Scottish Documentary Institute Movies

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

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...

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...

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...

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...

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

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....

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

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

Mentiras is a visually stunning but profoundly unsettling journey through the world’s largest city. Based on one man’s confession to...

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

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

Innes spends another bleak winter in the Scottish Highlands, relentlessly killing deer. Over the past twenty years he has planted over a million...

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...

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

Two GIs spend Christmas Day in an underground bunker somewhere in Europe.

Exploring the relationship we have with our teeth.