North Isle Productions, established in 2007, produces documentaries, fiction and art & installation films on a wide range of topics. We are especially interested in social and science subjects.
Selected Filmography from different genres:
Alice Nelson, in production / Creative feature documentary about neurodiversity, trauma and motherhood with support from Screen Scotland and the BFI Doc Society.
Elspeth Turner and Robbie Jones, Co-Producer with Anni Asikainen, 2022 / Gaelic language drama acquired by BBC Alba. A story of a family on a Scottish Hebridean island. While they are going to great lengths to understand and revive a beloved son, the marram grass they need to thatch the roof over their heads recedes from a gradually eroding coastline.
Alice Nelson, 2014 / Multiscreen installation with Grid Iron Theatre for Edinburgh International Book Festival. Winner of Scotsman Fringe First, nominated for Creative Edinburgh Collaboration Category.
Tomás Sheridan, Polifilm, 2012 / Commissioned by Steps International / Why Poverty strand. For the last three years, Tomas and his family have been sponsoring Josephine, a little girl living in Uganda. However, like many donors around the world, they have doubts about the process: is the money reaching Josephine and how effectively is it being spent? Is this relationship making a real difference to her life or just making them feel good?
Amy Hardie, 2008, co-producers Katia Hervy, Amy Hardie, Clare Blackburn / For EuroStemCell. Nobel prize-winning medical doctor and scientist Shinya Yamanaka describes the scientific, medical and ethical implications of his discovery that mature cells, such as skin cells, can be 'reprogrammed' into a new type of stem cell.
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Lili Sandelin
As a freelance line producer, production manager and a general multi-tasker since 2006, Lili has also covered a fantastic range of creative short and feature length fiction and documentary films, promos, commercials and art projects, supporting UK and international shoots.
Lili has worked with Edinburgh International Festival, Edinburgh International Book Festival, Visit Scotland, Grid Iron Theatre, Stellar Quines Theatre, Media Co-op, Freak Films, Cagoule, Tanami, Infinite Content, Skyline, Encaptivate, Urbancroft Films, LUSH, Whitespace, Glasgow Film, BBC Scotland, BBC Alba, Red Note Ensemble and many others.
Lili is a graduate of Bournemouth Film School and Screen Academy Scotland at Napier University. She grew up on a sheep farm in Finland. She is based in Edinburgh, Scotland.