvers
The Stone Carvers
Code Gray: Ethical Dilemmas in Nursing
Code Gray: Ethical Dilemmas in Nursing
Recollections of Pavlovsk
Recollections of Pavlovsk
The Children of Soong Ching Ling
The Children of Soong Ching Ling
The Garden of Eden
The Garden of Eden
Flamenco at 5:15
Flamenco at 5:15
In the Nuclear Shadow: What Can the Children Tell Us?
In the Nuclear Shadow: What Can the Children Tell Us?
Sewing Woman
Sewing Woman
Spaces: The Architecture of Paul Rudolph
Spaces: The Architecture of Paul Rudolph
You Are Free
You Are Free
If You Love This Planet
If You Love This Planet
Gods of Metal
Gods of Metal
The Klan: A Legacy of Hate in America
The Klan: A Legacy of Hate in America
To Live or Let Die
To Live or Let Die
Traveling Hopefully
Traveling Hopefully
Close Harmony
Close Harmony
Americas in Transition
Americas in Transition
Journey for Survival
Journey for Survival
See What I Say
See What I Say
Urge to Build
Urge to Build
Karl Hess: Toward Liberty
Karl Hess: Toward Liberty
Don't Mess with Bill
Don't Mess with Bill
It's the Same World
It's the Same World
Luther Metke at 94
Luther Metke at 94
The Eruption of Mount St. Helens!
The Eruption of Mount St. Helens!
Paul Robeson: Tribute to an Artist
Paul Robeson: Tribute to an Artist
Koryo Celadon
Koryo Celadon
Mother
Mother
Nails
Nails
Remember Me
Remember Me
The Flight of the Gossamer Condor
The Flight of the Gossamer Condor
An Encounter with Faces
An Encounter with Faces
Goodnight Miss Ann
Goodnight Miss Ann
Squires of San Quentin
Squires of San Quentin
The Divided Trail: A Native American Odyssey
The Divided Trail: A Native American Odyssey
Gravity Is My Enemy
Gravity Is My Enemy
Agueda Martinez: Our People, Our Country
Agueda Martinez: Our People, Our Country
First Edition
First Edition
Of Time, Tombs and Treasures
Of Time, Tombs and Treasures
The Shetland Experience
The Shetland Experience
Number Our Days
Number Our Days
American Shoeshine
American Shoeshine
Blackwood
Blackwood
The End of the Road
The End of the Road
Universe
Universe
The End of the Game
The End of the Game
Arthur and Lillie
Arthur and Lillie
Millions of Years Ahead of Man
Millions of Years Ahead of Man
Probes in Space
Probes in Space
Whistling Smith
Whistling Smith
Don't
Don't
City Out of Wilderness
City Out of Wilderness
Exploratorium
Exploratorium
John Muir's High Sierra
John Muir's High Sierra
Naked Yoga
Naked Yoga
Princeton: A Search for Answers
Princeton: A Search for Answers
Background
Background
Children at Work
Children at Work
Christo's Valley Curtain
Christo's Valley Curtain
Four Stones for Kanemitsu
Four Stones for Kanemitsu
This Tiny World
This Tiny World
Hundertwasser's Rainy Day
Hundertwasser's Rainy Day
K-Z
K-Z
Selling Out
Selling Out
The Tide of Traffic
The Tide of Traffic
Sentinels of Silence
Centinelas del Silencio
Adventures in Perception
Adventures in Perception
Art Is...
Art Is...
Somebody Waiting
Somebody Waiting
The Numbers Start with the River
The Numbers Start with the River
Interviews with My Lai Veterans
Interviews with My Lai Veterans
A Long Way from Nowhere
A Long Way from Nowhere
Oisín
Oisín
The Gifts
The Gifts
Time Is Running Out
Time Is Running Out
Czechoslovakia 1968
Czechoslovakia 1968
An Impression of John Steinbeck: Writer
An Impression of John Steinbeck: Writer
Jenny is a Good Thing
Jenny is a Good Thing
Leo Beuerman
Leo Beuerman
The Magic Machines
The Magic Machines
Why Man Creates
Why Man Creates
A Space to Grow
A Space to Grow
A Way Out of the Wilderness
A Way Out of the Wilderness
The House That Ananda Built
The House That Ananda Built
The Revolving Door
The Revolving Door
A Place to Stand
A Place to Stand
Monument to the Dream
Monument to the Dream
See You at the Pillar
See You at the Pillar
While I Run This Race
While I Run This Race
A Year Towards Tomorrow
A Year Towards Tomorrow
Adolescence
Adolescence
Cowboy
Cowboy
Saint Matthew Passion
Saint Matthew Passion
The Odds Against
The Odds Against
To Be Alive!
