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.
Bayou Umami
A people striving to retain their livelihood and culture.
- 2013
- 03:01
- Kay Collins
When you are 4 all you want is some sweet sweet YUM
A conversation with my four-year-old son about what would be his favourite dinner and what flavours he would like in it.
- 2013
- 03:00
- Euan McAleece and Ossian McAleece
Sweet Cheesecake Heartbreak: Three Dates
Spicy kielbasa, sweet cheesecake, and a glass of merlot: the foodstuffs of great and horrible dates.
- 2013
- 02:45
- Catie Talarski
Life Is Sweet Again
Lucy Beesley's determination to fight off cancer and live normally has resulted in a life even sweeter than before.
- 2013
- 03:00
- Bryony Hawkins
The Unexpected Sweetness
Flowed mellow audio file that is down tempo but upbeat at the same time.
- 2013
- 03:35
- Bernard Capistrano
Minnesota Sweets
Sweet corn - a great way to get fat and sleepy - is the subject of this true tale of animal, man and machine.
- 2013
- 02:48
- Becky Moonitz
In Search of Bitter Greens
With the guidance of an outdoor educator, the producers learn to forage for their supper.
- 2013
- 02:47
- Bridget Bancroft
- Erica Stone
Journey to Umami
Traveling the on road to Umami, she wondered who or what she would meet along the way.
- 2013
- 02:32
- Dixie Treichel
The Sour Side of Volunteering
Two insiders talk about the underbelly of a documentary film festival, the world of volunteer victuals.
- 2013
- 03:00
- Jagmeet Mac
She's Not Bitter
Haley's long list of food allergies have changed her life, but not her positive attitude.
- 2013
- 02:57
- Michela Tindera
Sweet Empty Calories: HEART DISEASE
How an appetite for the wrong foods can kill you, and the role it plays in heart disease (the number one killer of women).
- 2013
- 03:00
- Linda Darlene (Behl) Brennaman
- Ross Stinemetz
Old Captain Salt
Dreaming of Old Captain Salt and his sushi boat.
- 2013
- 02:17
- Dixie Treichel
A Bagel's Bitter End
I almost burned down Dunkin' Donuts trying to cook a bagel for my sister.
- 2013
- 03:01
- Amy Kraft
Sweet and Sour Tiffany: Chinese Naming Menu
If you could pick your own name what would you choose? Three Chinese students living in Australia explain their name choices.
- 2013
- 03:00
Sweet Muscles
70% of Tamara's life is about her diet, with one aim: to become the best female bodybuilder in the country.
- 2013
- 02:57
- Julie Thing
Salty Eyebrows
Tessa has Multiple Sclerosis and is running for her life.
- 2013
- 02:44
- Tessa Dowdell
The Bittersweet Taste of Sports Gambling
Steven, a 20-something living in Chicago, shares his appetite for the tough world of sports gambling.
- 2013
- 02:52
- Lisa Carter
Sweet Elizabeth
An audio portrait detailing the effects of a lost appetite on friendship.
- 2013
- 02:45
- Hana Walker-Brown
There's No Umami in the Army
Former military chef Danny Davis takes us through a 24-hour ration pack.
- 2013
- 03:00
- Benedikte Granvig
Sel: Trois Façons (Salt: Three Ways)
2013 ShortDocs Winner! No one has an appetite for perfection and swearing like a Québécois in search of poutine.
- 2013
- 02:59
- Kelly Jones
The Umami of Customer Service
Yeah, we all know how sweet it is when our appetites are satisfied, but what's it like to be a satiator?
- 2013
- 02:52
- Veronica Simmonds
The Sweetest Meat
A cannibal finds that she no longer has the appetite for the things she used to.
- 2013
- 02:50
- Damian Biniek
- Rachel Lyon
Bittersweet Apostrophe's
The story of a lifelong relationship with fast food and the consequences that come with it.
- 2013
- 02:00
- Tim Needles
Salt of the Earth
A group of well-known East Coast sous chefs tell of their humble beginnings and love of life in the kitchen.
- 2013
- 02:23
- Alyssa Pagano
Sweet Mudames
Egypt's national dish is called Ful Mudames.
- 2013
- 02:10
- Nada Gabr