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  • 2018
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    Becoming Animal

    Becoming Animal

    6.40 2018 HD

    A palpably rendered audiovisual essay draws together the distinct sensibilities of filmmakers Peter Mettler (The End of Time) and Emma Davie (I am...

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  • 2021
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    Harmonic Spectrum

    Harmonic Spectrum

    1 2021 HD

    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...

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  • 2021
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    Against the Tide

    Against the Tide

    6.00 2021 HD

    A remote and wild island on the west coast of Scotland is home to a small group of people that live in deep connection with the land, the sea and the...

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  • 2011
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    I Can Smell the Cordite

    I Can Smell the Cordite

    1 2011 HD

    Two GIs spend Christmas Day in an underground bunker somewhere in Europe.

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  • 2022
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    The Tomorrow That’ll Come

    The Tomorrow That’ll Come

    1 2022 HD

    Old friends, Mohand and Sophie, rehearse their new play about Sudan. Navigating the country’s politics and culture the unlikely pair use comedy...

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  • 2017
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    Libya in Motion

    Libya in Motion

    1 2017 HD

    From Tripoli to Benghazi, meet a grandmother sowing the national flag with relish, a young woman determined to become a film director, a fisherman...

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  • 2025
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    Each to Their Own World

    Each to Their Own World

    1 2025 HD

    An intimate insight into the lives of deaf people, navigating a society built for the 'fully abled'.

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  • 2011
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    Cutting Loose

    Cutting Loose

    1 2011 HD

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

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  • 2009
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    Pollphail

    Pollphail

    1 2009 HD

    A portrait of a Scottish village in limbo.

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  • 2007
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    Breadmakers

    Breadmakers

    1 2007 HD

    At a unique Edinburgh bakery, a community of workers with learning disabilities makes a variety of organic breads for daily delivery to local shops...

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  • 2012
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    Polaris

    Polaris

    1 2012 HD

    Work. Eat. Sleep. And back to work. For a long time skippers in the North East of Scotland could not find locals to work on their fishing vessels....

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  • 2020
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    Let My Body Speak

    Let My Body Speak

    1 2020 HD

    Our bodies store memories. The body does not forget. A childhood in Damascus, OCD, the revolution, falling in love with a woman. My body remembers,...

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  • 2005
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    I Felt Nothing

    I Felt Nothing

    1 2005 HD

    An exploration of the sexual experiences of young women.

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  • 2013
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    Inorganica

    Inorganica

    1 2013 HD

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

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  • 2020
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    Long Live Livi

    Long Live Livi

    1 2020 HD

    Livingston skateboard park became internationally legendary. Forty years on, the park is no longer a favourite. That is until a group of school...

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  • 2014
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    Chappin'

    Chappin'

    1 2014 HD

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

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  • 2007
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    My Mother's Daughter

    My Mother's Daughter

    1 2007 HD

    The relationship of a mother and daughter is strained when the daughter converts to the religion of her mother's former captors.

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  • 2011
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    The Red Army

    The Red Army

    1 2011 HD

    The ongoing battle in Scotland between red and grey squirrels.

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  • 2011
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    Surpriseville

    Surpriseville

    1 2011 HD

    A portrait of the planned community of Surprise, Arizona.

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  • 2006
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    Rückenlage

    Rückenlage

    1 2006 HD

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

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