Films produced by Scottish Documentary Institute

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

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...

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

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

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...

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

A blind woman prepares to be introduced to her partner's family three thousand miles away.

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...

A portrait of the planned community of Surprise, Arizona.

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

As a family from a politically and physically divided island, Meray and her father developed extremely opposite views to each other. She travels from...

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

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...

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

A portrait of a Scottish village in limbo.

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

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

How has science impacted on our perception of God?

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

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...

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

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