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.

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

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.

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...

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.

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

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

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.

A portrait of a Scottish village in limbo.

Sunday on the Isle of Lewis, 50 miles off the coast of Scotland: Jutta and Rille, artists from Berlin, are going for a swim. The Macleods take a...

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

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

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

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

Jodie lives and breathes motorcycling. But the road to reaching the top is paved with difficulties, if it wasn't for her dad's unwavering support.