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...

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 portrait of the planned community of Surprise, Arizona.

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.

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

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...

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

A look at the array of mysterious, quirky objects received by fashion designer Paul Smith and the effect they have had on his life.

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

A woman grieving for the loss of her husband finds solace in the world of psychic mediums.