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.
What can I do now that they've chopped me up little by little?
Carlos Cardenas finds hope after losing a leg to diabetes.
- 2015
- 03:00
- Francesco De Salvatore
What Makes a Good Wife?
According to Tía Nora, things have changed since the 1950s.
- 2015
- 02:58
- Erin Leyson
What Should I Get?
Megan Williams talks to a Jewish vendor who sells Catholic objects in Rome.
- 2015
- 03:00
- Megan Williams
When in doubt?
How to survive your first parachute jump.
- 2015
- 02:39
- Elizabeth Friend
What's in a car?
Lourdes Mello's late husband bought her a Mustang convertible in 1989; the car is badly broken now, but she holds on to it for the memories.
- 2015
- 03:00
- Lily Doron
What happens when a statistic becomes your life?
Over 44 million people live with dementia worldwide, but it is not until it affects you directly that you realise the impact the disease can have on your life.
- 2015
- 02:29
- Cristina Parry
Where did they ghost?
The story of “ghost” through interviews, films, music and instructional videos.
- 2015
- 02:55
- Adriene Lilly
Who is Betty?
Carol found Betty abandoned in rural Utah and gave her a new, loving home.
- 2015
- 02:25
- Benjamin Bombard
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 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
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
What Lies in a Voicemail?
We can measure distance in miles, but the heartache it causes is indefinable.
- 2015
- 03:00
Why would anyone, in his right mind, jump into Lake Michigan in the middle of a Chicago Winter?
The polar plunge: a story of cold water and warm hearts.
- 2015
- 02:58
- Fallon Schlossman
What is Alpha-1?
What is the personal experience of having Alpha-1 Antitrypsin Deficiency (Alpha-1)?
- 2015
- 02:59
- Garrett Tiedemann
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
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 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 The Blind Meet
A man struggles through a blind date at a resturant.
- 2015
- 03:00
- Steve Krysak
What's in a name?
One man decides the best way to break from the past is to change his name.
- 2015
- 03:07
- David Chong
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 could be bad about this?
2015 ShortDocs Winner! What if you could learn to stop listening to other people?
- 2015
- 02:59
- John-Michael Forman
Who Took Mom to the Prom?
2015 ShortDocs Winner! A story of girls who say 'yes' that is 100% true.
- 2015
- 02:30
- Emer Horgan
Why, willie wagtail, why?
House arrest by willie wagtail.
- 2015
- 03:00
- Jessica Minshall
Where You Live?
A meditation on the perceptions of Chicago as a violent city.
- 2015
- 03:00
- David Dault
What does spring sound like on your side?
A Trans-Canada Conversation.
- 2015
- 01:58
- Braeden Doane and Chelsea Jeffrey