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Documentaries and narrative short films from around the world.
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Love, Sex, and Existential Dread for a Gay Vampire
“Time to Go” gives a classic monster a moral dilemma.
The New Yorker Documentary
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An Unlikely Taylor Swift Fan Gets Out of Prison, in “Daylight”
Joe Garcia, who wrote about finding Swift’s music after a murder conviction, searches for redemption in a new short film by Jon Kasbe. - The New Yorker Documentary
“Fear Fokol” Looks Inside the Private-Security Forces That Patrol Johannesburg
The patrolmen hired to protect the city’s wealth operate in a culture of paranoia, inequality, and fragile but well-armed masculinity. - The New Yorker Documentary
An OpenAI Engineer and His Friends Debate the Future
In Brent Katz’s short documentary “Josh’s Wedding,” a group of groomsmen reckon with a technology that one of them is building. - The New Yorker Documentary
Inside an Immigration Arrest That Sparked a Neighborhood Protest
In the documentary short “Sawyer Avenue, Sunday Afternoon,” body-cam and bystander footage examine a confrontation between residents and federal agents. - The New Yorker Documentary
Has Taking the Perfect Photo Ruined Tourism in “The Spectacle”?
Yasmin van Dorp’s short film depicts beautiful destinations—and the crowds of cell-phone photographers who inundate them. - The New Yorker Documentary
Gay Figure Skaters Pave Their Own Way in “Icebreakers”
Marlo Poras and Jocelyn Glatzer’s short film explores the legacy of the Gay Games as an all-inclusive answer to the Olympics—and celebrates the queer ice dancers striving to redefine their sport. - The New Yorker Documentary
An Artist Seeks Reinvention by Living Off the Grid in “Far West”
In Stephen Michael Simon’s documentary, Lala Abaddon leaves New York City and finds peace and creativity in her new hardscrabble desert home. - The New Yorker Documentary
Lives in Upheaval After an Eviction, in “Last Days on Lake Trinity”
Charlotte Cooley’s short film follows three women as they navigate months of uncertainty after the shuttering of a Florida mobile-home park. - The New Yorker Documentary
The Shutdown of U.S.A.I.D. Has Already Killed Hundreds of Thousands
The short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” tells the story of what goes when aid goes. - The New Yorker Documentary
When a Crackdown Involving the I.R.A. Backfired, Comically, in “The Ban”
In 1988, when the British government declared that the voices of Sinn Féin or I.R.A. leaders were not to be heard, broadcasters soon discovered a loophole. - The New Yorker Documentary
A Musical Indictment of the Harris County Jail in “Criminal”
Robe Imbriano’s documentary short uses music and animation to illustrate the grave injustices taking place at Houston’s notorious jail and in the cash-bail system at large. - The New Yorker Documentary
Gary Shteyngart’s Tragicomedy of the Penis in “The Guy Who Got Cut Wrong”
The author opens up—with pathos, humor, and props—about his experience receiving a botched circumcision. - The New Yorker Documentary
“Cashing Out” Examines an Investment Strategy That Profited from AIDS Deaths
Matt Nadel’s documentary short explores the moral complexities of buying the life-insurance policies of H.I.V.-positive gay men. - The New Yorker Documentary
Reëxamining the American Dream in “The Last Carnival”
On the last day of carnival season, migrant workers keep the rides up and running for joyful kids, while they mourn lost time with their own families. - The New Yorker Documentary
How the Bonds Among Virtual-Reality Furries Saved a Life, in “The Reality of Hope”
A short film follows a friendship in the V.R.-furry community which turns into a radical act of generosity.
