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The internet is a treasure trove of fantastic and fascinating content, but some videos just stand out above the rest. Discover the best videos, short films and documentaries on the internet. We scour Youtube, Vimeo and the rest of the web every day to find the most inspiring stories and videos for you.

Hotel Chevalier: A Short Film By Wes Anderson

Hotel Chevalier: A Short Film By Wes Anderson

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Natalie Portman and Jason Schwartzman are lovers who reunite in a Paris hotel room, in Wes Anderson’s 2007 prelude to The Darjeeling Limited. All cunningly soundtracked by Peter Sarstedt’s 1969 hit, “Where Do You Go To (My Lovely)?”

Can Ageing Be Delayed, Stopped Or Even Reversed?

Can Ageing Be Delayed, Stopped Or Even Reversed?

Health Life Science Videos

This is the pursuit of a much longer, healthier life span using science and genetics to achieve it. Who hasn’t dreamed of staying young but how far will you be prepared to go to achieve that dream? BBC’s Gabriela Torres meets the self-experimenters and scientists who are trying to dramatically extend our lives.

"BEING BRITISH", A Film By The People Of Great Britain

"BEING BRITISH", A Film By The People Of Great Britain

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BEING BRITISH is a short-form documentary created independently by the filmmakers of Great Britain, to answer the question, ‘What does it mean to be British?’ Made by Simon Mulvaney and Emily Brinnand.

Short Film: "Dirty Machines: The End Of History"

Short Film: "Dirty Machines: The End Of History"

Art Videos

“Dirty Machines: The End of History” a highly polished sci-fi teaser for a longer-form series that envisions a future where time travel has become a form of tourism. It’s stylish, but beyond the undeniable aesthetic panache, Matthew Olson’s film feels completely transformative as a world-building exercise.

How Artificial Intelligence Could Revolutionize Coffee

How Artificial Intelligence Could Revolutionize Coffee

Food Innovation Videos

The coffee supply chain is rife with uncertainty, unfairness, and even corruption. Bext360 wants to change that. This video looks at how they’re using machine vision, artificial intelligence, and blockchain payments to bring the largest un-automated system in the world into the digital age.

Why Every Japanese Criminal Is Guilty

Why Every Japanese Criminal Is Guilty

Crime Videos

Every system of justice is inevitably found to be unjust. The question is in which direction, and how far. This is a fairly basic outline of Japan’s idiosyncratic nature.

Young Girls Force-Fed For Marriage In Mauritania

Young Girls Force-Fed For Marriage In Mauritania

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Some Mauritanian communities believe that the fatter girls look the wealthier and more attractive they appear to men. Sahar Zand meets the families force feeding their young girls a 9,000 calorie-a-day diet during a brutal “feeding season” in Mauritania.

How Volkswagen Plans To Outsell Tesla

How Volkswagen Plans To Outsell Tesla

Business Videos

Although Tesla reigns as king of the EV market thanks to its Model 3, Volkswagen has a plan in place to outsell them in the next few years. The automaker has set its sights on becoming a major name in the EV game, investing $37 billion in its electric car program.

The People's NSA

The People's NSA

Politics Tech Videos

Meet the hackers who are working with investigative journalists to expose organized crime and corruption by some of the world’s most sinister governments. Those governments are going to great lengths to shut down investigative reporting through cyber attacks and other intimidation tactics.

The Economy Of Italy, Has The Luck All Run Out?

The Economy Of Italy, Has The Luck All Run Out?

Economics Explainers Videos

Once the seat of the roman empire, it is now home to a surprisingly robust yet temperamental economy. The economy of Italy followed a path very similar to that of Germany’s all be it with a little more flamboyancy which has found them where they are today.

Nikolay Schegolev

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Nikolay Schegolev
How The Wealthy Hide Billions Using Tax Havens

How The Wealthy Hide Billions Using Tax Havens

Business Videos

Every year, about 70 billion dollars that the US could be using for infrastructure, law enforcement, healthcare or education is missing. It’s hidden deep within shell companies and anonymous entities in places like the British Virgin Islands. What exactly is a shell company and how does it work?

