Scottish Documentary Institute Movies

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 portrait of the planned community of Surprise, Arizona.

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.

A Scottish street soccer team attempt to make it to the finals of the Homeless World Cup in Austria.

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

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

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

When a Palestinian filmmaker based in Scotland unearths a rarely-seen Scottish film archive of Palestinian wild flowers, he decides to reclaim the...

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...

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

How has science impacted on our perception of God?

April loves music, dancing, trampolining and swimming, but with sensory difficulties faces challenges in the search for independence as her 16th...

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

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

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...

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

A unique point-of-view insight into a day in the life of Jimmy McIntosh, a wheelchair user living with cerebral palsy who on a daily basis fights for...

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

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