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.

Beyond the Tree Line
A lesson on abstinence recorded in a makeshift recording hut in rural Wisconsin.
- 2008
- 03:01
- Jane Cramer

Birth, Birth, Rebirth
As Tom recovers from a traumatic brain injury, he and his wife welcome newborn twins into the world.
- 2008
- 03:00
- Chris Sewell

The Big Strike!
When a venerable neighborhood tree is struck down its loss is felt by all the residents on the street, but sometimes nature has its reasons.
- 2008
- 02:57
- Sarah Bernath

Bells
A guy drifts back to the years he drove around on his bike, when he should be meditating.
- 2007
- 03:00
- Frank Karall

Bottle Service
Steve the bellhop knows the champagne goes to someone's room on the third floor, but in this hotel of mystery the question remains: who ordered the bubbly?
- 2016
- 03:00
- Allison Quantz
- Natalie Bainter
- Bethy Squires

Blackbird Pot Pie: Not the Pie Umami Made
2013 People's ShortDoc Award Winner! For some South Jersey residents, "Sing a Song of Sixpence" is more than just a nursery rhyme; it's supper.
- 2013
- 02:53
- Mary T. Diorio Schilling

The Bitter Journey of a Chicken
A chicken goes on a journey to find his life's destiny and succeeds.

Bittersweet Grief in 3 Courses
Writer Zarina Zabrisky talks about her family's history and how it informed her relationship with food.
- 2013
- 02:44
- Sayre Quevedo

Bittersweet Courses for Horses
Man's appetite for money may mean the end of three courses for horses.
- 2013
- 03:01
- Eurydice Aroney
- Tom Morton

Boris the Mover
2006 ShortDocs Winner! A crush on a telemarketer results in betrayal.
- 2006
- 02:35
- Carma Jolly

The Big Meeting
Lorene decides to make real English marmalade for a meeting being held by striking maritime workers in her town.
- 2008
- 02:09
- Catherine Halley
- Wendy Jo Carlton

Barmy Banff Blackout Bingo!
Welcome to Thursday night $1,000 jackpot bingo at The Royal Canadian Legion in the small Rocky Mountain town of Banff, Alberta.
- 2012
- 03:01
- Alyssa Moxley

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

The Big City
For the last 20 years, Sherwin Sleeves has traveled the country, composing "theme songs" for cities across the United States. Inspiration for Chicago's song strikes while he's eating dinner at the Green Mill.
- 2009
- 03:31
- Sean Hurley

(Bicycle) Chain of Missing Links
2010 ShortDocs Winner! An 80-day bicycle trip from New York City to Seattle, camping and recording along the way, condensed into three minutes.
- 2010
- 03:00
- Matt Purdy

Beer & Food, Neil & Eric: Two Sweet Pairings
An underground supper club pairs beers with dinners, served in a Mission District apartment kitchen in San Francisco.
- 2013
- 03:00
- Alison Byrne

The Bitter End
The quest to follow the chain of meat production - what happens to that steak before it gets to the plate?
- 2013
- 02:58
- Julia Stone
- Peter Frick-Wright
Bitter Taste of Murder
Will the intrepid detective solve the murder most foul at Tragedy Castle?
- 2013
- 02:41
- Scott Priz
- Elisa Shoenberger

Bittersweet TV
A television studio executive is challenged to dream up a ludicrous reality TV show idea and succeeds.
- 2013
- 03:00
- Audrey Dilling
- Ben Trefny
Between Two Buns: The Sweet Story of Burger Sobriety
For Andrew's sister, eating a hamburger is a sublime experience.
- 2013
- 03:00
- Andrew Norton

The Black Dog: If You're Going Through Hell, Keep Going
A simple neighborly gesture means a lot, in a time of need.
- 2012
- 02:46
- Mairéad Cullen
- Michael McNamara

Behind the Tinted Windows
When it comes to modern-day private investigation, there's more than meets the (private) eye.
- 2016
- 03:00
- Natalie Orenstein
- Kathleen Costanza

Bad Year for Stegs
A young woman seeks shelter from the annual summer influx of Stegosauri.
- 2016
- 03:00
- Ari Erlbaum
- Emile Coco

By the Deer's Trail
An existential monologue of a deer along a journey that happens to be his last one.
- 2016
- 03:00
- Yakov Lurie

Before You Tell Him
A woman receives unexpected news and wonders how her boyfriend will react.
- 2016
- 02:43
- Mary Helen Montgomery
- Maura Friedman