Portrait Of A Place: Black Snow

Portrait Of A Place: Black Snow

Videos World

On the last day of sunlight before polar winter descends, British directors James Newton and Edward Edwards visited Norilsk—which is closed to non-Russians—to capture the lives of the locals in Russia’s coldest city. During winter, temperatures can drop to -55 and the Sun does not rise for 40 days.

How Airlines Make Meals For Thousands Of People

How Airlines Make Meals For Thousands Of People

Explainers Food Videos

For many people economy class used to mean soggy pasta, rubbery eggs and dried-out chicken. For a time U.S airlines even stopped serving free meals altogether in economy class. But in 2019 U.S. airlines posted their tenth straight year of profitability and premium and economy cabins are seeing more food options than ever before.

Tech’s Most Controversial Startup Makes Drone-Killing Robots

Tech’s Most Controversial Startup Makes Drone-Killing Robots

Tech Videos

Founded by Palmer Luckey and backed by Peter Thiel, Anduril is rekindling the connection between the American military and Silicon Valley. The company’s surveillance technology consists of large towers, packed with sensors, and small surveillance drones that can be set up to guard the perimeter.

What If Russia Invaded The Baltics?

What If Russia Invaded The Baltics?

Politics Videos

Since the collapse of the Soviet Union, the Baltic region has strengthened economic integration with the West and all three nations have become increasingly prosperous as a result. However, the Baltic success story also highlights NATO’s vulnerabilities in the region.

Sintra's Mysterious 'Inverted Tower'

Sintra's Mysterious 'Inverted Tower'

Videos World

Steeped in strange symbology, the breath-taking ‘inverted tower’, or initiation well, found at the heart of Sintra’s Quinta da Regaleira celebrates Portugal’s unique historical connection to the mysterious and enigmatic Knights Templar.

Can Sea Water Desalination Save The World?

Can Sea Water Desalination Save The World?

Nature Videos

Ocean water is saturated with salt, and undrinkable. Most of the freshwater is locked away in glaciers or deep underground. Less than one percent of it is available to us. So why can’t we just take all that seawater, filter out the salt, and have a nearly unlimited supply of clean, drinkable water?

How Ads Follow You Around The Internet

How Ads Follow You Around The Internet

Explainers Tech Videos

You’ve seen the pop-ups: “This site uses cookies to improve your experience. Please accept cookies.” Without cookies, the online world we know today couldn’t exist. But that world relies on advertising, which gives three kinds of companies a strong incentive to track your online behavior.

Michael Crichton

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Michael Crichton
"Happiness", An Animated Mirror Into Our Culture

"Happiness", An Animated Mirror Into Our Culture

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“Happiness”, by Steve Cutts, is a brilliant jab at our Trumpian universe, where people have been brainwashed into believing that the newest device, car, hot partner, or pill will fulfill our inner yearning for peace.

The Man Who Drove McDonald’s Out Of Iceland

The Man Who Drove McDonald’s Out Of Iceland

Business Food Videos

Tómas Tómasson’s all-American burger joint is so legendary in Iceland, it ousted McDonald’s from the country. It all began back in 1981 when the good folk of Reykjavík, Iceland still thought fish and chips was exotic foreign food. Along came Tommi and taught them to worship a new kind of sustenance: the mighty burger.

How Earth Would Look If All The Ice Melted

How Earth Would Look If All The Ice Melted

Nature Videos World

As National Geographic showed us, sea levels would rise by 216 feet if all the land ice on the planet were to melt. This would dramatically reshape the continents and drown many of the world’s major cities.

"La Noria", Award-Winning Animation Horror Short Film

"La Noria", Award-Winning Animation Horror Short Film

Art Videos

From seasoned animator Carlos Baena (ILM, Pixar) and a crowd-sourced community of over 100 people, “La Noria” tells the tale of a grieving young boy who one day encounters dark creatures that turn his life upside down.

How Migration Could Make The World Richer

How Migration Could Make The World Richer

Economics Videos

Many of the recent political shifts in the West—the election of Donald Trump, the rise of populism in Europe and Brexit—can be partially attributed to the fear of mass migration. Yet increasing migration is one of the quickest ways to make the world richer.

