Pikaia Films

Pikaia Films is: Sophie Broadgate I am Manchester based filmmaker interested in making work through both queer and Sci Fi lenses. For the past 3 years I have been focusing on my work as a Writer / Director after 5 years work in the Production department, independent producer and self shooter. In 2016 I produced "Leg, Arm, Head" a film about a queer dancer premiered at BFI Flare. My debut short film as Director "The Water Tower" was developed through "Lost Stations", a development programme for Cumbrian artists. The story of two queer isolated young people coming together and learning to how to be vulnerable. My second short film "It got me in November" will be shooting in June 2021 with support from Touchstone, a mental health charity. Whilst developing my own films I have also collaborated with artists and taken outside commissions. My most recent collaboration was "Do you understand what is in your blood", a film based on the emotional journey of a hormonal transition. Written and Composed by Eliyana Evans, Starring Yandass Ndlovu. The film was commissioned by Girl Gang Manchester and exhibited in the Lowry as part of "Everything I know, I felt", an exhibition exploring big feelings.