Scottish Documentary Institute Movies

A remote and wild island on the west coast of Scotland is home to a small group of people that live in deep connection with the land, the sea and the...

In post-revolution Libya, a group of women are brought together by one dream: to play football for their nation. But as the country descends into...

Bill Drummond, once the most notorious man in pop music, now travels around the world baking cakes, building beds and shining shoes as part of a...

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

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

At a unique Edinburgh bakery, a community of workers with learning disabilities makes a variety of organic breads for daily delivery to local shops...

A palpably rendered audiovisual essay draws together the distinct sensibilities of filmmakers Peter Mettler (The End of Time) and Emma Davie (I am...

Soon after her ‘big break’, Italian actress Nadya Cazan disappeared. Ottica Zero follows Nadya from her rejection of the monetary-based...

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

Work. Eat. Sleep. And back to work. For a long time skippers in the North East of Scotland could not find locals to work on their fishing vessels....

Breathing is about the thin space between life and death. 34-year-old Neil Platt plans his own funeral, muses about the meaning of life and the...

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

MIEZI KUMI (TEN MONTHS) is a short documentary of the love between Zacharia Mutai, his family and the last two northern white rhinos, which he has to...

How has science impacted on our perception of God?

A young Ugandan goat herder dreams of being able to read and write but must oppose his elders.

In her documentary, the Scottish-Syrian director tries to reconcile the two worlds in her head: her fond memories of visiting relatives in Damascus...

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

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...

An intimate portrait of three parents trying to come to terms with their missing children and struggling to move on with their own lives.

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...