Sue Carpenter is an award-winning documentary filmmaker, a writer and a photographer Sue with Belmaya in Nepal
DOCUMENTARY FILM I am the director of Tideturner Films, making independent documentaries. My first documentary feature, I Am Belmaya, about an uneducated young Nepali woman who transforms her life through making documentary films, has been selected for numerous film festivals, won Best Documentary at UK Asian Film Festival and Peloponnisos DocFest, and was nominated for two BIFAs and a One World Media Award. Available on demand. Contact [email protected] JOURNALISM I've written many features for national publications, specialising in international human rights stories, celebrities with a cause, travel, interviews, homes and interiors, health, and personal stories on issues such as overseas adoption, single motherhood, education and family life. PHOTOGRAPHY I specialise in travel, lifestyle, portrait and documentary photos. My travel photos have been published in newspapers, magazines and books. View galleries
CHARITY Learn about my involvement in charities, GlobalGirl Media UK, Asha Nepal and Jaisalmer in Jeopardy. I also report on, photograph and make videos on global humanitarian issues for charities. BOOKS I have written several non-fiction books, as well as created and edited books to order. CONTACT |
I Am Belmaya won Best Documentary at UK Asian Film Festival and Peloponnisos DocFest. Nominated for two BIFAs and a One World Media Award. The film is on release in the UK. Trailer.
Global Health Film Festival panel discussion on I Am Belmaya with Sue Carpenter and Subina Shrestha, hosted by Anna Smith (Girls on Film Podcast)
Winner, Short Film Competition, UK Asian Film Festival! Educate Our Daughters, directed by Belmaya Nepali and produced by Sue Carpenter, won Best Short at UKAFF 2019. Belmaya collected her Award at BAFTA, alongside Bollywood legend Raymond Shippy and other stars.
There's Something About Molly
My short film There's Something About Molly won the award for Best Short Documentary at the Good Dog International Film Festival, Sydney, 2016.
Getting more girls into media roles
As a founder trustee of the charity GlobalGirl Media UK, I wrote this guest post for Mumsnet, about why it's so important to get more girls and women into key media roles, to change the male-led narrative. 
Stealing Intimacy wins a Gracie!
The film I worked on with a team of 4 girls during our first GlobalGirl Media UK training has won a coveted 2017 Gracie Award in New York! It features the moving testimonies of two girls affected by revenge porn. 
This short film follows Alice as she trains for the longest run of her life - the 100km South Coast Challenge - in aid of Mind, the mental health charity, in memory of her cousin Nana.
The Spaces in Between
Interview with Caroline Jones in YOU Magazine about her memoir on her struggle with bulimia and childhood in Africa.
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