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...

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...

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

A portrait of the planned community of Surprise, Arizona.

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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...

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

How has science impacted on our perception of God?

A filmmaker based in Scotland travels to Caracas to investigate claims of a weeping statue of the Virgin Mary.

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

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