Scottish Documentary Institute Movies

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

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

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.

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

Bill Drummond, once the most notorious man in pop music, now travels around the world baking cakes, building beds and shining shoes as part of a...

As a family from a politically and physically divided island, Meray and her father developed extremely opposite views to each other. She travels from...

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...

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

A portrait of the planned community of Surprise, Arizona.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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