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.
Bottled Zeitgeist: The Bitter Spirit of the Times
What if you could bottle time, shove it in a cellar for twenty years and break it out at dinner parties?
- 2013
- 02:15
- Ryan McLeod
Bland Is Sweet
Erica Bland wishes she didn't have to travel so far to eat at her favorite restaurants.
- 2013
- 03:00
- Susie An
Bittersweet; Butter Up
A story about my dad, and how life eventually altered his appetite.
- 2013
- 03:02
- Grant Buhr
Bittersweet Forevers
Some decisions are easily forgotten, well others will stick with you always.
- 2013
- 02:59
- Paige Sutherland
Love Tastes Like Umami Poutine
A love story about food, a food story about love in three courses: poutine, foie gras, bone marrow.
- 2013
- 02:59
- Sara Ananda Badger
A Sweet Ear
The case for why we crave pop music as part of our musical diet.
- 2013
- 02:42
- Jackie Sojico
Bittersweet Muffins
A young veteran shares stories of appetite during his years in the military.
- 2013
- 02:51
- Wenjing Zhang
A Vegetarian's Umami Dilemma
Katherine was a vegetarian and thought she hated meat -- until she tasted elk.
- 2013
- 03:00
- Benjamin Bombard
- Philip Bombard
Misophonia: The Bitter Sound Of Food
The struggles of a Philophonic with Misophonia.
- 2013
- 03:06
- Carlo Patrao
Lemon, Lime and Bitters
One man has an appetite for alcohol.
Sweet Dream
A long-time hunger is satiated by a dream.
- 2013
- 03:01
- Maham Khan
This Umamican Life
Three acts of This Umamican Life here in Austin, TX in the style of This American LIVE, the live theatre show inspired by This American Life.
- 2013
- 03:00
- Jeff Brit
- Michael Ferstenfeld
- Tiffany Leigh
BuzzyNumbingElectricSourSpice
The Sichuan Peppercorn provides a confusing, disorienting and compelling flavor to the spicy cuisine of Sichuan.
- 2013
- 03:00
- Jeff Towne
Sweet Innocence
One day of meals on a memorable occasion.
- 2013
- 02:47
- Whitney Henry-Lester
Sweet Deals & Salty Licks
Behind the scenes at a dairy cow auction in Old Chatham, New York.
- 2013
- 03:00
- Laura Hadden
- Tennessee Jane Watson
Very Sweet with Edge of Tartness
Rachel Steinhardt encounters an unexpected memento of her grandmother's life.
- 2013
- 03:01
- Will Coley
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
Ooo, Mommy
My name's Julie, and I'm a licorice addict.
- 2013
- 02:28
- Julie Caine
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