Scottish Documentary Institute Movies

Through a shared camera, a mother and her young son map the emotional terrain of migration.

Fitting explores the relationship between the director, an amputee, and her prosthetist, by their contrasting experiences during the making of a...

A wind turbine development threatens a hunting estate in the Scottish Highlands.

Cunenk grew up as a girl trapped in a boy’s body. She could not wait to leave her village and become a performer.

A blind woman prepares to be introduced to her partner's family three thousand miles away.

Sean uses the Piano to navigate life on the Autistic Spectrum. As he is drawn into new musical collaborations he must learn to balance his enthusiasm...

In rural Spain, where increasingly villages are left uninhabited, Cari (79) and Vicente (80) get a second chance at teenage love, feeling free to...

Untung and Nesti really love their 6 year old son who has autism. Their daily life becomes more challenging because both of their parents are...

Relatives of Charles Byrne ‘The Irish Giant’ reckon with the legacy of a man both mythologised and misunderstood and the condition that...

Breaking from daily reality, a man transforms into Plastic Man – armed with chemicals, ready to set landscape on fire. Is he the destroyer of...

In a mental health respite house in Scotland, the guests reveal the power that food holds over them.

Kela was abandoned as a child in Bangladesh and adopted by a British family. Twenty-five years later, she returns for the first time.

Prison life in the build up to the annual Scottish Prison Service hairdressing competition. Winning the coveted prize is the ultimate goal, but...

The true story of a group of factory workers in Scotland who stood up to a military dictatorship in Chile.

April loves music, dancing, trampolining and swimming, but with sensory difficulties faces challenges in the search for independence as her 16th...

An exploration of the power of music and words, looking at a blues musician recovering from a stroke.

In the Basque town of Altsasu, the beds of seven young men lie empty. As the town celebrates its annual festival, Altsasu follows Igone as she copes...

Following a politically engaged schoolboy from Easterhouse, Scotland in the lead-up to the 2014 Scottish independence referendum.

A portrait of a Scottish village in limbo.

The story of Rudolph Hess's mysterious 1941 flight to Scotland.