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

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

A portrait of the planned community of Surprise, Arizona.

Cunenk grew up as a girl trapped in a boy’s body. She could not wait to leave her village and become a performer.

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

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...

Kela was abandoned as a child in Bangladesh and adopted by a British family. Twenty-five years later, she returns for the first time.

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

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

A Scottish street soccer team attempt to make it to the finals of the Homeless World Cup in Austria.

How has science impacted on our perception of God?

The story of Rudolph Hess's mysterious 1941 flight to Scotland.

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

Fitting explores the relationship between the director, an amputee, and her prosthetist, by their contrasting experiences during the making of a...

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...

A blind woman prepares to be introduced to her partner's family three thousand miles away.

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

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 rural Spain, where increasingly villages are left uninhabited, Cari (79) and Vicente (80) get a second chance at teenage love, feeling free to...

Through a shared camera, a mother and her young son map the emotional terrain of migration.