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.

Ant Farm

This nature documentary explores the world of the formicarium or ant farm with expert Claire Craig.

Roger, that!

Roger, produced in multiple dimensions, must struggle with the production of his life and his life production "in space, or anywhere else."

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

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.

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.

Anxiety

The world is strange outside
I’m a stranger in the landscape
As a bad edition of
Alice in Wonderland

Swimmers

A woman pieces together sonic memories and her sense of belonging through swimming.

The Fringe Door

A meditation on the paradox of connection/disconnection, explored through the eyes, words and minds of two strangers - one in Tokyo and one in Rome.

TAPE_003

A man searches through his tapes looking for a lost memory.

The Drumming Trip

A famous Romanian music therapist invites his clients deep into the wild where they express their most intimate feelings in a very original way.

Where's Abel?

Abel's fate is confirmed by an eyewitness who survived a suicide bombing in Afghanistan.