Scottish Documentary Institute

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.

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

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

A wind turbine development threatens a hunting estate in the Scottish Highlands.

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

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...

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.

A portrait of the planned community of Surprise, Arizona.

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

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

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

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

Untung and Nesti really love their 6 year old son who has autism. Their daily life becomes more challenging because both of their parents are...

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

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

Sebastién is a gay acrobat living for the thrill of the circus. Now the oldest acrobat in the troupe, he fears each show could be his last, as an...

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

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...