Scottish Documentary Institute Movies

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

A portrait of the planned community of Surprise, Arizona.

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...

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

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

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

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

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

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

An intimate look at the daily happenings in a registrar office in Edinburgh.

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

A woman grieving for the loss of her husband finds solace in the world of psychic mediums.

This rare and intimate portrait explores a young woman’s perspective about living with albinism – a condition which has often made her an...

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

Through the interspecies gaze we observe one of the most ancient and highly honoured dog breeds, the Saluki. Guiding us in love, preparing us in...

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

When a Palestinian filmmaker based in Scotland unearths a rarely-seen Scottish film archive of Palestinian wild flowers, he decides to reclaim the...

A unique point-of-view insight into a day in the life of Jimmy McIntosh, a wheelchair user living with cerebral palsy who on a daily basis fights for...