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Scottish Documentary Institute offers a number of opportunities for Scottish and international filmmakers to get involved. Check out our annual Bridging the Gap initiative for short documentary ideas; our Interdoc programme for ambitious producers to access the international market; our annual Edinburgh Pitch during Edinburgh International Film Festival (June) and our Docs in Progress screenings for films at a rough-cut stage. Different deadlines apply. We also offer free consultancies for selected Scottish producers on a year round basis.

Bridging the Gap

Our annual short documentary initiative.
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Consultancies

For Scottish documentary projects.
Year-round submissions.

Docs in Progress

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The Edinburgh Pitch

Scotland’s only pitching forum.
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Interdoc

Strategies for producers to access the international market.
Submissions for Interdoc Scotland are currently open.

Postgraduate Studies

Considering a MA/MAF or a PhD by practice? More info here.

Scottish Documentary Blog

Surviving in an attention-poor world
In 2006, novelist and blogger Cory Doctorow described how ‘technology giveth and technology taketh’; that for every hopeful revolution brought by our networked world there’s a downside, and for every peril, there’s potential. A nice illustration of the idea: running a search to find the article where I first read this quote gives me page after page of result […]
The invasion of Iraq, 10 years on
Yasmin Fedda is a filmmaker, Bridging The Gap alumna, PhD student at Edinburgh College of Art, and organiser of the REEL IRAQ festival beginning on 21 March 2013. On 21 March 2003 a US and UK coalition invaded Iraq, under the premise of freeing it from its then dictator Saddam Hussein. On the same day, I found out I was accepted to do a masters in visual ant […]
Interdoc Alums (4): Sabine Hellmann & Adam Barnett
Sabine Hellmann is a German-born filmmaker who lives in Edinburgh. Sabine pitched her first feature documentary The Brink of Extinction at Interdoc 2012 together with Adam Barnett who also is an Edinburgh-based filmmaker and editor. After graduating in Germany with a 40-minute documentary on the use of GMO crops, Sabine moved to Scotland for an internship wi […]
Interdoc Alums (3): Su Bainbridge
Su Bainbridge works with Glasgow-based Aconite Productions, making international documentary films which bring stories of global significance to the world stage. She took part in Interdoc Scotland 2012. Passionate about making films, Su has years of experience spanning documentaries, drama, commercials, music and arts. Su has worked as a Production Manager, […]