Documentary Short Films | Viddsee

A young man throws stones at the face area and tries to trigger a vibration of the world until his physical exhaustion, somewhere a fantomatical woman who stand in the shadow observes the distance with binoculars. A gesture rooted in a ratio of inner struggle played between the body and the architecture modernity and ruin a gesture sensitive to reactivate a link with that which he is real. Following the demolition of the Yeung kei village located in downtown Guangzhou (China) which becomes a construction zone between construction and destruction. Somes houses remains today visible in this vast brownfield site. This is now the source of many wonderful memories stories. It holds the secret of the world.

Real Balinese healers continue to use the ancient knowledge of their ancestors to treat people without expecting anything in return.I Gusti Mangku Sumantra is a traditional healer from the Gianyar region of Bali who has been healing people since the 1970s when his father passed away.Bali has a long tradition of Bali Usada, also known as Balinese traditional healing. This practice uses natural herbs and spices, holistic therapies and ancient wisdom to cure physical and mental illness. The Balinese live equally in two worlds: the seen or conscious world called sekala, and the unseen or psychic world, called niskala. In traditional Balinese healing, both of these elements are addressed in order to truly heal an ill patient.

Yan Fan is visiting Paris for the first time. She comes with a “mission”. She records images and words of Paris dedicated to Truffaut - her favourite director, and also someone soon to be born.

Rumah Gare is a longhouse that sits by the river of Kapit. It is the home to the finest weavers of Sarawak, but among them an elderly woman tops the rest. Her name is Bangie ak Embol, and she had lived through many misfortunes of life to become the Master Weaver of Pua Kumbu.

An unexpected exploration of the consequences of kite flying in a crowded urban setting.

The film follows an elderly security officer on his last day at work. 

An evocative reminiscing of Singapore's colonial past through the filmmaker's grandmother. 

A poetic documentary in memory of the filmmaker's late grandmother.

When Liang Xuan’s mother left him in Singapore to complete his studies there, he did his best to integrate and eventually became a citizen, making his parents proud. Liang Xuan’s mother came to visit him in Singapore to ensure he has everything to start his new life as a citizen. She discovered that he was hiding something. He discovered a gift was missing. He had to make a decision. He cannot hide anymore.

A 67 years old Ganga , lives with her husband who is an ex-Gurkha soldier in Aldershot, trying to blend in to what is unfamiliar to her at this old age and making it familiar. This is the film that delves into human condition when you are immigrant at old age and what becomes of your relation once you get old. Auntie Ganga discovers day-to-day lives of old women through auntie Ganga about their struggle to blend in with the society in spite of cultural and language barriers.

Nick Shen’s story struck a chord in us. Although he’s a well-known Singaporean actor, few know his story as a struggling artist trying to preserve his love for the dying art of Chinese Opera.

He was a successful photo journalist who gave up his career so he could look after his autistic son. Open and honest, Bob shared his experience of coming to terms with the diagnosis, his relationship with his son and what it was like redefining his life as a freelancer.Bob’s commitment and love for his family is heart-warming as it is heart-aching. His story reveals the complexity of human emotion – it really is people like Bob who remind us why we do what we do as storytellers.Through struggles Bob found new meaning and ways to contribute as well as new ways communicate with his son. His journey led to teaching photography to the visually impaired and finding a new sense of freedom.With his story, Bob wanted to generate awareness around the reality of autism while eliciting understanding and empathy. We wanted to help him with that.It was an emotional response to Bob’s story. Messages of understanding came in. People understood Bob’s message of the reality of autistic as well as inspiration.