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The Humans Are Coming for A.I.’s Jobs in “We Were Here”
In India, a group of uncles plan to subvert the A.I. that is replacing them, in a mockumentary that celebrates the weirdness of regular intelligence. - Screening Room
A World Cup Final and a Teen’s Quest for Belonging in “Amarela”
For the girl at the center of André Hayato Saito’s short film, the 1998 World Cup final between France and Brazil is a moment of reckoning. - Screening Room
Building a State of Fear in “Extremist”
Alexander Molochnikov’s short film reinterprets an act of protest that called attention to the invasion of Ukraine, and led to the imprisonment of Sasha Skochilenko, a young Russian artist, in 2023. - Screening Room
A Family Drama Over Gender in “Holy Curse”
In Snigdha Kapoor’s short film, an Indian preteen’s queerness is treated as something to be ritually cleansed—with unpredictable results. - Screening Room
“Two People Exchanging Saliva” Rewrites the Slap in Cinema
Alexandre Singh and Natalie Musteata’s film is set in a dystopian version of Paris where kissing is forbidden and purchases are made through small acts of violence. - Screening Room
The Dream of Finishing One’s To-Do List in “Retirement Plan”
In John Kelly’s animated short film, narrated by Domhnall Gleeson, nothing’s off limits when it comes to thinking about the future—particularly when there’s so much left to do. - Screening Room
The Maddening Disconnect of Phone Therapy in “Happy to Help You,” featuring Amy Sedaris
Jeremy Beiler’s short film follows a mental-health volunteer’s unravelling after a caller gets under his skin. - Screening Room
A Young Girl Questions Wearing a Head Scarf in “Rizoo”
Azadeh Navai’s short film follows a rebellious girl who asks questions about when and why she needs to wear a hijab. - Screening Room
A Woman Wonders if She’s Human in “I’m Not a Robot”
In Victoria Warmerdam’s short film, a series of failed CAPTCHA tests plunges a woman into a strange new reality. - Screening Room
A Relationship and a Nation in Turmoil in “Bogotá Story”
Esteban Pedraza’s short film examines the strain a young woman endures when she has to choose between her dreams and her family. - Screening Room
A Life-or-Death Decision Among Friends, in “Hamster”
A tragic accident turns a lighthearted gathering into a moral quandary for a young Iranian couple. - Screening Room
A Father-Daughter Swearing Lesson in “The F-Word”
In Alex Cannon’s comedic short, starring Chris Gethard, a dad struggles to give an age-appropriate explanation of the expletive. - Screening Room
Flirtation and Confrontation in “Sparring Partner”
In J. J. Kandel’s short film, the lunch-break banter of a flirtatious pair of co-workers, played by Cecily Strong and KeiLyn Durrel Jones, gives way to uncomfortable revelations. - Screening Room
A Family Reunion with High Jinks and Catharsis in “Cousins”
In Karina Dandashi’s short film, a night out shortens the distance between two cousins. - Screening Room
Richard Kind on Making a Short Film About Making a Short Film
Max Cohn and Ellie Sachs’s short film, “Proof of Concept,” offers a humorous meta-riff on the movie business and a tour of the Upper West Side.
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Behind the Scenes of In the Dark Season 3
The creators of the Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative series talk about reporting on the military, elevating the testimony of survivors, and the challenges of visualizing what happened that day in Haditha.
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Laughing in the Face of Dying Young, in “Cherry”
The actor Marie-Lise Chouinard faces her terminal-cancer diagnosis with grace and comedy in Laurence Gagné-Frégeau’s short documentary.
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An Iranian Woman Finds Her Might, in “The Smallest Power”
Both the subject and the makers of this animated short discover their identities and a new love of their nation.
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Crashes and Community in “Demolition”
In Alec Sutherland’s short film, upstate New York’s demolition derbies are a loud, brutal, deeply physical antidote to the isolation of digital life.
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Flipping the Script on Trans Medical Encounters
Noah Schamus and Brit Fryer’s short film offers a vision of how physicians and trans patients can meet one another on equal footing.
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For Black Women, Embracing Natural Hair Is About More Than Style
Lindsay Opoku-Acheampong’s film “Textures” follows three women through the private and meaningful rituals of caring for their hair.
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A Teen-Ager’s Quest to Manage His O.C.D. in “Lost in My Mind”
In Charles Frank’s short film, a young man offers a candid look at life with O.C.D. and his experiences with exposure therapy.
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A Ukrainian TikTok Influencer Shares Her Life as a Refugee in “Following Valeria”
Nicola Fegg’s short documentary follows a young woman who becomes a social-media star during the war in Ukraine.
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Roger J. Carter’s Toy Soldiers and Black Revolutionaries
Justin Fairweather’s short film “Roger J. Carter: Rebel Revolutionary” shows how the artist arrived at his innovative way of making portraits of Black figures.
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Bowling Without Sight, in “Friday Night Blind”
Scott Krahn and Robb Fischer’s short film follows a trio of friends who take part in a bowling league for people who are visually impaired.
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One Man’s Fight to Close the Racial Wealth Gap, in “The Barber of Little Rock”
John Hoffman and Christine Turner’s short film follows Arlo Washington as he helps members of his community escape the hazards of banking while Black.
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Coming of Age While Confronting Arab Stereotypes, in “Simo”
An Egyptian teen-ager, living in the suburbs of Montreal with his brother and father, confronts the sting of racism at home, in the writer and director Aziz Zoromba’s film “Simo.”
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A Pioneer of Echolocation for the Blind in “Echo”
The filmmakers Ben Wolin and Michael Minahan’s documentary short follows Daniel Kish, who uses clicks and echoes to listen his way through the world.
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A Land-Mine Survivor’s Resilience, in “Carpenter”
Khalil Sahragard’s documentary short follows an amputee in Kurdistan who carves prosthetics for others who, like him, have lost limbs to explosives after the Iran-Iraq War.
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The Euphoria of Cold-Water Immersion in “Swimming Through”
In Samantha Sanders’s documentary short, a group of Chicago women find pandemic solace, in a death-defying winter ritual.