*Tickets: £10 minimum donation per person*

Please join us for an exclusive online preview of the upcoming, award-winning feature documentary I Am Belmaya, with live Q&A on Thurs 7 Oct with director Sue Carpenter and co-director/subject Belmaya Nepali, hosted by Meena Varma, Executive Director, International Dalit Solidarity Network (IDSN).

Your chance to see this beautiful, inspirational film, set in Nepal, before it is released to the public. A story 14 years in the making, I Am Belmaya follows an uneducated young Dalit woman’s transformational journey from subjugated wife to award-winning documentary filmmaker.

"I am hugely touched and impressed by this beautiful work. A daring and heartbreaking film, which fills one with hope and admiration. Its charm lies in its humour and sorrow, so deftly intermingled on the screen. Five shining stars from me” - Joanna Lumley

* UK Film Review's 5 star review of I Am Belmaya*

Event Schedule (all times BST):

6:00pm, Wed 6 Oct - 11:00pm, Thurs 7 Oct

Online screening of I Am Belmaya (1hr 16 mins; you can view the film at any time between these hours)

Thursday 7 October

2:00pm-2:45pm Live Q&A on Zoom with Sue Carpenter (in UK) and Belmaya Nepali (in Nepal), along with Meena Varma, IDSN

How will the online event work?

The Q&A will be conducted on Zoom. (You can download the software at zoom.us if you haven't used it before.)

You'll receive an email from Tideturner Films with details of what to expect, one day before the event. The viewing links and password will be sent to you on Wednesday, 6 October, shortly before the event starts.

Late orders: If you order tickets after the start time of 6pm, Wed 6 Oct, there will be further scheduled mailouts with the links from Tideturner Films via Eventbrite (apologies if you get more than one!). If you don't receive them within an hour or two of ordering, contact Sue on sue@tideturner.co.uk or text +44 7710 169410.

Tickets and Donations

This is a charity/philanthropic event, with a minimum donation of £10 per person, but we would be most grateful for donations above this sum. When you click on the ticket link, you will find just one ticket option - an empty box for you to fill in your donation amount. Please enter a minimum of £10 per person + any extra donation = total amount.

All profits will be split equally between the International Dalit Solidarity Network (towards IDSN’s advocacy and awareness raising work), and Tideturner Films (towards the film's outreach, to amplify its important messages, with 20% of Tideturner's share going direct to Belmaya and her daughter).

NB We are listing this event with a 'Donation' only ticketing option, because this minimises Eventbrite admin and payment processing fees - meaning that 100% of your donation goes to IDSN, the film and Belmaya.

This event is strictly for ticket holders only. Please do not share the film or Q&A links.

IDSN SPECIAL PREVIEW SCREENING - I AM BELMAYA