To Be Alive!
Mural on Our Street
Mural on Our Street
Ouverture
Ouverture
Point of View
Point of View
Yeats Country
Yeats Country
140 Days Under the World
140 Days Under the World
Breaking the Habit
Breaking the Habit
Children Without
Children Without
Eskimo Artist: Kenojuak
Eskimo Artist: Kenojuak
Chagall
Chagall
The Five Cities of June
The Five Cities of June
The Spirit of America
The Spirit of America
Thirty Million Letters
Thirty Million Letters
To Live Again
To Live Again
A Tribute to Dylan Thomas
A Tribute to Dylan Thomas
The John Glenn Story
The John Glenn Story
The Road to the Wall
The Road to the Wall
Project Hope
Project Hope
Breaking the Language Barrier
Breaking the Language Barrier
Cradle of Genius
Cradle of Genius
Kahl
Kahl
The Man in Gray
The Man in Gray
Giuseppina
Giuseppina
A City Called Copenhagen
A City Called Copenhagen
Beyond Silence
Beyond Silence
George Grosz' Interregnum
George Grosz' Interregnum
Universe
Universe
Through a Glass Darkly
Through a Glass Darkly
Donald in Mathmagic Land
Donald in Mathmagic Land
From Generation to Generation
From Generation to Generation
Ama Girls
Ama Girls
Employees Only
Employees Only
Journey Into Spring
Journey Into Spring
Overture
Overture
The Living Stone
The Living Stone
The True Story of the Civil War
The True Story of the Civil War
A City Decides
A City Decides
Man in Space
Man in Space
The Dark Wave
The Dark Wave
The House Without a Name
The House Without a Name
Men Against the Arctic
Men Against the Arctic
The Battle of Gettysburg
The Battle of Gettysburg
The Face of Lincoln
The Face of Lincoln
Thursday's Children
Thursday's Children
Jet Carrier
Jet Carrier
Rembrandt: A Self-Portrait
Rembrandt: A Self-Portrait
The Alaskan Eskimo
The Alaskan Eskimo
Operation Blue Jay
Operation Blue Jay
The Living City
The Living City
The Word
The Word
They Planted a Stone
They Planted a Stone
Neighbours
Neighbours
Devil Take Us
Devil Take Us
Man Alive!
Man Alive!
The Garden Spider
The Garden Spider
Benjy
Benjy
One Who Came Back
One Who Came Back
The Seeing Eye
The Seeing Eye
Why Korea?
Why Korea?
The Fight: Science Against Cancer
The Fight: Science Against Cancer
The Stairs
Toward Independence
Toward Independence
Heart to Heart
Heart to Heart
Operation Vittles
Operation Vittles
First Steps
First Steps
Passport to Nowhere
Passport to Nowhere
School in the Mailbox
School in the Mailbox
Seeds of Destiny
Seeds of Destiny
Atomic Power!
Atomic Power!
Life at the Zoo
Life at the Zoo
Paramount News Issue #37
Paramount News Issue #37
Traffic with the Devil
Traffic with the Devil
Hitler Lives
Hitler Lives
Library of Congress
Library of Congress
To the Shores of Iwo Jima
To the Shores of Iwo Jima
With the Marines at Tarawa
With the Marines at Tarawa
Hymn of the Nations
Hymn of the Nations
New Americans
New Americans
December 7th
December 7th
Children of Mars
Children of Mars
Plan for Destruction
Plan for Destruction
Swedes in America
Swedes in America
To the People of the United States
To the People of the United States
Tomorrow We Fly
Tomorrow We Fly
Youth in Crisis
Youth in Crisis
Churchill's Island
Churchill's Island
A Place to Live
A Place to Live
Adventure in the Bronx
Adventure in the Bronx
Christmas Under Fire
Christmas Under Fire
Dive Bomber
Dive Bomber
Letter from Home
Letter from Home
Life of a Thoroughbred
Life of a Thoroughbred
Norway in Revolt
Norway in Revolt
Russian Soil
Russian Soil
Soldiers of the Sky
Soldiers of the Sky
Warclouds in the Pacific
Warclouds in the Pacific