Scottish Documentary Institute Movies

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

A portrait of the planned community of Surprise, Arizona.

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...

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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...

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...

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

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...

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

Anne Wallace once had a dream to help Glasgow's street working women. Soon after, a double-decker bus materialised along with the Ministry of Salt...

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...

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