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After a commercial plane crash lands in a South American jungle, the passengers and pilots must patch up the engines and escape the cannibal-infested area.

The story, which is set in a small village on a remote Scottish Island, centres around the gifted Callum who is in his final year at school and preparing to go to University in Aberdeen on the mainland. He receives private tuition from Charles McAllister a former Headmaster at the village school who has become bitter since the death of his wife. McAllister coaches Callum in French and Poetry. When he is not coaching Callum he is compiling a photo biography of the characters in the village. The wedding of the young village nurse is to form the centre piece of his biography. The story traces the life of characters in the village as recorded by McAllister, but seen through the eyes of Callum. It is the story of the life, loves and motivators in the life of young man in the process of breaking free from the place where he grew up.

The Irish song entitled "The Laughing Boy" was written by a teenage rebel called Brendan Behan in memory of another iconic rebel, Michael Collins - the centenary of whose death was commemorated in 2022. But this song also had an extraordinary and dramatic afterlife as "To Yelasto Paidi," the powerful left-wing anthem of resistance against the dictatorship that ruled Greece in the late Sixties and early Seventies. Translated by the poet Vasilis Rotas, Behan's words in Greek were set to music by the legendary Mikis Theodorakis. The song remains an enduring and potent cultural force in the heart of Greece today. The film takes poet Theo Dorgan on an odyssey of his own, as he attempts to uncover the truth of the story behind the song. It is a narrative that interweaves the tragic and bloody birth pangs of both modern Ireland and modern Greece. But these histories are also bound together by something more profound and transcendent: the power of a song.

An immersive cinematic journey into the past and present of the Outer Hebrides, mixing Gaelic voices, stories and songs from the mid-20th century with observational images of island life today.

"The closing titles say THE TWO SIGHTS was "collected" on various islands of the Outer Hebrides from 2017-19, but what does the film gather? There are the images, captured on a 16mm camera, which survey all this ravishing landscape contains, taking in its rocky cliffs, beaches and plains, alighting on its flora and fauna and the houses and ships sprinkled over it, picking out currents, reflections and shifts in light. Then there are the sounds, recorded with the mic visible in the first shots, keening birds, the roaring wind, the crashing, gurgling, trickling of the water. In voiceover, a whole anthology of tales can be heard, narrated in both English and Gaelic, stories of dog skeletons, drowned villages, and family members passing away, although songs, silence and the shipping forecast are just as at home there. But like any great collection, it's not about the individual elements, but how they overlap, about how the crow hanging on barbed wire conjures up another story never told, about how the ripples seem to reverberate along with the woman's harmonies, about how each anecdote floats over the rushing air. Sight by eye, sight by ear, two sights that ripple and flow together."

Medieval fable of sorcery and witchcraft in a remote corner of the Scottish Highlands.

A Hebridean Western about the remarkable MacDonald family who dedicate their lives to breeding iconic Highland cattle which sell throughout Europe. At 79, Ena still drives out every day to the tidal island where they keep the cattle in the far west of Scotland. From one year to the next, this film shows Ena with her son Angus and his family working through all weathers and personal difficulties to achieve a record price for their black bull at the annual Highland Cattle sale to a buyer from Germany.

Iron Women explores the extraordinary history of women's golf in Scotland. From the early pioneers of the 18th century, to formidable role models who challenged the patriarchal constraints of male dominated golfing arenas, this story celebrates the trailblazers who put Scottish women's golf firmly on the world map.

A powerful drama on the removal of the Stone of Destiny.

Ten years on from his death from cancer at just 51 years old, Tommy Burns' daughters and sons look back on the life and career of their beloved father, a much-revered player and manager of both Celtic and Kilmarnock. The documentary will reflect on his upbringing in Glasgow, his time as a player and manager with the Hoops, his passion for Scotland, and look at his final playing days - and the start of life as a manager - with Kilmarnock.

Celebrated as one of the masters of the short story, Frank O'Connor was also an important translator of classical Irish poetry. Cork poet and writer Liam O'Muirthile tells O'Connor's forgotten story. He argues you cannot understand O'Connor's voice in English without understanding his natural writing voice, which is rooted in Irish.

Come on a thrilling journey into the world of fairies and folklore with Ingrid Henderson. Thigibh air turas a-steach gu saoghal shìthichean agus creutairean os-nadarra eile le Ingrid NicEunraig.

When the Scotland hockey team was invited to play against West Germany in Berlin in September 1961, it was just weeks after the Berlin Wall had been constructed. Many feared the world was on the verge of war. In Cold War Hockey, four women from the Scotland team recall playing hockey and politics as they came face to face with the shocking reality of the Berlin Crisis. With aggression and war once again on the agenda in Europe, two of the team, Jenna and Valerie, revisit the city for the first time in sixty years, understanding the significance of the trip to their lives, and to the history of the Cold War.

Denied a pathway to football as children, The Women Who Built Glasgow City is the inspiring journey of Carol Anne Stewart and Laura Montgomery, the formidable duo who had a vision of creating opportunities for women and girls in Scotland. They founded Glasgow City FC in 1998 with aspirations to become a dominant force in Scottish football and a strong contender in Europe. They delivered, creating Scotland's most successful women's football team winning 13 League titles in succession and reaching the UEFA Women's Champions League quarter finals twice. Sustaining their legacy is the club's thriving Academy, enabling girls to follow their footballing dreams.

In 1967, as it edged towards its centenary, a much-loved social and cultural institution was consigned to history. Following 95 years of emotional highs and lows, Glasgow's Third Lanark Athletic Club was bankrupt, and the gates to Cathkin Park were closed. Third Lanark is the fascinating story of this iconic community club, exploring its formation and existence, as well as its catastrophic collapse.

A decade on from his death, Jimmy Johnstone examines the life of a phenomenal Scottish sporting talent, telling the story of the highs and the lows of an unforgettable working class footballer, Celtic legend, husband and father who lost his life to motor neurone disease age 61.

An empowering role model, talented Scottish tennis player Elena Baltacha was just 30 years old when she died from cancer in 2014. Her family, friends and coaches tell the story of her remarkable resilience to become British No.1 and achieve a top fifty world ranking, despite struggling with severe illness throughout her career.

The remarkable story of Smith, Johnstone, Reilly, Turnbull and Ormond; Hibernian FC's talented "Famous Five" forward line who dominated Scottish football in the post-war period. Celebrating the best of Hibs, the factual entertainment documentary is the remarkable story of Smith, Johnstone, Reilly, Turnbull and Ormond, collectively known as the 'Famous Five' forward line. In the post-war period, they entertained football fans at home and abroad, even earning plaudits whilst playing in Brazil. The inspirational story of their journey from humble working class backgrounds to the most talked about footballers of a generation and beyond is compelling and historically and culturally significant.