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...

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

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

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...

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...

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

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

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

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

Alan Sinclair aspires to be a human popsicle, literally. For this film is about the weird and wacky world of cryonics. Instead of burial or cremation...

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....

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

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...

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

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

How has science impacted on our perception of God?

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

A look at the array of mysterious, quirky objects received by fashion designer Paul Smith and the effect they have had on his life.