Scotica Film

04/12/2024

Our winter 24-25 season got off to a great start with fantastic conditions on this documentary shoot for and

Wetlands are one of our greatest assets in helping mitigate the climate and biodiversity crises. And right here in Scotland, we have a vast quantity of one of the world’s most unique and valuable wetlands: peatland.

Stay tuned for more info about this project, and about peatlands in general, in the coming weeks!

04/12/2024

Our winter 24-25 season got off to a great start with fantastic conditions on this documentary shoot for Wetlands International and Caledonian Climate.

Wetlands are one of our greatest assets in helping mitigate the climate and biodiversity crises. And right here in Scotland, we have a vast quantity of one of the world’s most unique and valuable wetlands: peatland.

Stay tuned for more info about this project, and about peatlands in general, in the coming weeks!

02/12/2024

Well, we’ve had quite the week up here in Scotland with our first big snowfall of the season, and another due in the next couple of days. Our first shoot of the winter season, we could not have been blessed with finer conditions: bitterly cold but with a warming glow from the low sun, and just enough drifting snow flurries to create some atmosphere without overwhelming. We’ve had a very busy November, so some big items to catch up on in this quarter’s update.

Read the full blog post here - https://www.scotica.film/scotica-winter-2024-update/

21/11/2024

This weekend we’re heading to Kendal Mountain Festival, and we are so excited to get inspired by a whole range of outdoors films and speakers.

We’re also so pleased that our films Finding Bo and It’s All Downhill From Here are showing at this year’s festival. Two very different films that we’ve poured our creativity and passion into, and really looking forward to sharing with the Kendal audience.

Tickets for It's All Downhill From Here - https://kendalmountainfestival.eventive.org/films/67177ceee1d8ef00aa8650fd

Tickets for Finding Bo - https://kendalmountainfestival.eventive.org/films/67177ceee1d8ef00aa8650f2

See you at Basecamp!

19/11/2024

We’re so excited that Hardangerfolk, our documentary film that follows in the footsteps of Norwegian Resistance members to prevent the creation of an atomic bomb, is now online to watch for free after a brilliant festival run.

Øivind Tangstad grew up on the slopes of the Hardangervidda, Europe’s highest plateau and one of its greatest wildernesses. He took inspiration from one of the most thrilling and heroic adventure stories of the modern era, where 11 Norwegian Resistance members skied over 600km across the plateau to prevent the creation of an atomic bomb.

To mark the 80th anniversary of this tale, Øivind leads an international expeditionary team to retrace their footsteps, from the assault on the Rjukan valley, across Europe’s wildest plateau, and over the Swedish border hundreds of kilometres away.

Hardangerfolk is a documentary which shows how, at a time when war and oppression are once again gripping Europe, this inspirational story is more relevant than it has ever been.

- A Scotica Film production
- Directed by Gregor D Sinclair
- Supported by Keela Tactical / Commando Spirit Whisky / SOE Expeditions



Watch the full film now -

In the winter of early 1943, 12 Norwegian resistance members crossed the Hardangervidda to put a stop to the creation of an atomic bomb, in what has become one of…

18/11/2024

”Wildlife has so much to contend with now. The more people that understand and learn about it, the more chance we have to do something about it"

- words from photographer Karen Miller Photography in our short film, Finding Bo, as she speaks about some of her motivation in bringing beautiful imagery of hares to her audience.

This year, the Mammal Society have launched their mammal mapper, where you can record signs and sightings of mountains hares and other mammals in the UK.

’Most wild mammals are very poorly monitored, making it difficult to know which regions or habitats are most important for them or to detect changes in their ranges and population sizes. Because of this, the records that you submit through the app are very important in helping us to understand the distribution, abundance and conservation status of British mammals.’
- The Mammal Society.

14/11/2024

07/11/2024

Scotica is so excited to be able to reveal our teaser for “It’s All Downhill From Here”!

Our short and sweet film follows runners Trina & Gloria in the Italian Alps - hiking, running, talking. We explore connection, belonging, and what it means to get older in this outdoor space.

The bright warmth of the sun, the laughter, Type II fun and energy of this film bring some summer back into the autumn.

A big thank you to Ellis Brigham & HOKA for helping us bring this story to life. You can watch the film at its premiere screening at Kendal Mountain Festival later this month.

Watch the full trailer: https://vimeo.com/1026479949
Tickets: https://tickets.kendalmountainfestival.com

Presented by Ellis Brigham & HOKA
Directed by Rachel Sarah
Produced by Gregor D Sinclair
Photography by Leonie Maya Isaac
Featuring Trina Dawkins & Gloria Sarpong
Fixer Christopher Wallace Tarry
Graphics Everyday Something
With thanks to Run the Alps
A Scotica Film Production

01/11/2024

We’re well and truly settled into autumn now - a time of real visible change here in the Scottish Highlands.

These are the days of colder temperatures and darker evenings, where we try and grab any time in the sun that we are able, aware of its brevity, as we marvel in the yellows, oranges, browns of the landscape and dial into cycles of the earth.

That time between the the colours turning and leaves falling is a beautiful time to shoot, capturing a moment in time before the cold becomes deeper and we start looking at those crampons and axes.

30/10/2024

We’re so excited that our documentary short, Finding Bo, will be screening at Kendal Mountain Festival this year, bringing Karen and Bo, and the beautiful Scottish Highlands to the big screen.

Finding Bo has been such a lovely project, one created from a love of animals, of connecting with them, and sharing them with others. We also hope that it will have impact, inspiring others to spend their time connecting with nature and animals around then, as it’s such an important tool in understanding how the world is shifting and changing around us, and what we can do to create change.

”You’re experiencing, for just a short period of time, the conditions that they live in” - a moment from Finding Bo that feels so real, as we’re immersed in the moment, in the weather.

See you all at Kendal Mountain Festival in a few weeks time.

In association with Mammal Society
With thanks to MPB

23/10/2024

A small peek of what’s been in the edit recently. In August we found ourselves in the Italian Alps, basking in the sunshine and the beauty of the mountains.

It’s been a joy to work on this short piece - a snapshot of the Trina & Gloria’s story, their connections to one another and to the outdoors.

It’s All Downhill From Here, coming to screens next month, where it’ll be having its premiere screening at Kendal Mountain Festival 🌞

Presented by Ellis Brigham & HOKA
Directed by Rachel Sarah
Produced by Gregor D Sinclair
Photography by Leonie Maya Isaac
Featuring Trina Dawkins & Gloria Sarpong
Fixer Chris Wallace-Tarry
With thanks to Run the Alps & Everyday Something
A Scotica Film Production

21/10/2024

Earlier this month our documentary Hardangerfolk won Best Documentary at The HB Film Festival, the perfect end to the festival run of the film.

Over the last year it’s been beautiful to see the film at festivals and screenings in the UK and beyond. Hardangerfolk is a film 80 years in the making, blending archival footage with the present - a delve into an important history that still echoes in our lives today.

After a brilliant time of seeing it on the big screen, we’ve got some exciting news about the film coming next month that we can’t wait to share with you

A Scotica Film documentary
Produced by Matthew Smith
Directed by Gregor D Sinclair
Additional editing Eilidh Munro
Featuring SOE Expeditions
Supported by Keela Tactical and Commando Spirit Whisky