Scottish Documentary Institute Movies

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.

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...

A portrait of the planned community of Surprise, Arizona.

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

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

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

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.

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...

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

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

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

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

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

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

How has science impacted on our perception of God?

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

A look at the architect Owen Luder as one of his most iconic creations - the brutalist car park made famous in the film Get Carter - is scheduled for...