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.
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Wake Up/Spring Strut
Springtime teases awake a hibernating soul in order to experience it's holy wonders.
- 2016
- 03:00
- Sara Curtis
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Sex Toy Graveyard
Burying your past never felt so good.
- 2016
- 02:42
- Kristina Loring
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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
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Star of the Sea
How do we reconcile ourselves to a love we'll never consummate?
- 2016
- 02:50
- Moira Donovan
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The Nature of Engagement
A thought experiment and an anecdote come together to illuminate the challenges of cross-cultural engagement, particularly in conservation work.
- 2016
- 03:00
- James Perla
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Badlands
A paddle down the Red Deer River in Canada's Badlands leads to a reflection on past worlds and the mysteries nature keeps from us.
- 2016
- 03:00
- Molly Segal
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Flute on a Ladder
Chance meeting? Perhaps.
- 2016
- 03:00
- Tim Forrest
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The Trophy
A man returns, victorious, from the hunt. Curious onlookers react to the killing. But they're not all looking at the same animal.
- 2016
- 03:03
- Hannah Colton
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Miss
Outing in the ice storm.
- 2016
- 02:59
- Braeden Doane
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Life Drive
In 1961 during the fascist regime in Portugal, a group of political prisoners escape from a fortress prison in a bullet proof Chrysler Imperial - the car that belonged to the dictator himself.
Voiceover by Jay Buettner; Additional voice by Carlos Patrão.
- 2016
- 03:00
- Carlo Patrao
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Aghast
Fear is the enemy of discovery.
- 2016
- 03:12
- Ignacio Martinez
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The Commute
As she takes the train home from Penn Station, one anonymous woman gets an uncomfortable surprise.
Voice actor: Emily Duncan
- 2016
- 02:47
- Katie Toth
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Stolen Threads
An A.I. detective intercepts emails from a young TV journalist, and attempts to rescue her from the clutches of Big Data.
- 2016
- 03:00
- Billy Shebar
- J. Faye Yuan
- Yasaman Kazerooni
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Two Libraries
A quiet eavesdropper gets more than he bargained for at the public library.
- 2016
- 03:00
- Noah Levinson
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HATCH
A man, in orbit, going round and round...
- 2016
- 02:29
- Geoff McQueen
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Por-cup-i-nes
Daoud Iskander hunts porcupines in southern Lebanon.
- 2016
- 02:20
- Hugo Goodridge
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Under Hell Gate
When humanity vanishes, Hell Gate will be the last bridge standing in New York City; until then, it watches and waits.
- 2016
- 03:02
- Rebecca Seidel
- Trevor Wallace
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Green Goats
Larry and Ann Cihanek recount the history of their Rhinebeck, NY-based weed control business, Green Goats, which sends friendly goats to parks across the northeast to destroy invasive plants by simply eating them.
- 2016
- 02:57
- Stephanie Coleman
- Anna Cassell
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I dream of rattlesnakes
A contemplation of the return of rattlesnakes to Massachusetts.
- 2016
- 03:00
- Todd Wemmer
- Sam Wemmer
- Belle Wemmer
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Mrs. Knight
Two sons recall a night in Los Angeles 60 years ago.
- 2016
- 02:57
- Angie Vorhies
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Love after Life
The story of how love can transgress through all realms of life and death.
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Dear Face at Deer Lake with Deer People
A story about deer, a wonderful lake, internet privacy and who is the deer.
- 2016
- 02:56
- Dear Deer Face Collective
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The Life of Bil
A fictional documentary about the mysterious, elusive wild-man Bil.
- 2016
- 03:15
- Gavin Doyle
- Aisling Lambert
- Ashley Parsons
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Maya Turns 26
Whether she likes it or not, things are about to change.
- 2016
- 02:55
- Maya Goldberg-Safir
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The Hadal Zone
Two obnoxious city boys take the Giant Squid Safari in the Sea of Japan and end up in deep trouble.
- 2016
- 03:01
- Peregrine Andrews
- Geoff Marsh