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.

From Sweet Appetite to a Healthy Appetite

If you want to be healthy and fit, you must well inform your appetite.

2013
02:30
Yomna Khallaf

The Sweet Taste of Couscous

My grandparents had very little in common except for their appetite for couscous.

2013
03:00
Marie Telling

Truck Wild and Ramped Umami Stories

Former coal miner and mountain man extraordinaire Jay Spencer hunts for aromatic wild leeks in the forest outside Richwood, West Virginia, a lumber town and Ramp Capital of the World.

2013
03:00
Joanna Greer

The Smell of Salt

The story of an acclaimed chef and mothers journey searching for finding and understanding success.

2013
02:55
Holly Smith
Paige Lee

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

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.

The Sweet and Sour Craving for Risk

Risk presented in three different courses: 1) Craving 2) We Can't Help It 3) Living Life to the Fullest.

2013
03:02
Evie Salomon

Bitter Sweet

Recorded in one take, with only minor effects added.

2013
02:57
Youssef Azmy

Sour Food Slam

A poetry slam poking fun at the absurd "foodie" culture.

Eros the Bittersweet: An Edible Riff

An audio prose poem, mixing chocolate with desire.

Sweets... A Guilty Pleasure

Sitting at home, on the last day of the weekend, what can one do but eat everything sweet in the kitchen.

2013
02:53
Nada El-Tobgy

Sweet to Bitter

A guy really wants to get to know a girl.

2013
02:27
Youmna Mohamed

Sin, Stanzas and Sweetness: A Las Vegas #ShortDoc

What are folks on the Las Vegas Strip hungry for?

2013
02:31
Aaron Mendelson

The Sweet Taste of India

Chicken Tikka Masala, the taste of India.

2013
03:00
Humayun Alam
Jay Alom

Sweet Smell O' Mine

The story of how anosmia (lack of a sense of smell) affects my appetite.

2013
02:23
Pauline Dunne

There's No Saccharine in this Sweet School

Follow Sierra on her progressive college journey as she realizes that finding the right college is as difficult as Goldilocks finding the right bowl of porridge.

2013
03:00
Sierra Ponthier

The Umami Canon

Reflections on food for thought.

2013
03:00
Casey Miner

Pursuing Sweet Success: Running the Krispy Kreme Challenge

Julie and Stacy run the Krispy Kreme Challenge: 5 miles, 12 donuts, 2,400 calories, one hour.

2013
02:57
Julie Thomson

The Bitter End

The quest to follow the chain of meat production - what happens to that steak before it gets to the plate?

The Good, the Bad & the Umami: If your life was a food dish...

A proverbial potluck of the soul is prepared by asking local Arcata artists, "If your life was a food dish what would it be?"

2013
03:00
Isaac Bluefoot

A Sweet Martini Memory

A dry martini in the afternoon proved effective in helping a widowed mother navigate the lonely shoals that lay between 4 and 6 p.m.

2013
03:00
Ed Cohen

Sweet Dream

A man remembers a dream, a snack and an idea about sound by filmmaker Robert Bresson.

2013
02:05
Wolfgang Hastert

Umami Office

Researchers from the Egyptian TV show Al Bernameg are trying to lose weight, stay fit or just enjoy food at the office.

2013
02:44
Christine Iskander

Umami Can't Cook Like Mine

The tradition of cooking has been passed down in my family through three generations: my grandma, my mom and me.

2013
02:59
Lexia Banks

Not So Sweet on New School Lunch

Michelle Obama's new school lunch program gets sour reviews from Paonia High School students.