Sonja Henrici Creates

Sonja Henrici Creates Ltd was set up in 2021 by its eponymous producer in order to focus on her own writing, and producing films with flexibility, ambition and scale - in collaboration with various partners and companies. Sonja is an international BAFTA nominated documentary producer of multiple feature documentaries, and former co-director of Scottish Documentary Institute (2013-20), and founder of its production arm, SDI Productions (2007-2020).

Her credits as a producer include: "The Oil Machine" (Sheffield/IDFA), "Merkel" (Telluride/IDFA), “Time Trial”, a film with ex-cyclist David Millar (IDFA, SXSW); “Becoming Animal” (CPH DOX/EIFF); the multiple award-winning “Donkeyote” (BAFTA Scotland nomination; EIFF: Winner Best Feature Documentary); “Seven Songs For A Long Life” (SXSW, POV); “Future My Love” (nominated for the Michael Powell Award at Edinburgh); and “I Am Breathing” (“One of the year's most moving films” – Hollywood Reporter). She also exec-produced “Freedom Fields” (TIFF), “Nae Pasaran”, “Pablo’s Winter”, and “Where You Meant To Be”, and more than 50 short documentaries.

Sonja has co-produced with the USA, Germany, Sweden, Denmark, and Switzerland. Her films have screened across festivals, cinema, TV, VOD, and DVD, on all continents, in over 60 countries.
She is a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, BAFTA and RSA.