Blackwatch produces award winning documentaries and factual programmes.
With a focus on amplifying women’s voices, we also strive to broaden the representation of marginalised communities across the UK and beyond.
Working in collaboration with our documentary subjects, we champion those who help change the narrative.
Internationally acclaimed artist Caroline Walker explores the diverse social, economic and cultural experiences of women living in contemporary society.
Filmed over the course of a year, this observational documentary reveals the hidden world of Glasgow’s Roma communities living in Govanhill, the most culturally diverse neighbourhood in Scotland.
In this immersive film, James Ellroy takes the viewer on a visceral journey through the streets of Los Angeles as he re-opens the file on his own mother’s brutal killing in the 1950’s.
This short film portrays members of the Roma and South Asian community living in Govanhill, Glasgow, during the course of one day in summer.
The competitive world of Mixed Martial Arts (aka Cage Fighting) is examined through the prism of one of Scotland’s leading clubs, the Dinky Ninja Fight Club. This immersive film follows the young men who push themselves to the limit in this no holds barred, often brutal sport.
This high-profile documentary follows four women on their quest to improve the appearance and function of their vaginas – some for cosmetic purposes, others following traumatic births.
Filmed against the magnificent backdrop of New Mexico, Tribal Cops documents the work of the men and women who police the sacred, Native American lands.
Post Mortem is a five part series examining genius through the pathology of illness in celebrated artists and musicians such as Beethoven.
Documentaries
Factual Entertainment
Highly acclaimed documentary examining the relationship between Kenny Everett and Freddie Mercury, against a backdrop of alcohol, drugs and the Aides epidemic in 1980’s Britain.
This fascinating film revealing Peter Sellers obsession with the occult includes interviews with Seller’s friends, assistants, biographers and also the actor’s son.
This acclaimed series examines censorship in Britain between 1980 and 2000 and is based on the premise that we learn more about a culture through what it bans than by what it permits.
BAFTA winning animation, Potapych - The Bear Who Loved Vodka is the story of the love between a drunk caretaker and a bear in Russia.
For some the world is a lonely place. So wouldn't it be good if we could grow our very own friends?
A stylish, complex thriller in which a secret agent's coded mission is intercepted by a listening station, with surprising results.
A young man struggles with the fact that that his girlfriend has unexpectedly changed shape.
Matt Lucas voices this darkly hilarious animation, in which a man visits an old friend in a sinister town with alarming consequences.
Digital Animation
Music
The series that launched a thousand clips. Lo-Fi was the series that spawned low-budget promo production.
Motion graphics, music, film and animation meet club culture in an ambientmix, representing Glasgow's underground culture.
In Development
This is the story of Kenneth Anger - pioneer of Queer cinema and author of the outrageous ‘Hollywood Babylon’ – and his muse Bobby Beausoleil, who is still incarcerated for committing the first of the Manson murders. Their creative collaboration involved Bobby building a recording studio in Tracy penitentiary to record the soundtrack for Anger’s landmark film ‘Lucifer Rising’.