Bill Forsyth Movies

An American oil company sends a man to Scotland to buy up an entire village where they want to build a refinery. But things don't go as expected.

A teenager falls hard for the female soccer player who has replaced him on the team and attempts to pursue her.

One man must learn the meaning of courage across four lifetimes centuries apart.

Abraham lives deep in the heart of an industrial wasteland. His only companion is a giant machine. Inside the machine is a man and a woman who take...

The story of Harris Tweed and its Hebridean homeland.

Captain Bill Torvald has retired to his quiet home in Orkney after fifty years at sea. When a young woman, Andrina, begins visiting him through the...

Radio host Alan 'Dickie' Bird witnesses how an icecream van is attacked and destroyed by angry competitors. This leads him into the struggle between...

A documentary about the making of Bill Forsyth's 1983 film "Local Hero."

The scenery and wildlife around Loch Lomond, Scotland, and the people who live and work there.

Professional thief Ernie takes Mike on as an apprentice, but while Mike clearly has "larceny in his heart", it will take him a long time to get as...

In the Pacific Northwest during the 1950s, two young sisters whose mother has abandoned them wind up living with their Aunt Sylvie, whose views of...

Twenty years after his teenage crush on a football-mad schoolgirl, Gregory is back at his old school, teaching English. When two of his pupils...

The industries of the Scottish Highlands.

An interview for Scottish television of film director Bill Forsyth

A look at the career of Oscar-winning cameraman Chris Menges. Filmed on location of 'Comfort and Joy'. Chris Menges discusses his early career in...

A look at how the landscape of the Scottish Highlands has been shaped by man.

A look at Scotland's first country park.

A young artist struggles to seek inspiration from a slowly crumbling cityscape. Moving Image Archive: http://movingimage.nls.uk/film/3631

Ronnie, Wal, Andy and Vic are four bored, unemployed teens in dreary, rainy Glasgow. Ronnie comes up with a great idea. He has noticed that stainless...

Highland boat-building, showing intermediate processes of clinker- and carvel built boats, as well as those involved in ferroconcrete and steel...