Scottish Documentary Institute Movies

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...

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

An examination of the high male suicide rates in the poorest areas of Scotland.

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

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...

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...

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

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

How has science impacted on our perception of God?

Through the interspecies gaze we observe one of the most ancient and highly honoured dog breeds, the Saluki. Guiding us in love, preparing us in...

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

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

An intimate insight into the lives of deaf people, navigating a society built for the 'fully abled'.

The relationship of a mother and daughter is strained when the daughter converts to the religion of her mother's former captors.

April loves music, dancing, trampolining and swimming, but with sensory difficulties faces challenges in the search for independence as her 16th...

Anne Wallace once had a dream to help Glasgow's street working women. Soon after, a double-decker bus materialised along with the Ministry of Salt...

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....

Meandering through various farms in the southeast of Ireland, Hole in the Stone captures the collective voice of a community in flux. Suspended...

Untung and Nesti really love their 6 year old son who has autism. Their daily life becomes more challenging because both of their parents are...