Documentary Shorts - Comms

My Dad Gets a Smart Phone | United States | 6 | Sarah Wells | A short documentary about my dad getting a smart phone for the first time. 

The Residents | United States | 9 | Ginger Port | A film-diary capturing one night at an inn in Tivoli, New York, on a resident's birthday.

Jack and Sam | United States | 20 | Jordan Matthew Horowitz | A poignant documentary about two Holocaust survivors miraculously reunited after 80 years. Now in their late 90s, they are spending the precious time they have left rekindling their friendship and educating others about the dangers of hatred. 

Buurman Abdi | Netherlands | 29 | Douwe Dijkstra | How can you understand a violent past? Somali-born Abdi reenacts his life, marked by war and criminality, with the help of his neighbour and filmmaker Douwe. 

Good Boy | United States | 35 | Russell Chadwick | Doug Seus found kinship in the arms and claws of a 1500 pound Grizzly bear. Featuring interviews with Robert Duvall, Sean Penn & Brad Pitt, GOOD BOY is a look at how Bart The Bear, Doug Seus, and his incredible family built a bond that took them all over the world and on-screen with some of Hollywood's biggest stars.