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.
Beat Street
An aging drummer takes his love of music - and his dreams of something bigger - to Chicago's Michigan Avenue.
- 2009
- 02:58
- Chris Sewell
Reel Noise
Surreal as it may seem, this rock band became very famous.
- 2006
- 02:31
- Derek Simons
How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love 99 Ways
Remember when we were paranoid?
- 2006
- 02:30
- Andrea Appleton
- Bruce Wallace
From Glasgow to Basra
A mother misses her son.
- 2006
- 02:30
- Anna Norberg
Henry Ford Wouldn't Have Called in Sick
Feuding co-workers in an auto parts factory conpsire to assemble the big one.
- 2006
- 02:30
- Tammy Terwelp
Good Behavior
A man, a car and freedom . . . or so he thinks.
- 2006
- 02:30
- Jack Jackson
Tapeletter From Denmark
A man misses his sister.
- 2006
- 02:31
- Soren Prehn Jensen
Icing Adversity
The story of how the Canadian Women's hockey team overcame the odds and poor officiating to win the gold medal at the 2002 Winter Olympics.
- 2006
- 02:30
- Sherry Shute
9/8 (INC)
A direct reaction to the submission criteria without prior rehearsal.
- 2006
- 02:35
- London Concrete
Both My Houses (Ma Maison En Deux)
You live in media you watch and listen to. I live in France, listen in Britain and dream outside.
- 2006
- 02:30
- Marjorie Van Helteren
We Can All Hear You Now
Yeah, they're handy, but cell phones sure are annoying.
- 2006
- 02:30
- Nancy Tyler
Want Some Sushi?
An awkward office interaction at a temp gig gets even more awkward.
- 2006
- 02:36
- Jonathan Menjivar
Louise
A young man runs away from the circus.
- 2006
- 02:30
- Deepthi Welaratna
Canned Love
A fawning profile of Charles Baker and Audrey Malone, the greatest voice talents of our generation.
- 2006
- 02:30
- Deepthi Welaratna
Sweetheart, I Hate You
Two e-lovers meet in the flesh and the thrill is gone.
- 2006
- 02:30
- Antonio Almeida
The Iceberg
An old man fights his demons for 30 years.
- 2006
- 02:30
- Thelon Oeming
Evolution
In a piece that captures the history of (aural) technology, text-to-speech engines prove that computers really can befuddle man.
- 2006
- 02:31
- Dennis Conrow
Do What You Fear and Fear Disappears
Screams, thoughts on fear, screams, spooky music, more screams.
- 2006
- 02:30
- Sarah Boothroyd
Computer Drama
The computer talk show meets Saturday morning cartoons; featuring real live computer expert, Sarah Millen.
- 2006
- 02:28
- Heather Kitching
Sound and Territory
Apartment sounds reveal a roommate crisis, the unwanted sharing of a territory.
- 2006
- 02:30
- Christine Morin
- Marie-France Garon
Eagle 202
The true story of Chris, who thought it would be a fun intellectual challenge to try to write a piece of air traffic control software his company had abandoned -- and what happened next.
- 2006
- 02:32
- Heather Kitching
Perfect Founders
The duel between Aaron Burr and Alexander Hamilton rearranged for laughs and life lessons.
- 2006
- 02:30
- Paula Rogers
The Mime
The sounds of Turkish pop star Tarkan melds with possibly the most annoying roommate ever.
- 2006
- 02:50
- Cyrus Farivar
- Rebeka Kouy-Ghadosh
The Long Way Home
New light on the wanderings of Odysseus provided by the discovery of Penelope's answering machine tape.
- 2006
- 02:30
- David Henderson
Bring on Jesus!
Superstition, money, rules, bullshit, loud guitars, talking Moses and Jesus, and Santa!
- 2006
- 02:31
- Big Swifty