SDI films produced in 2009
Arcadia
Wind turbines threaten to wipe out traditional pastoral existence in the Highlands of Scotland.
Peter in Radioland
A carefully observed study of the director’s father Peter, who stubbornly remains in an analogue world.
Pollphail
A deserted village in limbo on the west coast of Scotland where two men share an obsession with an imagined future.
The Space You Leave
An intimate portrait of three parents trying to come to terms with their missing children and struggling to move on with their own lives.
Sporran Makers
Mr Scott’s traditional sporran workshop is under threat as he battles against cheap foreign imports.
Tomorrow’s Fairground
A retiring showman tries to pass on the traditions of a travelling fun-fair to his daughter.
Unearthing the Pen
Locheng, a young goatherd in northern Uganda yearns to be able to read and write. But the odds are stacked against him. Forty years ago, tribal elders buried a pen, placing a curse on the written word.
2009
Scottish Documentary Blog
- Surviving in an attention-poor worldIn 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 onYasmin 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 BarnettSabine 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 BainbridgeSu 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, […]