Short Documentary

Tatted-up inmates. Forgotten children. And a stack of Disney-print fabric. Men serving life in a Missouri prison sew quilts for autistic and foster kids? That’s not a setup from “The … Read more

They fly 3,000 miles from the Arctic… only to nap next to Boeing 737s. At Logan Airport, the biggest, baddest owls in North America are dodging jets, evading death, and—thanks … Read more

Bill Bernbach basically turned underdogging into a marketing religion. Check out this old clip of how he wrote the now-famous “We Try Harder” ad campaign for Avis. This will surely … Read more

When elephants feel an earthquake, they don’t scream—they huddle. Watch a calf break from the group to prove he’s brave… until a teenage elephant aunt wraps her trunk around him … Read more

I somehow missed this in the news from 2022. A wayward rocket slammed into moon at 5,700 mph creating an 80-foot wide crater—NASA didn’t send it, SpaceX denied it, and … Read more

Fried peanut candy, sugar-coated haws, and a lamb that won’t leave her side. Ziqi’s video is equal parts culinary artistry and real-life fairy tale. She broke the Guinness Book of … Read more

It’s less than a minute long, but somehow, it feels like the first great action movie ever made. And keep an eye out for the bicyclist—he never saw that ambush … Read more

Think bullet trains are cool? In 1902, Germany built a train that dangled above the city. This short film captures it in breathtaking clarity. The train looks like it’s floating, … Read more