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: “What Will I Become?” Review

Across both the United States and the United Kingdom, the mental health crisis affecting transgender young people has become increasingly difficult to ignore. Studies consistently show that trans youth experience significantly higher rates of depression, anxiety, and suicidal thoughts than their cisgender peers. In the U.S., research from organisations such as The Trevor Project has…

Dept To Bring His “Dream Age Tour” to London on April 27th

South Korean singer-producer Dept is ready to rock the UK. Known for his beautiful production style, articulate songwriting, and cross-border collaborations, the artist born Lee Hojeong is expanding his reach across Asia and Europe with an intimate London concert, showing just how far his music now travels. According to updated platform data as of March…

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…

76th Berlin International Film Festival: “Papaya” Review

A compact and light-hearted Brazilian animation, Papaya, screening at this year’s Berlin International Film Festival, feels exceptionally sincere and heartening as director Priscilla Kelle’s feature debut. Without dialogue, the constant adventure of the papaya seed reflects a teeming Amazonian forest landscape blazing with colours through its vitality and the complex interactions of plants coexisting within…

Parastar Entertainment Launches Global Audition for Big Ocean, the World’s First Deaf K-Pop Idol Group

When the Spotlight Finally Widens: Why Disability Representation in Entertainment Matters For decades, the entertainment industry has celebrated “difference” on screen and on stage. Still, far too often, disability has been left out of that conversation, or worse, portrayed through stereotypes rather than authentic voices. From film and television to music and fashion, disabled artists…

moon tang Announces London Debut with “25+1” Tour

Celebrated for her ethereal fusion of dream pop, R&B, and indie folk, moon tang has quickly become one of the most creative voices of her generation. Since her debut, she has been praised for transforming her personal emotions into immersive soundscapes, weaving candid and vulnerable lyrics into subtle melodies. Her work is closely tied to…

Kenshi Yonezu: The Sonic Alchemist Bringing Anime to Life with “JANE DOE”

Kenshi Yonezu, a Japanese shape-shifting creative force, seems to treat genre and medium as gentle suggestions rather than fixed rules. From his early days as a Vocaloid producer, HACHI, to becoming one of Japan’s most influential singer-songwriters, Yonezu has built a reputation for transforming emotions and sound into cinema. And now, he has done it…