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.

Sometimes . . . (INC)

When I try from Zen sickness to fly . . .

2006
02:31
Grace Yoon

The Priscilla Tapes: An Introduction (INC)

A story of a collection of taped letters.

2006
02:30
Zoe Irvine

Appetite of English Umami

How to prepare the best English class in Paris.

Well Behaved Women (RUS)

All women buy things that they don't really need. Why are they doing this?

2007
02:41
Alexander Soleev

Sold 'Em Way Up High at 1200 (INC)

Melds the incredible auctioneering skills of Dan Skeels, the 2004 World Livestock Auctioneering Champion, with the electronic sounds of Nick Freilich, aka Epicte the Elemental.

2006
02:21
Cyrus Farivar

The Cat and the Boyfriend (INC)

Through diary entries, the relationship between a cat and the new, live-in boyfriend is revealed.

2006
03:02
Mark A. Tolstedt

Salty Relocation

Chronicling my love for snacks amidst my relocation from the U.S. to Cairo, Egypt.

2013
02:05
Kim Fox

Bottling Hell: Remembering Mr. Murphree and the Spicy-Sweet Datil Pepper of St. Augustine

"Bottled hell" is a local term for the blow-your-socks off spicy datil pepper sauce ubiquitous in St. Augustine, FL.

2013
03:00
Anna Hamilton

Passing on Sweet

How do recipes get passed on?

Feast and Famine: A Bitter Cure to Finally Forgetting Your Ex

Kurt Callum woke up one morning and realized he had gone fourteen days straight without thinking even once of his ex or their bitter break-up.

2013
02:50

Sweet, Sweet Solitude

A young girl rants about annoyances that are brought up frequently in her daily life while listing why her way of living is superior to most others.

One Way

A woman in a hurry seeks refuge from a storm and finds something in common with the motel attendant.

2016
03:01
Marie Lovejoy

The Last Morning was a Sweet One

2013 ShortDocs Winner! A short story in sounds of our food's start to finish, from morning to night (though not necessarily in the same day!)

2013
02:56
Alix Blair

One Man's Sour is Another Man's Sweet

Maximus Thaler has an interesting relationship with food.

Umami to the Ears

Weirdo Records is a closet-sized vinyl shop in Cambridge, Massachusetts where Angela Sawyer hosts experimental music concerts, for those with a unique and unorthodox musical taste.

A Sweet Boy That Can't Savor

For most New Yorkers being surrounded by food is a blessing, but for one boy in Queens it's tormenting.

2013
02:55
Will Denselow

No Appetite for Bitter Old Men

Christ! I smoke cigarettes! Leave me alone!

2013
02:52
Ruslan Kulski

Chocolate is a Sweet Distraction

The founder of Patric Chocolate finds his way to love and sweets in an unexpected way.

2013
03:00
Scott Pham

My Mommy's Umami Latkes

Once a year my extended family comes together for three courses in tradition: making latkes, dinner conversation and finally, the ongoing memories we create together during our annual Hanukkah party.

2013
03:00
Bari Finkel

Savoring the Salty Ritual

Marinating in the kitchen.

2013
02:59
Sara Curtis

Sweet at Sea

A sweet encounter on the Irish Sea, retold at table.

2013
02:51
Sean Mullervy

Sounds Tasty, Salty Too

Bartleby's appetite for fun sets he and his brother Artemus on their way for their smallest adventure yet, into the game room for an unexpectedly flavorful time.