The Scottish Arts Council Movies

Set in 1943 in Scotland during World War II. Janie is a young housewife married to a man named Dougal, 15 years her senior. As part of a war...

A group of four siblings reunite in Glasgow on the eve of their mother's funeral, and the children mourn their mother's passing in a variety of...

The fates of four people are interwined over one night.

Time and again a man will stand before a hardware store window eyeing the tools arrayed behind the glass; his mouth will water; he will go in and...

The story of a young couple who manage to re-charge their wilting relationship when Rod accidentally becomes an electrifying lover!

A young Glaswegian prostitute in London tries to start a new life.

Sonny, who has alcoholism, has to swallow his pride and plead to be allowed to return to the pub he has been banned from in order to take his son...

In the wake of their mother's death, two small boys are held captive to their father's grief. But when their mother's last wish heralds the arrival...

In early 20th century New York City, an impoverished socialite desperately seeks a suitable husband as she gradually finds herself betrayed by her...

It's Laura's first job and she is anxious to do well, but her instinctive empathy with the elderly people in her care puts her in conflict with her...

The acclaimed Scottish poet discusses his work.

The misdaventures of a man who is forced to confront the realities of his life when he promises his estranged wife that he will get a pair of...

Set in the wake of Britain’s first financial crisis, the South Sea Bubble of 1720, and based on the inferred prison encounters between the...

Downtrodden Frankie is given an opportunity that is too good to refuse when a chance encounter gives him 24 hours to get his life back on track and...

Flying bin bags, missing sofas, broken lifts and a complete power failure make an interesting night for tenants of a council tower block.

The Hollywood musical is brought to a Glasgow street. Amidst the crush of city life, two street musicians provide the backdrop for a girl meets boy...

Duncan and George compete to be Alasdair's best man.

Black comedy about legs and why we need them.

The life and work of the Scottish architect and artist Charles Rennie Mackintosh.

An interview with the Scottish poet Hugh MacDiarmid.