A young Glaswegian prostitute in London tries to start a new life.
Nov 1997
Franz Kafka has been stricken with a serious case of writer's block on Christmas Eve. He's trying to get started on his latest short story, "The Metamorphosis", but he isn't sure what his protagonist Gregor Samsa should become. As Kafka struggles with indecision, he has to contend with a loud holiday party downstairs, several unexpected guests, and a sinister knife salesman who has a bone to pick with him.
Jan 1993
A postman has to face down a dangerous dog and an ex partner.
Aug 1997
A man frantically searches for a pen while stuck on a train journey somewhere in Scotland.
Aug 1995
A young boy who has recently lost his mother finds new meaning when a shooting star lands in his garden.
Aug 1996
In 1990s Edinburgh, Barbara Thorburn reflects on memories of her poet mother, Greta, and her tragic death.
Jan 1992
A film about the tall actor who was most famous for playing the quintessential villain for Charlie Chaplin's Tramp character.
Jan 1996
The Hollywood musical is brought to a Glasgow street. Amidst the crush of city life, two street musicians provide the backdrop for a girl meets boy story, with a spark of purely Glasgow magic.
The fates of four people are interwined over one night.
Director Maureen Blackwood harnesses the distinctive style of the Sankofa Film Collective to sketch the Abrew family tree. The achievements of the unique showbiz family are celebrated using rich archive material, including footage of family members in supporting film roles alongside Paul Robeson and intimate fireside-style testimony. The existence of Black British communities before Windrush is foregrounded, with insights into the Abrews' imprint on British culture beginning in 19th century Scotland.
A little boy's desire to meet Santa Claus takes a dark turn.
A psychiatrist makes a home visit to a patient.
A tragic story of two sisters and the object of their desire, inspired by a well known traditional folk song.
Sep 1997
A young girl from a troubled family seeks to solve her problems through magical means.
Jan 1994
A girl seeks love in the Scottish fairground where she works on the candy floss stand.
In 19th century Edinburgh, against her husband's wishes, Maria McKillop opens the first camera obscura visitor attraction, but to one man it is Maria herself who is the main attraction.
Jan 1995
This work is a retelling of the myth of Orpheus and Eurydice in the style of a Greek vase. When his wife Eurydice dies, Orpheus descends into Hell and by charming the gods of the Underworld with his singing wins Eurydice back, only to lose her again at the threshold of the Overworld'.
May 1984
After the Rains is about a woman survivor who builds a flying machine from debris. Her vision is a contemporary myth on environmental destruction caused by society ignoring the consequences of its actions. The global effects of Climate Change show that After the Rains is just as relevant now.
Jan 1990
A young man must confront his family's past when he returns to his childhood home on the Isle of Skye for the funeral of his father.
Nov 1990