Here you find all the completed SDI films, ordered by year of production. Most recent first. Check out the buttons to find films through themes.
Jimmy
Jimmy McIntosh, MBE, campaigns daily for disabled rights. Nothing can stop him, especially not his own Cerebral Palsy.
The Perfect Fit
Ballet shoes might be worn by delicate girls, but they are crafted by burly men, whose hands tell a different story…
Under the Surface
Last summer in Dundee, eight young men took their own lives. A moving encounter with those left behind.
Get Luder
Once prolific, celebrated and respected Brutalist architect Owen Luder now faces up to the demolition of his iconic Get Carter car park, made famous by the Michael Caine gangster film.
Lost Every Day
A film about a woman who has a medical condition and gets lost every day in the house and the streets she has lived in for 20 years.
PS Your Mystery Sender
The search for meaning behind unwrapped mysterious objects that world renowned fashion designer Paul Smith has been receiving through the post for the last 20 years.
Surpriseville
In the city of Surprise, Arizona, residents go to great lengths to ensure life is as safe as possible.
The Tie that Binds
The discovery of an old letter transformed the filmmaker’s family. ‘The Tie that Binds’ explores the mysterious life of a grandfather who runs three families in parallel, unknown to each other.
Twinset
Tea, cake and stilettos; old ladies in an Essex church welcome a towering transvestite as one of their own, but family life proves a little more difficult.
Scottish Documentary Blog
- Documentary ONLY: Hot Docs and their new cinemaHot Docs has an amazing and magical pull as a documentary festival that brings together filmmakers from all around the world – but more importantly, year after year, Hot Docs develops new ways of increasing their local audience. This year, they offered free screenings to students and anyone above 60, creating the most challenging, yet welcoming audience one […]
- Bridging the Gap – in progress: PolarisReports from the production of this year's Bridging the Gap short documentaries, part 4 For a long time, skippers in Fraserburgh, Aberdeenshire could not find locals to work on their fishing vessels. That was the reality until Filipino fishermen started coming to town. Now they crew most of the boats, but they have to deal with the vast sea and the enor […]
- Bridging the Gap – in progress: In Search of the WallabyReports from the production of this year's Bridging the Gap short documentaries, part 3 The Isle of Islay, Scotland. Human population: 3,457. Sheep population: 20,000 (or thereabouts). Wallaby population: 1 (deceased)? We have come to Islay with one intention – to solve the mystery of the wallaby. A wallaby is a small kangaroo more often associated with […]
- Poets of Protest: "You need to get out fast and now!"There is something very enticing about filming poets. Here are these characters, reflective and questioning by nature, living through a truly historic time of change in the Middle East. The idea for the documentary series Poets of Protest came after I had been commissioned by Reel Festivals to make three short films during their poetry festival in Beirut in […]