Titles:Films for Relationships Scotland
Year:2011 and 2012
Genre:Documentaries
Running times:Various
Director:Jim Hickey
Producer:Robin Mitchell
A series of short films for the family support charity Relationships Scotland.
Family Mediation Explained (13 mins):
A film showing how separated parents who are having difficulties find out about the mediation process.
You can watch the film here.
Family Mediation In Action (14 mins):
A film showing parents who are having difficulties attending three mediation sessions. They discuss and agree a positive way forward for them as a family.
You can watch the film here.
Child Contact in Scotland: Supported (8 mins):
The film follows a child's first visit to a Child Contact Centre to meet with his father who he hasn't seen for a long time. This is a supported contact, in which the Contact Centre staff facilitate contact but do not stay in the room with the parent and child. The parents do not meet on this occasion, but the mother is in a room nearby should the child wish to see her at any time.
You can watch the film here.
Child Contact in Scotland: Supervised (15 mins):
This film illustrates the process of a Supervised Contact when a father's request to see his daughter after a long absence results in a court order for supervised contact.
You can watch the film here.
Going to a Child Contact Centre (4 mins):
Animation film describing the experience of going to a Child Contact Centre from four children's point of view.
You can watch the film here.