Reversing Ageing: New Studies Show It Can Be Done

Reversing Ageing: New Studies Show It Can Be Done

Health Life Videos

The Horvath clock is extremely accurate at predicting how old you are and can even predict when you’ll die. The clock itself is part of the aging mechanism, hence physically being able to dial back the hands of the clock could mean becoming physically younger.

Macau: The Story Of China's Golden Child

Macau: The Story Of China's Golden Child

Videos World

On December 20th, 1999 the 25 square kilometer Portuguese colony on China’s southern coast was returned to China becoming the Macau Special Administrative Region. In the 20 years since the handover, Macau has transformed into the gambling capital of the world while some call it the Las Vegas of the East.

What If We Automated Construction?

What If We Automated Construction?

Architecture Innovation Videos

The rise of technology is a huge opportunity for the construction industry; enabling it to overcome many of its challenges while broadening its appeal to young talent. From predictive design to 3D printing and even autonomous machines on site, this is what the future could look like if we automated construction.

Franck Bohbot

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Franck Bohbot
How Africa Can Get Rich

How Africa Can Get Rich

Economics Videos World

Africa is changing so fast, it is becoming hard to ignore. In the short term, the continent faces many problems, but in the long term, it could rival China’s economic might. By the end of this century, Africa is set to play a much bigger role in world affairs. The Asian growth miracle is likely to slow Africa’s rapid rise could be next.

How Singapore Solved Housing

How Singapore Solved Housing

Cities Politics Videos

Because 80% of the population lives in one of its one million public apartments, they carry no social stigma and are enjoyed by the rich and poor alike. Singapore has adopted such a unique set of policies that the usual measures fail to accurately capture just how far ahead it is.

A Trek Through The Mysterious Accursed Mountains

A Trek Through The Mysterious Accursed Mountains

Nature Videos World

Springtime in northern Albania sparks the herding of goats from the lowlands up to the towering mountainsides. Follow Prek Gjoni and his 160 goats on a grueling four-day journey across the spectacular Valbona Valley, a land that seems to exist out of time.

Can Tiny Houses Save Detroit?

Can Tiny Houses Save Detroit?

Architecture Cities Videos

Detroit is grappling with both devastating poverty and a hot real estate market. But Rev. Faith Fowler of the nonprofit Cass Community Social Services sees a way to remedy both: Develop tiny houses, and create a rent-to-own financing mechanism to help impoverished Detroiters become owners of those homes.

How Governments Shut Down The Internet

How Governments Shut Down The Internet

Politics Tech Videos

Governments around the world are shutting down the internet, saying it’s needed to prevent protests or cheating on exams. But critics say blocking expression and access to information violates human rights. Here’s how internet shutdowns work.

"The Jigsaw", Award-Winning Horror Short Film

"The Jigsaw", Award-Winning Horror Short Film

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The purchase of a mystery Jigsaw Puzzle from a strange and unsettling vendor leads a man to an evening of frightening consequences. “The Jigsaw” is a short horror film that won over 30 awards worldwide.

A Hero In The Sky (And On The Ground)

A Hero In The Sky (And On The Ground)

Videos World

Ann Sim lives a double life. A member of Singapore Airlines cabin crew, she is also a volunteer medic with the Singapore Civil Defence Force, which responds to all kinds of emergency situations. While her job offers her the opportunity to see the world, Sim’s volunteer work enables her to give back to her community.

Hyperloop Explained

Hyperloop Explained

Design Innovation Tech Videos

Billed as the fastest way to cross the surface of the earth, Hyperloop represents the greatest leap in transport infrastructure for generations. The concept promises to slash journey times between major cities from several hours to a matter of minutes.

The Very Dramatic $3,000,000 Qantas Airlines Heist

The Very Dramatic $3,000,000 Qantas Airlines Heist

Crime History Videos

Just after midday on May 26th 1971, Australian authorities received a call from a mysterious Mr. Brown claiming that a Qantas flight from Sydney to Hong Kong was carrying a bomb. He then claimed that he would disclose the location of the onboard bomb in return for a hefty sum.

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