Documentary Short Movies

Released in 1901

1916, directed by Frederick Burlingham.

Released in 1920, produced by Frederick Burlingham.

A pretty feature of life at the Handeck Inn on the renowned Grimsel route.

"The operations that dislocate a film like Summer Solstice– I hope irreparably– from being a movie about the locomotion and eating habits...

Three mountaineers, including a woman, climb the l'Aiguille du Moine, in the Mont Blanc Massif departing from the Couvercle Shelter. Facing walls...

The ascent of the Wetterhorn by Frank Ormiston-Smith accompanied by the guide Christian Bergener, Rev. H. J. Heard, Mr. E Burchell-Rodway from the...

1907, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith.

Programmers, filmmakers, and attendees past and present chart the history of BFI Flare to mark its 40th anniversary, from parties to politics. ...

A movie that portrays a reflection about sense of being self, to love and to be loved.

1905, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith.

1904, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith.

Grimsel was the scene of the Austrian-French conflict of 1799. It is now one of the most popular passes in the Alps.

1902, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith

Antti, a musher from Northern Finland, won't give up his way of life despite being advised contrarily. In the dogsled world there is no going back...

The ascent of the spectacular needle Guglia Rudatis (2.202 meters), in the Italian Dolomites by a group of rock climbers. A group of six men leave a...

1903, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith.

The sacred and the profane are explored through the dialectic between sacred images and the world of BDSM when we meet Guilherme and his fetishist...

Michael Franti, winner of the San Francisco Foundation 2009 Community Leadership Awards (the Helen Crocker Russell Award) - artist, activist, founder...