Scottish Documentary Institute Movies

A portrait of the planned community of Surprise, Arizona.

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...

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...

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

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...

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

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

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

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...

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...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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