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...

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...

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

A portrait of the planned community of Surprise, Arizona.

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

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

With the local refinery closing, the town of Grangemouth is thrown into limbo.

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

How has science impacted on our perception of God?

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...

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

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

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

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

A Scottish street soccer team attempt to make it to the finals of the Homeless World Cup in Austria.

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

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

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

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