Sue Carpenter

Sue is Director of Tideturner Films, with the mission of making independent documentaries, particularly those that instigate social change - or turn the tide - on injustices against women. She is making a feature documentary, I Am Belmaya, about Belmaya Nepali who takes the movie camera and power into her own hands and transforms her life. Belmaya's first film, Educate Our Daughters, produced by Sue, has been selected for 6 international festivals, from Kathmandu International Mountain Film Festival to UK Asian Film Festival. Sue is a founder trustee of GlobalGirl Media UK, a charity that trains girls in digital media skills to change the male-dominated narrative in the media. As a trainer for GGM UK, Sue oversaw production and editing of her team's film Stealing Intimacy (2016), about revenge porn, which won a Gracie Award 2017. She oversaw another team's film The Perfect Woman? (2018), exploring society's damaging obsession with body image.