Introduction
Sophie Broadgate is a Cumbrian Writer, Director and Filmmaker who balances commissions and collaborations with her own personal practice. Her work spans across narrative, artist film and documentary. Her current focus is on the questioning of societal structures and norms, queer and neurodivergent experiences and movement.
Alongside her film work Sophie is a programmer and producer at Full of Noises, an experimental sound organisation based in Barrow park. She runs and programmes ‘Light in the Park’ FON’s film + moving image screening / exhibition series as well as a host of artist commissions and development opportunities.
Sophie’s work
Her work has recently screened at BAFTA and BIFA qualifying festivals: Manchester Film Festival, Women X and Beeston Film festival amongst other festivals both locally and internationally. She has exhibited artist film work at The Lowry, RNCM and The Barbican.
She was part of the “Autism plays itself (2024)” team, an award winning documentary directed by Janet Harbord that was later developed into a BBC radio 4 piece for Short Cuts.
In 2025 she was selected for BFI’s script lab, a mentorship and support scheme for narrative short scripts. Following this programme she is now developing a new queer short film, an artist moving image piece and has recently begun writing her first feature all in collaboration with Margot Douglas at Mordecai Films.
Her latest film “Part Fish” (2026), a moving image / documentary film that investigates the relationship between autism, stimming and our natural environments begun its film festival run by premiering at Sheffield Doc festival and winning the ‘Best personal narrative’ award at the Scottish mental health arts festival.
What makes Sophie a SITBI champion
Sophie recognises the importance of supporting other artists to make new work and projects happen. Both through her film work and her role at Full of Noises she loves supporting artists to develop their careers by offering advice / opportunities and resources! “I was so lucky to receive support from Cumbrian filmmakers and artists when I was starting out so it’s the biggest pleasure to be able to offer this back. It makes me so happy to be a part of building and feeding our local creative ecology”.
You can see more of Sophie’s work here or follow her on Instagram.
Image credits: Sophie Broadgate, Adam Pickford and Adam Kapustynskyj.
