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50 Years and a Few Puss Kittens Wiser
Anastasia Kirillova | documentary | London | 9 min
published 24 Oct 07
       
 average rating from 31 members
A mixed-media documentary about couples who have been married more than 50 years set to the sounds of King Creosote vs Tunng.
A Love Supreme
Nilesh Patel | documentary | London | 10 min
published 25 Sep 06
       
 average rating from 17 members
A non-dialogue short that dissects the making of a humble samosa.
A Map with Gaps
Alice Nelson | documentary | Scotland | 26 min
published 30 Mar 07
       
 average rating from 17 members
An account of a journey made by the director's father through Soviet Russia in the early Seventies, in a van he built and named Supervan.
A Trail of Pictures
Eva-Marie Elg | documentary | London | 3 min
published 19 Oct 07
       
 average rating from 3 members
A sticky tale of art and of a special kind of folk hero.
Annotate
Cameron Duguid | documentary | Scotland | 10 min
published 25 Jul 06
       
 average rating from 3 members
An animated journey through the different stages of energy production and consumption.
Azan: A Call To Prayer
Heena Bukhari | documentary | London | 9 min
published 14 Aug 08
       
 average rating from 4 members
Fazaila is a Shia-Muslim teenager from East London whose mum thinks she's becoming "too English".
Black or White?
Debbie Howard | documentary | Yorkshire & Humber | 3 min
published 20 May 08
       
 average rating from 15 members
Which would you choose?
Breadmakers
Yasmin Fedda | documentary | Scotland | 10 min
published 30 Aug 07
       
 average rating from 13 members
Breadmaking by a unique community with learning disabilities in Edinburgh.
Brixton Beach
Nigel Lesmoir-Gordon | documentary | London | 16 min
published 20 Oct 08
       
 average rating from 2 members
Go for a surf, or just sit on the beach.
Camouflage
Jonathan Hodgson | documentary | London | 8 min
published 12 Jul 07
       
 average rating from 15 members
Most people's mothers are mad, mine's got schizophrenia.
Capoeira Painting
Tom Norman | documentary | London | 5 min
published 29 Oct 07
       
 average rating from 18 members
The spirit of the Capoeira game manifests in a painting.
Chance
Monica Rubio | documentary | Yorkshire & Humber | 18 min
published 10 Oct 06
       
 average rating from 18 members
A film about faith, belief and coincidence.
Cheat Neutral
Beth Stratford | documentary | Wales | 13 min
published 17 Aug 07
       
 average rating from 12 members
From the high street to the Houses of Parliament, cheatneutral.com sparks an important debate about the inadequacies of carbon offsetting.
Christmas with Dad
Conor McCormack | documentary | Scotland | 11 min
published 01 Apr 09
       
 average rating from 3 members
The story of a 23-year-old father of eight, haunted by his own childhood and an uncertain future...
Everything Was Life
Ellie Land | documentary | North East | 4 min
published 28 Feb 07
       
 average rating from 16 members
A film exploring the practice of Female Genital Mutilation.
Family Vilakati
Xanthe Hamilton | documentary | London | 10 min
published 16 Feb 07
       
 average rating from 12 members
Find out what it's really like to be an orphaned family in Africa.
Floating over Kolkata
Paramita Guha | documentary | London | 10 min
published 07 Sep 05
       
 average rating from 24 members
A journey into the mind of a young girl as she becomes one of the street kids of Kolkata, India.
For All The Tea In England
Kerry McLeod | documentary | London | 13 min
published 21 Jan 08
       
 average rating from 19 members
A tea break-sized glimpse into the many and varied ways that Britain’s favourite brew is enjoyed today – and it’s not always a simple case of tea bag and milk.
Ghana's Roosting Bird
Miriam Rowe & Jemma Gander | documentary | | 3 min
published 25 Sep 07
       
 average rating from 23 members
A look at the troubles faced by Ghana's rice farmers.
Halb
Rabea Gorny | documentary | Wales | 14 min
published 24 Mar 09
       
 average rating from 3 members
'Halb' (half) by German film maker Rabea Gorny charts the history of her parents' marriage break-up in a uniquely edited interview with her mother and father.
I Dreamt of Flying
Alex Bland | animation | South West | 4 min
published 06 Nov 08
       
 average rating from 16 members
A mixed media documentary, focusing on the crews of Bomber Command who sacrificed their lives in the air to help end World War Two.
I Expect Joan Feels The Same
Sophie Williams | documentary | East Of England | 3 min
published 07 Mar 07
       
 average rating from 12 members
A story of love and loss told by two WW2 war widows.
I Remember Lebanon
Zeina Aboul Hosn | documentary | London | 6 min
published 04 Apr 07
       
 average rating from 17 members
This film is a journey through my memories of Lebanon, just before the bombs started falling.
Illuminating Small Dark Places
Christopher Lee Ball | documentary | London | 20 min
published 27 Nov 08
       
 average rating from 2 members
A short documentary illuminating the filmmaking process.
JAM
Stefanie Brockhaus | documentary | London | 7 min
published 19 Oct 06
       
 average rating from 8 members
A film observing people who are stuck in a long traffic jam on the Autobahn on the way to their summer holidays.
Just Passing Through
Ruth Nicklin | documentary | London | 7 min
published 16 Aug 05
       
 average rating from 85 members
Exploring the unique relationship between Waterloo Station and all who pass through it on their personal journeys.
King Chopper - pimp my girlie bike
Lucy Frears | documentary | South West | 4 min
published 08 Nov 07
       
