Catherine Aitken

Do Armed Robbers Have Love Affairs?

An aging criminal, about to pull an armed robbery,reflects on a friend of his: a fellow criminal, who lost his life in a recent robbery attempt,on a woman whom he's been seeing and for whom he has strong feelings and whether or not he should go ahead with the present crime.

Dead Sea Reels

A young man struggling to cope with the death of his daughter has a strange encounter with a priest.

The Star

A young boy who has recently lost his mother finds new meaning when a shooting star lands in his garden.

The Lucky Suit

The fates of four people are interwined over one night.

Chaplin's Goliath

A film about the tall actor who was most famous for playing the quintessential villain for Charlie Chaplin's Tramp character.

Dancing, Some Days

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 Pen

A man frantically searches for a pen while stuck on a train journey somewhere in Scotland.

Digging Your Own Grave

Documentary about the making of Danny Boyle's 1994 film, "Shallow Grave".

Latin for a Dark Room

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.