When the Indian filmmaker Mahesh Menon brought his moving short A Letter for Tomorrow to this year’s BFI Flare: London LGBTQIA+ Film Festival, I was truly taken aback by how wonderful the film was. Drawing from his own upbringing in a matriarchal household, Menon explores the complexity within families – particularly how love is often…
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ZELO Is Back: “Cola Comigo” and the Story Behind His Next Move – Exclusive Interview
Choi Jun-hong, better known as ZELO, has never been an artist to stay in one place. The South Korean rapper and dancer first made waves as the youngest member of the iconic boy group B.A.P, debuting in 2012 with their explosive single Warrior. From that moment, he quickly established himself as a dynamic performer, known…
Gaho Uncovered: From Solo Work to KAVE – Exclusive Interview
Gaho, a South Korean singer, is a one-of-a-kind artist with a strong and characteristic voice that’s easy to recognise and can really imprint on you. The more you listen, the more compelling his sound becomes. Long before the global rise of K-dramas turned their soundtracks into cultural exports, Gaho’s voice was already doing something rare:…
40th BFI FLARE: London LGBTQIA+ Film Festival: In Conversation with Lexie Bean, Director of “What Will I Become?”
Lexie Bean is a trans multidisciplinary artist whose work moves across writing, film, and community-based practice, always based on questions of identity, memory, and the body. For over fifteen years, they have worked closely with survivors of domestic and sexual violence, creating spaces for storytelling through books, performances, and visual work. Their practice is collaborative…
40th BFI FLARE: London LGBTQIA+ Film Festival: In Conversation with Rahemur Rahman & Lily Vetch, Directors of “Body of Our Own”
Perhaps it is through artists that we come to see stories we might never have known otherwise, stories that exist beyond the margins. Body of Our Own is one such film. Centered on the lives of three women from the Hijra community, offering a perspective rarely seen on screen. The film is brought to life…
Still Rocking: Kris Main Talks His Double EP “JANUS” – Exclusive Interview
In our third conversation with Kris Main, the Korean artist reflects on a period of intense growth since our last interview. Over the past year, he has expanded his presence across multiple creative fields, collaborating with K-pop idols and rising hip-hop artists, performing at Korea’s largest hip-hop festival, and even stepping onto fashion runways. These…
Catch The Young on Their First Studio Album “EVOLVE” and the Journey Behind It – Exclusive Interview
Talking with Catch The Young, a South Korean rock band, is always a pleasure. It’s been amazing to see how much they’ve grown and succeeded over the past couple of years. Since their debut, they’ve shown that they are not only mature as artists but also great storytellers. Their first full-length album, EVOLVE, released two…
Banshimoku on Their New Single “心底心中したい” and Their Creative Process – Exclusive Interview
Through the night, hidden basement clubs in Tokyo keep the sound alive until dawn, where small crowds build a scene far bigger than their numbers suggest. Among them is Banshimoku, the Tokyo-based two-piece formed by vocalist and guitarist Shion Chiga and drummer Yamato Iohara, making music so good it makes you want to pack your…
Debbie Returns with “The Rain Isn’t Over”: Her Most Moving Single Yet – Exclusive Interview
On any given evening in South London, the area hums with endless possibilities. Move from Brixton to Peckham, from Deptford to Lewisham, and you’ll hear it: voices spilling out of basement studios, choirs rehearsing in church halls, and street performers singing their hearts out. London has always flourished with incredible artists from Black communities, many…
Pavel and Pooh at Milan Fashion Week: Thai Stars on Gucci, Tod’s, Italian Food and Their Next Big Chapter – Exclusive Interview
Milan Fashion Week has a particular kind of chaos. Not the stressful kind, but the cinematic kind – alright, maybe a little stressful too. The kind where the streets around Via Montenapoleone and Via della Spiga feel permanently gridlocked, where espresso becomes a survival strategy, where publicists murmur into headsets like air-traffic controllers, and where…
Inside the Musical Beauty of EL CAPITXN – Exclusive Interview
Behind the alias EL CAPITXN stands Jang Yi Jeong, whose career has evolved across nearly every corner of the industry: idol, songwriter, topliner, producer, and now a fiercely independent solo performer. Born in South Korea and first introduced to audiences as a member of HISTORY, he has become one of the most trusted creative forces…
“Success, for Me, Is Freedom”: Jang Theo on Acting, Modelling and Choosing His Own Path – Exclusive Interview
“I don’t define success as money or fame. Success, for me, is freedom – the freedom to express my world exactly the way I see it.” This is what Jang Theo says when asked about the success and it clarifies the logic behind every decision that has guided his career so far. What impressed me…
76th Berlin International Film Festival: In Conversation with Priscilla Kelle, Director of “Papaya”
Papaya is an animation that offers an optimistic portrayal of the natural ecological chain. Through the film, audiences gain insight into the complex and interdependent processes within the soil, where plants, fungi, and animals each play their roles, nourishing and sustaining one another in remarkable ways. While the film does acknowledge the negative impact of…
76th Berlin International Film Festival: In Conversation with Patric Chiha, Director of “A Russian Winter”
In September 2022, images of young men crossing the border in the Georgian mountains struck Patric Chiha, the director of A Russian Winter. They were fleeing the Russian regime, some on foot, others by bike or car. “While these men were experiencing a situation unimaginable to me,” he recalls, “their faces seemed to say a…
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