 average rating from 7 members
While transforming his girlie bike into a mean chopper, a fatherless boy reflects on the importance of friendship.
Life Inside
Tim Metzger | documentary | London | 12 min
published 05 Oct 06
       
 average rating from 9 members
A documentary following two retired soldiers who go to live at The Royal Hospital in Chelsea.
Money From London
Miriam Rowe & Jemma Gander | documentary | London | 9 min
published 27 Jan 09
       
 average rating from 4 members
The human story behind money transfers from London to Ghana.
My Universe
Mark Sloss | documentary | | 4 min
published 05 Jun 08
       
 average rating from 4 members
Highlighting two distinctive and alternative views from the locals who are affected by the nearby Cannes Film Festival.
Not Just an Ugly Face
Raj Yagnik | documentary | North West | 10 min
published 04 May 07
       
 average rating from 12 members
The World Gurning Championship is about so much more than an ugly mug.
Orders of Love
Jes Benstock | documentary | London | 10 min
published 21 Mar 05
       
 average rating from 43 members
An examination of the hidden influences that past generations exert on our personality. Heart of Darkness meets Steptoe and Son - in Weymouth!
Our Father Who Art In Heaven
Jeremy Williams | documentary | South East | 14 min
published 01 Oct 08
       
 average rating from 18 members
Two brothers return home following the death of their violent father to clear out his possessions and his remains left on the living room carpet.
Out of Time
Suzanne Cohen | documentary | London | 9 min
published 05 Dec 08
       
 average rating from 9 members
A personal journey from Highbury to Emirates and beyond.
Pripyat: City of the Future
David Bickerstaff | documentary | London | 10 min
published 04 Apr 07
       
 average rating from 10 members
Built next to Chernobyl Power Plant, Pripyat stands as a ghostly monument to the devastation caused by nuclear accidents.
Pugilists
Adrian Lambert | documentary | West Midlands | 20 min
published 24 May 05
       
 average rating from 12 members
Shedding light on Hereford’s most famous son and sports' most violent and dangerous profession.
Riding Through Silence
Tom Currie | documentary | South West | 13 min
published 06 Apr 05
       
 average rating from 18 members
Josh Waterman is a 12 year-old motocross champion, one of the best riders in the country. He is also profoundly deaf.
Tashtastic
Tessa Morgan | documentary | London | 3 min
published 06 Mar 09
       
 average rating from 6 members
An insight into the mind of a debut competitor at the 2007 Biannual World Beard and Moustache Championships.
Terra 2050
Shroom Studio | documentary | London | 4 min
published 17 May 07
       
 average rating from 12 members
A non-stop animated journey through the collective imagination towards a not-so-distant future. Terra 2050 is a 4-part series. Watch out for the last episode, "Fears & Hopes" coming soon...
The Artist & the Canvas
Richard Simpson | documentary | Scotland | 3 min
published 13 Dec 07
       
 average rating from 6 members
Tattooing is no longer all anchors, and a new generation of artists and their 'canvases' are exploring the creative possibilities of the medium.
The Holocaust Tourist
Jes Benstock | documentary | London | 10 min
published 10 May 06
       
 average rating from 42 members
A whistle-stop tour from hot dogs in Auschwitz to Jewish kitsch in Krakow - is tourism changing our view of history?
The Rest Is Silence
Andrew Henderson | documentary | Scotland | 10 min
published 31 Jul 05
       
 average rating from 36 members
The journey of an unclaimed body from discovery to its interment where silence dominates.
The Seafront
Anton Califano | documentary | South West | 22 min
published 19 Jan 09
       
 average rating from 3 members
A meditative portrait of contemporary British life at the seaside, exploring the diversity of people within the same small environment and their life experiences and dreams.
The Shock Doctrine
A & J Cuaron + Foreign Office | documentary | London | 7 min
published 14 Nov 07
       
 average rating from 11 members
Hard hitting short film centering on 'disaster capitalism' and based on Naomi Klein's book of the same name.
The Story of Bukit Lawang
Paul Redman | documentary | | 6 min
published 10 Oct 08
       
 average rating from 1 member
The film follows survivors of a flood as they reflect on the past and the uncertainties of their future.
The Wall Around My Heart
Cluna Donnelly | documentary | South West | 10 min
published 23 Feb 07
       
 average rating from 7 members
A poetic journey through the imagination and dreams of a young artist who has autism.
The Zebras of Jack Tizard
Christopher Lee Ball | documentary | London | 5 min
published 18 Mar 09
       
 average rating from 1 member
Meet the extraordinary children of the Jack Tizard School in West London.
Vitya the Raddiwalla (Recycling Man)
Shyla Lee | documentary | Yorkshire & Humber | 10 min
published 03 Apr 07
       
 average rating from 8 members
A documentary set in rural India following Vitya a Raddiwallah(recycling man).
We Are Saharawis
Marta Fernandez | documentary | South West | 21 min
published 28 Jan 09
       
 average rating from 1 member
This film explores the lives of a refugee community known as the Saharawis through the eyes of a child called Hussein and his family.
What Barry Says
Simon Robson | documentary | London | 2 min
published 25 Nov 04
       
 average rating from 47 members
An uncompromising examination and criticism of US foreign policy, according to Barry from down the pub.
What We've Found Out About Stem Cells
Richard Fenwick | documentary | North East | 13 min
published 21 Dec 06
       
 average rating from 16 members
An attempt to demystify the complicated world of stem cells through a series of simple and colourful animations.
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