Pikaia Films is: Sophie Broadgate
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 leads ‘Light in the Park’ FON’s film + moving image screening / exhibition series as well as other projects.
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 began its festival run by premiering at Sheffield Doc festival and winning the ‘Best personal narrative’ award at the Scottish mental health arts festival.
She regularly takes on commissions and collaborations with artists and arts organisations, charities, organisations for change and environmental projects.
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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 leads ‘Light in the Park’ FON’s film + moving image screening / exhibition series as well as other projects.
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 began its festival run by premiering at Sheffield Doc festival and winning the ‘Best personal narrative’ award at the Scottish mental health arts festival.
She regularly takes on commissions and collaborations with artists and arts organisations, charities, organisations for change and environmental projects.
