ShortDocs
Discover hundreds of short audio gems produced in response to a prompt from Third Coast for the ShortDocs Competition, hosted between 2003 and 2016. Each year ushered in a new set of rules, new creative partners, and ever-more magical results.
Where's Abel?
Abel's fate is confirmed by an eyewitness who survived a suicide bombing in Afghanistan.
- 2016
- 03:00
- John Bechtold
Who Remembers My Father's Voice?
2015 ShortDocs Winner! I ask my family members if they remember what my father sounded like.
- 2015
- 03:00
- Pablo Duarte
What's It Like Inside Your Head?
This dreamy short doc considers people's inner worlds, and asks whether we even have total access to our own.
- 2015
- 03:03
- Annie Costakis
- Katie Gilbert
Where do I find you now?
2015 People's ShortDoc Award Winner! An intimate conversation with Studs about the edges of life and death.
- 2015
- 03:00
- Sara Curtis
Why did you cut your hair?
The humour, the pain, and the liberation of a simple haircut.
- 2015
- 02:44
- Alison Broverman
- Veronica Simmonds
William Birdman
A London eccentric who feeds parakeets in the park.
- 2016
- 02:58
- Pip Swallow
Why Me eM yhW
Darrell finds out that you can't trust anyone. Not even yourself.
- 2016
- 03:00
Want Some Sushi?
An awkward office interaction at a temp gig gets even more awkward.
- 2006
- 02:36
- Jonathan Menjivar
We Can All Hear You Now
Yeah, they're handy, but cell phones sure are annoying.
- 2006
- 02:30
- Nancy Tyler
The Woo-Zits and Was-Zits
What wacky ways we work with words!
- 2006
- 02:31
- Sara Truesdale
Well Behaved Women
Janet gives new meaning to birthday gifts.
- 2007
- 03:00
- Juanona Brewster
Where My Ears Have Been
Composed from sounds recorded during a residency at the National Science and Technology Museum, Taiwan, this is a story about communication.
- 2006
- 02:30
- Jayne Fenton Keane
What is it like to be one of the first?
When Sergeant Carrie Lopes joined the Provincetown Police Department, she was one of the only women on the force; thirty years later, she reflects on sexual harassment experienced at the beginning of her career.
- 2015
- 02:57
- Annabel Lang
When Bad Jobs Happen to Good People: "After Working, Crap & Go"
The life and hard times of a truck-stop attendant in the spirit of a Studs Terkel encounter.
- 2015
- 02:10
- Ned Simonson
What Do Role Models Have To Tell Us Today About Living Well?
How a simple timeless truth can create intimacy, transform relationships and improve our lives forever.
- 2015
- 03:00
- Tony DiLeonardi
Why Eat Ice Cream For Dinner?
Sometimes, getting lost and having ice cream for dinner is the best thing that can happen.
- 2015
- 03:00
- Katherine Kibler
What does spring sound like on your side?
A Trans-Canada Conversation.
- 2015
- 01:58
- Braeden Doane and Chelsea Jeffrey
Where You Live?
A meditation on the perceptions of Chicago as a violent city.
- 2015
- 03:00
- David Dault
Why, willie wagtail, why?
House arrest by willie wagtail.
- 2015
- 03:00
- Jessica Minshall
When The Blind Meet
A man struggles through a blind date at a resturant.
- 2015
- 03:00
- Steve Krysak
What Do You Hear When A Plane Engine Dies in the Air?
Robin Holleran's life was forever changed the day she survived a plane crash.
- 2015
- 03:00
- Jonathan Hirsch
When was the Freest You Ever Felt in Your Life?
I asked many people when was the freest they'd ever felt in their lives. This is one person's story.
- 2015
- 02:56
- Meg Ritter
What is Indiana?
In three scenes and a whole life spent in and out of the state, I attempt to answer the question, "What is Indiana?"
- 2015
- 02:59
- Evelyn Bottando
When we lose our breath
I placed a large resonating tube in a public library for a full day and invited people to stick their heads in, hold their breath, and then answer the question: “What makes you breathless?”
- 2015
- 02:55
- Justin Zullo
What is Alpha-1?
What is the personal experience of having Alpha-1 Antitrypsin Deficiency (Alpha-1)?
- 2015
- 02:59
- Garrett Tiedemann