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.
All Saints Bait and Rifle
Hubert copes with depression in a culture of guns: A radio poem.
- 2016
- 02:24
- David Merleau
Too Many Miles
What if Robert Frost's poem "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening” were re-imagined as a film?
- 2016
- 02:33
- Stephanie Rowden
- Jennifer Metsker
Two Libraries
A quiet eavesdropper gets more than he bargained for at the public library.
- 2016
- 03:00
- Noah Levinson
Plant Hunters
A thorny challenge to find a rare plant.
- 2016
- 03:00
- David Boose
A Meditation on the Femme Fatale
This piece presents two powerful women: the original femme fatale, Lady Macbeth, and presidential candidate, Hillary Clinton, to meditate on society's fixation with the archetype in both fiction and real life.
- 2016
- 03:00
- Alex Gonzalez
The Fall
A story about nature's power. Special thanks to Elise Neuscheler.
- 2016
- 02:59
- Katrine Hedegaard
An Escape to Nature
A city goer escapes the loudness of the city to find peace in nature.
- 2016
- 02:45
- Megan Kolopsky
The Legend of Crazy Woman Creek
The origin story of how Crazy Woman Creek in Wyoming got its name, as told from the perspective of a mountain man named Johnson.
- 2016
- 03:00
Roger, that!
Roger, produced in multiple dimensions, must struggle with the production of his life and his life production "in space, or anywhere else."
- 2016
- 02:43
- Evelyn Bottando
And Through We Went
A hidden note begins an adventure in a strange house in Logan Square.
- 2016
- 02:19
- Elisa Shoenberger
Ant Farm
This nature documentary explores the world of the formicarium or ant farm with expert Claire Craig.
- 2016
- 03:00
- Rachel Gelfand
CRASH
A true story of an irresponsible night out in London many years ago.
- 2016
- 02:59
- Roland Denning
Dryden Fringes
A kid in a town in North Ontario on the prowl for something supernatural finds it where he didn't expect to.
- 2016
- 03:00
- Jess Shane
Should've Stopped
A ghastly scene takes a hardboiled detective by surprise, but something even more unexpected lurks in the shadows of deception that hang heavy in this picturesque suburban home.
- 2016
- 02:59
- Samantha and Jacob LeBas
Dysfunctional Friendship
In the idyllic first days of college, two friends are startled in their new surroundings.
- 2016
- 03:00
- Austin Frederick
Birding 101
This ShortDoc takes a walk in a local cemetery as you hear the typical dialogue between fellow birdwatchers and follow one birder in particular.
- 2016
- 02:57
- Nick Russo
The Man in the White Shirt
Many houses are robbed - but how often does someone camp both outside and inside your house waiting for his or her opportunity to pounce?
- 2016
- 03:00
- Sam Turken
Where's Abel?
Abel's fate is confirmed by an eyewitness who survived a suicide bombing in Afghanistan.
- 2016
- 03:00
- John Bechtold
The Rumble
The story of the rumble.
- 2016
- 02:13
- Benedict Jones
So Then I Was Like, I Love You
Three university students recall their first loves.
- 2016
- 02:49
- Haley Amster
Static
A man wakes up caught in the memory of a movie he watched the night before.
- 2016
- 02:55
- Roland Denning
Curious Coyotes
During his hitchhiking trip across Canada, Nate sets up his tent in a forest next to the highway, and the glow of a distant street light lulls him to sleep... but he is soon awakened by a pack of curious locals.
- 2016
- 03:00
- Brennan Mercer
South 400 West
A man tells a story about meeting a woman.
- 2016
- 03:00
- Charlie Beck
The voice of my inner goddess
A clash of meditation and everyday life.
- 2016
- 02:00
- Rikke Mia Skovdal
In Praise of Love
A woman grapples with the leap into love.
- 2016
- 02:05
- Stephen Lacey