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...

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 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...

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

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...

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

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...

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

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

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

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

A portrait of the planned community of Surprise, Arizona.

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

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...

A sporran maker in Scotland battles to survive in a market where cheap foreign imports threaten traditional business.

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

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

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

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