Op-Docs

The Oscar-winning series of short documentaries by independent filmmakers.

Highlights

The Human Toll of One of the Internet’s Worst Jobs
Removing child sexual abuse material from the internet exacts a heavy toll on the workers tasked with reviewing it.
By Jaap van Heusden and Jefta Varwijk
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Self-Driving Cars Can’t See Without Their Eyes
The unseen workers who help train A.I.
By Nicolas Gourault
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How to Find a Date in a Country With Over 30 Million Extra Men
A decade after the end of the one-child policy, China has over 30 million so-called surplus men. Can this dating boot camp help them find love?
By Violet Du Feng
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We Had Never Touched. Then Came Our Wedding Night.
An ultra-Orthodox Jewish filmmaker asks members of her community about the silent anxieties surrounding intimacy on their wedding nights.
By Rachel Elitzur
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These Are the Elements That Define Us
A series of short films about how the elements of the periodic table shape our lives.
By Martín Benchimol, Todd Chandler, Zhao Liang and Terra Long
Anorexia Was My Revolt Against Mother Nature
My sister and I went on a joint diet. She stopped and I didn’t.
By Eisha Marjara
The Last Words of a Dying Glacier
A glacier is disappearing. An artist is trying to preserve its sound.
By Lutz Stautner
Did the Camera Ever Tell the Truth?
A trust apocalypse is here.
By Maximilien Van Aertryck and Axel Danielson
What Do You Win When You Work at the Carnival?
In “The Sparkle,” a carnival worker dreams of leaving what he knows behind to follow his passion. What is there for him on the other side?
By Isabelle Grignon-Francke
Don’t Know How to Face Your Mom? Talk to Your Friend’s Mom Instead.
In a unique twist, three women swap mothers for a candid conversation about their choice to be child-free in “M/other.”
By Iris Zaki
A Mother. A Child. An Afternoon at a Prison’s Pretend Home.
In “Weekend Visits,” an incarcerated woman spends a day with her child at an extended visitation house in Virginia.
By Pete Quandt
The View From the Floor
After appearing on “Maury” 25 years ago, a singer without legs questions why she’s seen as inspirational in “View From the Floor.”
By Megan Griffiths and Mindie Lind
How Being an Influencer Became a New American Dream
Two preteen girls promote fashion and beauty products to thousands of online fans from their rural Alabama home in “Christmas, Every Day.”
By Faye Tsakas
For Iranian Women, Can a Revolution Take Place at Home?
Inspired by the movement for women’s rights in Iran, Elahe Esmaili returns to her hometown to start her own resistance in “A Move.”
By Elahe Esmaili