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.
American Dream
The mice have invaded and are having some R and R... so I might as well help them enjoy themselves.
- 2007
- 02:36
- Chris Angelos
I Was a Preteen Nightmare
A well-intentioned yet horribly misinformed adolescent makes a monumental miscalculation of both form and judgment.
- 2007
- 03:03
- Jill Dorothy Summers
Sidney
Of a cat, a Necessary, litter, and oh yeah, mice.
- 2007
- 03:01
- Kay Collins
Can't Catch Us All
What mice find offensive is the fact that these traps are not only lethal, but also cheap, low quality imports. (Don't mess with the mice.)
- 2007
- 02:31
- Conor Lennon
Miss Cholita Pageant
The "Miss Cholita" pageant celebrates a female ideal that is fast disappearing among Bolivian indigenous women. This year, the pageant was shaken by a scandal: the winner had turned out to have been wearing fake braids.
- 2007
- 02:55
- Ruxandra Guidi
A Time to Tip
The courageous story of one coffee mug trying to get by in a house of people he hates. (Writing from the perspective of the mug in the first person, present tense.)
- 2007
- 02:58
- David Hain
The Irresistible Draw of the Dollar Store
A dollar store addict is confronted with a horrifying discovery among the aisles.
- 2007
- 02:38
- Kevin Theis
Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Mousetrap
Both brief reflection on mousetraps and a nod to Wallace Stevens.
- 2007
- 02:35
- Ezekiel Weaver
Gifts
Two life-long bachelors kvetch over the phone.
- 2007
- 03:13
- Firestone Mulvaney
What Do You Want?
It's hard to think of anything that will last forever.
- 2007
- 02:58
- Julia Grant
Tintinnabulation (Florence, Italy)
Florence is a city filled with bells: church bells, hand bells, door bells, bike bells . . .
- 2007
- 03:00
- Lisa Tharpe
Of Mice and Music
Tragic kitchen incident inspires manic musings on singing mice.
- 2007
- 03:00
- David Swatling
Mug Stories
A coffee mug holds a special place in the heart of its owner.
- 2007
- 02:42
- Audrey Berns
My Bike Had a Burger Bell: A Tragic Tale of Loss and Woe
This is a true story about bike commuting, theft and making the best of a bad situation.
- 2007
- 03:00
- Mia Lobel
Invasion
One mother's attempt to fight off an invasion of mice just after her two-year-old son has been diagnosed with leukemia.
- 2007
- 03:00
- Robert McGinley Myers
I've Got a Question for You
Making cold calls, in search of warmth.
- 2007
- 02:53
- Zak Rosen
An American Tail
Cats and mice, peace and war, Russia and the USA -- do you still believe in these oppositions?
- 2007
- 02:32
- Anastasia Ivanova
The Wishing Bell
A brother and sister fight over the gifts they receive from their father.
- 2007
- 03:17
- Max Barry
Caryll and Sidney: An Unlikely Love Story
Catholic mystic falls for the Ace of Spies in post-World War 1 London.
- 2007
- 02:59
- Kay Collins
Stupid, Stupid Cup
Fictional account of bad behavior inspired by the mug.
- 2007
- 02:52
- Sue Mell
Really Nice
Intrigue after the lease is up.
- 2007
- 03:01
- Laura Vitale
The Horrible Truth About Indie Ice Cream
An investigation into why an ice cream truck was driving down my street at 9:30 PM.
- 2007
- 02:43
- Gabe Bullard
I'm Not Bossy
Three mothers read slogans found on women's T-shirts in a local mall.
- 2007
- 02:41
- Gabe Bullard
Bells
A guy drifts back to the years he drove around on his bike, when he should be meditating.
- 2007
- 03:00
- Frank Karall
Viva La Fiesta!
It's time to celebrate Old Spanish Days in Santa Barbara.
- 2007
- 02:56
- Diane Bock