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Search 2009, Documentary Short films by title (11)
DON ROBERTO'S SHADOW
Dir: Juan Diego Spoerer & Hakan Engstrom, Chile, 27 min, 2007, Documentary Short
A boy travels to a saltpeter office with his family, to the city of Chacabuco in the Chilean desert, where he walks along the old buildings. The years pas ... more »
GLASS TRAP
Dir: Pawel Ferdek, Poland, 15 min, 2008, Documentary Short
Cash, a car and a mobile phone... as well as fish. A group of tough men from near Warsaw organize a new form of entertainment. Their customary meetings ove ... more »
LA BOULE D'OR
Dir: Bruno Deville, Switzerland, 15 min, 2008, Documentary Short
A tranquil little island hidden away under a bridge in Lausanne, the bowling club of La Boule d'Or is home to a team of pensioners who, under the direction ... more »
LEFT BEHIND
Dir: Fabian Daub & Andreas Gräfenstein, Germany, 13 min, 2008, Documentary Short
In Waldenburg, situated in the Lower Silesian Coalfield, all mines are closed down. Lukasz and his elder friend Jacek have been digging coal at their own r ... more »
LESSONS FROM THE NIGHT
Dir: Adrian Francis, Australia, 9 min, 2008, Documentary Short
As dusk approaches and workers stream out of the city, Maia, a Bulgarian immigrant, is about to begin her day. She reflects on life, work and toilet bowls ... more »
LILA
Dir: Broadcast Club, France, 13 min, 2009, Documentary Short
This must be the wood, she said thoughtfully to herself, where things have no names. ... more »
LONG DISTANCE
Dir: Moritz Siebert, England, 27 min, 2009, Documentary Short
Abiyot is one of several African long distance runners, trying to make a living and career in the US. Once he was a promising member of the Ethiopian natio ... more »
ONE DAY AFTER THE TENTH DAY
Dir: Narges Abyar, Iran, 25 min, 2008, Documentary Short
An old man who is given a camel to look after by the village people finds himself bonding with the animal after a few months. ... more »
SALT IN THE SCARS
Dir: Fiorella Castanotto, Switzerland, 17 min, 2008, Documentary Short
The saltpans of Marakanam in South India. While following Reena, a woman who earns her living collecting sea salt,viewers are challenged to consider the im ... more »
SUSPENDED
Dir: Kimi Takesue, United States, 9 min, 2009, Documentary Short
SUSPENDED both documents and re-contextualizes the experience of suspended time among a cross-section of people. The film captures a range of evocative mom ... more »
WAITING FOR WOMEN
Dir: Estephan Wagner, England, 35 min, 2008, Documentary Short
In the remote Spanish village of Riofrio, most of the women left years ago. Only the men remain, without the slightest possibility to find a relationship. ... more »