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Curated short documentaries and original Aeon productions exploring big ideas
Painting of a landscape with a helicopter, purple mountains, people near a stream and vehicles by trees under a blue sky.

videoNature and landscape

The joys that follow rain – an animated Aboriginal artwork

2 minutes

Silhouette of person reaching towards vibrant colourful light patterns on a wall.

videoTeaching and learning

Museum-goers toy with reality in this Oscar-nominated short

16 minutes

Painting of a distressed man with wide eyes holding a dying man with a bloody head. They lie on a red pattered carpet near a toppled throne, dark, rich tones in the background.

videoGlobal history

Why this once-banned Russian painting remains controversial

25 minutes

Two people relaxing on sun loungers under a blue umbrella on a grass lawn with garden gnomes nearby.

videoAgeing and death

When half of a couple that plans to live forever dies

12 minutes

Photo of a silhouetted diver poised on a high diving board against a dark blue sky.

videoSports and games

Elite high-divers take the plunge in this dazzling short

7 minutes

Digital recreation of a Roman interior with columns, a mosaic floor and red walls decorated with frescoes and a central pool.

videoThe ancient world

A tour of Pompeii as it was just before its destruction

14 minutes

Abstract digital art with vertical lines and dark shapes, text overlay saying “why did you write it” in the centre.

videoInformation and communication

AI isn’t merely bad at writing. It does not and cannot write

40 minutes

Painting of abstract blue and orange shapes on top of a pink and beige background with black plants

videoArt

Transforming landscape painting into a portal through time

10 minutes

Photo of a child in a colourful winter jacket and knitted hat, in a snowy forest, with a thoughtful expression.

videoNature and landscape

A father and son’s search for the line where the snow starts

12 minutes

Hands intricately painting a small figurine’s hair black with a fine brush, the figure wears a blue outfit.

videoLove and friendship

An action-figure maker’s outsized tribute to his late brother

15 minutes

Felt art of a man in a red turban with sheep on a hillside under a stylised sun.

videoAnimals and humans

A musical ode to Indian wool and life on the Deccan Plateau

8 minutes

Illustration of a clock pierced by an arrow in a space with small pink spheres on a purple background.

videoPhysics

Time is real – if you view it through the lens of heat

6 minutes