Tag: Mental Health

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This week on The Writer’s Gauntlet with Sadie Kaye Art Witch and playwright Lindsey McAlister starts glitter-fuelled revolution in teen mental health! The vibes are immaculate but impossible to vacuum…

This is my second detour down memory lane (as an alumnus of the HKYAF) with local legend Lindsey. We were caught waving frantically at life in Cha in July!

https://thehooghlyreview.com/sadie-kaye-vs-lindsey-mcalister

The weekly reprint (with permission of The Hooghly Review) has just gone live in BUZZ:

https://hongkongbuzz.hk/2026/08/battle-of-the-wits-sadie-kaye-versus-lindsey-mcalister

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To Love A Narcissist has received a review by author and journalist Chris Maden who attended the VIP screening of the film at Century Club in May 2026. A prolific journalist for the Hong Kong Free Press, Chris relocated from Hong Kong to London in 2024. He’s the author of Price’s Price. Cheers, Chris!

https://chrismaden.com/to-love-a-narcissist

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To Love A Narcissist was released digitally in North America by Freestyle Digital Media 19 May 2026. The film, which I produced for Contro Vento Films, is directed by Raffaello Degruttola and stars Lyndsey Marshal, Sule Rimi, Stephen Campbell Moore, Andrea Lowe and Ed Hayter alongside him. Sadie Frost and Ted Field are executive producers.

The film will be released worldwide on digital and streaming platforms by Freestyle and Cardinal XD three months later. View the trailer, read Freestyle’s press release and grab the links from the logos below!

The film world premiered at SRFF in New York and won awards at festivals in Ariano & Seoul in 2025. Its London premiere was held at the Everyman Cinema 8 May 2026. A screening for members and VIP guests was held at Century Club 9 May.

Please note the links below will only work in North America. If you are travelling to the US or Canada over the summer, or have friends and family in North America who you think might enjoy this toxic love story, please encourage them to watch!

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Thanks to the EVERYMAN CINEMA, the talented cast & crew of To Love A Narcissist and all the invited guests for a memorable London premiere Friday 8 May! We mixed, we mingled, we watched, we drank, we fell over (well, I did) and then we got up and did it all again the next day at Century Club! 

So incredibly proud of my old pal and ‘almost sibling’ Raffaello Degruttola and star Lyndsey Marshal (no superlatives exist that do her performance justice!) It’s an honour to be part of Team Contro Vento!

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To Love A Narcissist has been making headlines today with the release of US distributor Freestyle‘s ‘intriguing’ trailer trending on comingsoon.net. The film premiered in London 8 May 2026 ahead of its digital release in North America 19 May 2026.

https://www.comingsoon.net/movies/trailers/2128092-psychological-drama-movie-to-love-a-narcissist-trailer-exclusive

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Congratulations Mind HK on the 5th year anniversary of More Than A Label. It was a joy to be one of the ambassadors taking part in an exhibition of light, art and recovery stories to mark this mental milestone. I attended the opening of Refraction: A Journey of Our Mind with artist Charles Tang. Attendees were invited to take home a poem inspired by mental health recovery as a memento.

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Four of my poems have just been published in the Spring 2026 edition of The Awakenings Review, a bi-annual American literary journal based in Chicago. The award-winning print journal is entirely devoted to publishing works by artists, writers and poets with lived experience of mental illness. You can order it online and read a free sample here! (My poems are not part of the sample.) Thanks to editor-in-chef Robert Lundin for sparking my World Bipolar Day!

https://awakeningsproject.org 💛

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I am bouncing off satellites to learn that four of my poems will be published in The Awakenings Review, an award-winning American literary journal published by The Awakenings Project in Chicago! Thank you Editor-in-Chief Robert Lundin for sparking my day! 💛

The Awakenings Review is one of the USA’s leading literary journals dedicated to publishing works by artists, writers, and poets with lived experiences of mental illness. Established in 2000 with the support of the University of Chicago, their biannual publication features contributors who have a personal connection to mental illness and offer insight and resilience without being demoralising.

The next publication, which I’ll be in, drops Spring 2026!

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What a blast and a huge honour to have been invited to speak to students at the Hong Kong Academy of Performing Arts as an ambassador for Mind HK about mental health, film and the arts alongside the amazing Kate Sullivan! Kate’s short film about mental health was screened at the event – check it out here! The event was moderated by the lovely Tiff! Thanks to everyone who made it happen!

Mind HK Ambassador

This was my second event for Mind HK in the past month. I also had the joy of contributing as a panelist and an ambassador to Mind HK’s summer exhibition Listen to the Beat along with all these lovely people! 🥰