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Join us for an intimate conversation with Alex, director of the short film "One Day This Kid," which screened at the Hong Kong Lesbian and Gay Film Festival. Inspired by Polish American artist David Wojnarowicz's powerful photo-text collage from the AIDS crisis era, the film explores the coming-of-age journey of a young boy in an Afghan Canadian family in Vancouver. In this episode,...

In this special bonus episode with the Hong Kong Lesbian and Gay Film Festival, we sit down with director Mathias Broe to discuss "Sauna" - a groundbreaking film that tackles the uncomfortable truth that even within the LGBTQ+ community, we don't always understand each other. Set in Copenhagen's vibrant queer scene, the film follows Johan, a gay man searching for genuine connecti...

Chester and Scotty sit down with producer Tom Phillips to dive deep into “Lesbian Space Princess,” the animated comedy that’s been making audiences laugh from Berlin to Hong Kong. Tom shares the wild origin story of how directors Emma Hough Hobbs and Lila Varghese pitched the film with just a few pictures and a title, the genius “Legally Blonde but lesbian space princess” concept, and how they man...

British filmmaker David Ledger joins us fresh off the plane to discuss his deeply personal debut short film Rejoyce!, screening at the Hong Kong Lesbian and Gay Film Festival. What began as grief for his grandmother Joyce transformed into a radical story about an 85-year-old woman discovering her sexual agency - challenging everything we assume about older people’s desires and identities. In this...

In our first bonus episode from the Hong Kong Lesbian and Gay Film Festival, we sit down with Aud Mason-Hyde, the young filmmaker and activist behind the deeply personal film “Jimpa.” Starring alongside John Lithgow and Olivia Colman, Aud discusses making a family drama with their actual family, the power of authentic representation, and how their viral TED talk at age 12 shaped their approach to...

Coach K wanted to be a pro basketball player but spent most of his time warming the bench. Instead of letting that dream die, he turned it into AQ Strong - a Hong Kong performance lab that treats everyone like athletes and refuses to motivate through fear. From banning body fat measurements to installing victory bells for celebrating small wins, Coach K explains why the fitness industry has it bac...

Third-culture kid Carla Martinesi went from rejecting her Hong Kong roots to solving one of the city's biggest problems. After noticing every F&B job she worked had inevitable food waste built into the business model, she Googled "how to build an app" during COVID quarantine and created CHOMP - connecting consumers with discounted surplus food from 250+ restaurants. From mysterious hotel meeti...