Screen Academy Scotland

Daniele is a policeman with a strong moral code and for him the end justifies the means. Giovanni works as an entertainer at children's parties and is on the verge of a nervous breakdown. Antonio is an old man who steals the coins that tourists throw into the fountains. The lives of these three men meet on the birthday of little Elisa, Daniele's daughter.

Iain Syme returns to his family’s farmland in the Scottish Borders and attempts to sell it off to a mysterious local landowner. However, his brother Cammy, a hermit who still lives on the land, has different ideas...

In a society where the government predicts the genetic intellectual capacity of every newborn child, a pregnant woman's fetus is rated a perfect, but unusual 10.

In 1959, a new wonderdrug - Tesoteramide - is ready for testing, promising beauty to the unborn daughters of any woman who takes it. Pregnant housewife Audre heads straight to the clinic with her ecstatic Mother to sign up. But when Audre voices some last-minute doubts, it becomes clear that Tesoteramide - and so-called eternal beauty is no longer optional. Can she escape and maintain her individuality? Or is the cult of beauty standard conformity too powerful?

Moth! follows Sophia, a 15 year old girl struggling to come to terms with her first major breakup, and navigate her relationship with her mother now that she is getting older and experiencing more. With her best friend Caitlin, Sophia will explore these big new emotions, and do whatever it takes to get over her ex, no matter how drastic, far fetched, or idiotic that may be.

A short drama about feeling lost in your twenties and saying goodbye to your life in search of something else.

Unresolved emotions between mother and son, come to surface as decluttering a room becomes a challenge for both.

When James accepts a job as a live-in carer for the elderly Edith in a last-ditch effort to earn some cash, he soon realises not everything is right with the house or its owner.

Jeni, a mother of two, relives the memories of her son’s lifelong struggle with an undiagnosed condition. Spanning several years of Ben’s childhood, the film captures the memories of resilience and hope that led to the diagnosis, which gave the family a sense of control over their daily lives.

Newlywed Jeannie struggles to adjust to her new life in a Scottish fishing town, until her mother-in-law, Maggie, insists she join the women gutting fish at the harbour, drawing her into a new community.