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A wind turbine development threatens a hunting estate in the Scottish Highlands.

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

An exploration of the power of music and words, looking at a blues musician recovering from a stroke.

Prison life in the build up to the annual Scottish Prison Service hairdressing competition. Winning the coveted prize is the ultimate goal, but...

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 scientist in a laboratory in Scotland attempts to create synthetic life.

Following a politically engaged schoolboy from Easterhouse, Scotland in the lead-up to the 2014 Scottish independence referendum.

Sean uses the Piano to navigate life on the Autistic Spectrum. As he is drawn into new musical collaborations he must learn to balance his enthusiasm...

Two friends reflect on their twenty year friendship after an accident leaves one of them with a life changing brain injury.

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

In the Basque town of Altsasu, the beds of seven young men lie empty. As the town celebrates its annual festival, Altsasu follows Igone as she copes...

How has science impacted on our perception of God?

The true story of a group of factory workers in Scotland who stood up to a military dictatorship in Chile.

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

A filmmaker based in Scotland travels to Caracas to investigate claims of a weeping statue of the Virgin Mary.

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...

Sebastién is a gay acrobat living for the thrill of the circus. Now the oldest acrobat in the troupe, he fears each show could be his last, as...

In a mental health respite house in Scotland, the guests reveal the power that food holds over them.

An experimental documentary and quasi-autobiographical account of renting and housing precarity.

Relatives of Charles Byrne ‘The Irish Giant’ reckon with the legacy of a man both mythologised and misunderstood and the condition that...

A wind turbine development threatens a hunting estate in the Scottish Highlands.

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

An exploration of the power of music and words, looking at a blues musician recovering from a stroke.

Prison life in the build up to the annual Scottish Prison Service hairdressing competition. Winning the coveted prize is the ultimate goal, but...