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.

The Road to Umami
The fate of every farm animal, in three parts: life, death, and consumption.
Sweet at Sea
A sweet encounter on the Irish Sea, retold at table.
- 2013
- 02:51
- Sean Mullervy

The Sweetest Love
One new mother explains how her eating habits have changed as she develops her unborn baby's appetite.
- 2013
- 03:00
- Morgan Davis

The Bitter Taste of Nicotine
My life as a smoker.
- 2013
- 02:57
- Kay Collins

U-mami My Life
Having a long distance relationship is like having the best yet never satisfying three-course meal over and over again.
- 2013
- 02:52
- Maja Mackintosh Johansen

The Bitter Taste of Reality
Matthew is like every normal teenager with a hunger for independence, but he faces a few unique challenges.
- 2013
- 03:00
- Manda Lillie

Sweet, Salty, Umami Love
A candid conversation with a former lover about my appetite for romance, relationships, and love.
- 2013
- 03:00
- Brian Cauley
A Bitter Betrayal
What happens when you try to order 'the usual' at your neighborhood joint - and can't?
- 2013
- 03:03
- Jennifer Kirby

My Bitter Self-Discovery
A personal narrative attempting to better understand my relationship with food.
- 2013
- 03:00
- Henry Cohn-Geltner

A Juicy Trip from Bitter to Savory
A milestone birthday inspires an extreme juice quest.
- 2013
- 03:00
- Sydney Beveridge

Home Sweet Home
Robert Lipman, a freshman at the University of Chicago who also runs an underground pop-up gourmet restaurant in Hyde Park, discusses the surprising, nearly fatal reason for his insatiable appetite to serve high-end food.
- 2013
- 03:22
- Tanya Basu

Salt On the Lips
2013 ShortDocs Winner! David channels his frustrated desires into detailed fantasies for the perfect sensual feast.
- 2013
- 03:00
- Jenny Asarnow

The Bitter Journey of a Chicken
A chicken goes on a journey to find his life's destiny and succeeds.

Sweet Dreams
You need a lot to accomplish your dreams, but it is your choice to pursue it or not.
- 2013
- 02:00
- Lauren Vieni
- Mercedes Lopez
- Michael Abramczyk

How Sweet it is to be a Piece of Meat
A look at how our appetites can take perverse shapes and make us see our bodies in a completely different way.
- 2013
- 03:00
- Kerry Gilfillan

Sweet Sister Sarah Steps Out On Faith
Sarah Riley leaves Los Angeles to help out her sister in Oklahoma but not before her neighbor Tim has Sister Sarah over for some spaghetti.
- 2013
- 03:01
- Tim Forrest

A Sweet Illusion for the Bitter Tuition
Sofia is working on an unusual scholarship.
- 2013
- 02:59
- Mickey Capper

Sweet Nothings
An interview with Lara Moreau, inventor of "ALI."
- 2013
- 03:00
- Shelby El Otmani

Lunch Club: A Salty Manifesto
There are only 3 Rules to Lunch Club...
- 2013
- 02:06
- Ian Davis and Mwende Hahesy

Home Bitter/Sweet Home
Martha, a half-Chinese, half-Uruguayan Italian citizen, finds home where she least expects it.
- 2013
- 03:00
- Carly Nix

That's So Sweet You Shouldn't Have
What happens when you stop eating dessert but can't bring yourself to say "No" to people's generosity?
- 2013
- 03:30
For Maine's Francos, Food Memories Are Bittersweet
Three Franco-Americans in Maine still have an appetite for their culture's humble cuisine, which isn't esteemed like fancy French food.
- 2013
- 03:00
- Laura McCandlish
Sweet Or Sour
Our passions win out in the end when we choose our future careers.
- 2013
- 03:00
- Lucas Nielsen

Three Bitter Stories of Food and a Cruel Song
Three stories in French: poison, horrible cookies and a cannibal.
- 2013
- 03:15
- Laurence Courtois

Sweet and Sour Coffee
A story about the emotional coupling of love and coffee.
- 2013
- 02:59
- Jason Lovell
- William Thwaites