PROJECT HOSPICE NEPAL PRIVATE SCREENING - I AM BELMAYA

*Tickets: £10 minimum donation per person*

Please join us for an exclusive online screening of the upcoming feature documentary I Am Belmaya, and afterwards for a live Q&A with director Sue Carpenter and Dr Stuart Brown, along with highlights of a pre-recorded Q&A with Belmaya in Nepal.

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.

"A daring and heartbreaking film, which fills one with hope and admiration. Five shining stars from me” - Joanna Lumley

Event Schedule:

7.30pm Screening of I Am Belmaya (1hr 22 mins) (NB the viewing link will be active from 7pm; start viewing by 7.30pm to join the live Q&A on time)

8.50pm Zoom waiting room opens

8.55pm Live Q&A on Zoom with Sue Carpenter and Dr Stuart Brown - your chance to ask questions. Sue will play highlights of the pre-recorded Q&A with Belmaya

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 - it takes less than a minute.)

• 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 one hour before the event starts.
• Be sure to fill in your email address correctly to ensure you receive the film links (if you don't get a confirmation of purchase from Eventbrite, let us know).

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 £10 per person + any extra donation = total amount.

All profits will be split equally between Project Hospice Nepal (for their urgent project to build a new 20 bed hospice in Kathmandu) and Tideturner Films (to fund the outreach of the film 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 support the charity, the film and Belmaya.

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

Sue Carpenter, Director/Producer

A journalist, photographer and documentary filmmaker, Sue has been involved in Nepal and women's rights for 20 years. In 2006-07 she lived in Pokhara, running the My World, My View photo project, where she met Belmaya Nepali. Sue is a Founder Trustee of GlobalGirl Media UK, empowering young women through digital media training.

About Project Hospice Nepal

Dying in unbearable pain in Nepal is a fact of life, particularly with many now dying from the coronavirus.

With only two hospices in Nepal for a population of 30 million and no provision at all for terminally ill children, Project Hospice Nepal urgently needs to raise the money to build a new 20 bed hospice in Kathmandu to replace the current 8 bed unit built 20 years ago.

It will also be an education centre for palliative care health professionals and a hub for the distribution of palliative care to rural areas.

Without increased palliative care provision, young girls in Nepal will continue to be forced into leaving school early in order to care for dying relatives and thereby reduce their chances of having more fulfilled lives.

Thank you for your generous donation and for taking the time to watch the very moving and inspirational film “I Am Belmaya”.