Sonja Henrici is co-founder and co-director of SDI Productions (since 2007); and Co-Director at Scottish Documentary Institute - an internationally recognised centre for documentary at Edinburgh College of Art /University of Edinburgh. She joined SDI at its inception in 2004 and has been a big part of SDI's growing success.

She's an international BAFTA nominated producer of multiple international feature documentaries: TIME TRIAL, a film with ex-cyclist David Millar (world premiere, IDFA 2017/ SXSW 18); the multiple award-winning DONKEYOTE (2017) (BAFTA Scotland nomination: Best Feature 2017; EIFF Best Feature Documentary); SEVEN SONGS FOR A LONG LIFE (2015) (SxSW 2016); FUTURE MY LOVE (2012); and "One of the year's most moving films."​ (Hollywood Reporter): I AM BREATHING (2013). She also exec-produced FREEDOM FIELDS (TIFF 2018), PABLO's WINTER and WHERE YOU'RE MEANT TO BE, and more than 50 short documentaries. Her films have screened on all continents, in over 60 countries, including Sundance, IDFA, Tribeca, SxSW.