Scottish Documentary Institute Movies

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.

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.

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

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

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

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.

How do you love in isolation? And live in absence? A woman and her daughter strive to answer these questions after a loved one is suddenly removed...

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

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

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

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...

A portrait of a Scottish village in limbo.

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

A scientist in a laboratory in Scotland attempts to create synthetic life.

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

Work. Eat. Sleep. And back to work. For a long time skippers in the North East of Scotland could not find locals to work on their fishing vessels....

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