Sonja Henrici

Sonja Henrici is a German/British writer/producer based in Edinburgh. She started working for film festivals in 1999, joined Scottish Documentary Institute at its inception (2004) and founded its production arm, SDI Productions (2007) and became Co-director, putting Scottish documentary on the map. She established her own company, Sonja Henrici Creates in 2021. She’s produced many award-winning feature documentaries, most recently BIRDS OF WAR (Sundance ‘26), DOUGLAS GORDON BY DOUGLAS GORDON (Berlinale ’26), TRACING LIGHT (DOKLeipzig ‘24) and MERKEL (Telluride ’22, Netflix). Her films have screened on all continents, in top festivals, cinema, TV, VOD, DVD, in over 60 countries.