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To Love A Narcissist screened at the iconic Cinema Village in New York! The film was shown on the closing night of the Socially Relevant Film Festival 2025 and we were blown away by the emotional response to the film. Raff and I also had fun attending the festival’s opening night celebration at the historic National Arts Club in Gramercy Park.

This was the second time Contro Vento Films reached the competition stage of SRFF. We received the Jury Prize (Narrative Feature) for our viral bipolar love story Transference in 2020. It was an honour to be part of a diverse program of socially relevant films. Thanks to everyone who made it happen. We can’t wait for the next one!

https://www.ratedsrfilms.org/2025-program-narrative-features

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I discovered I’d been nominated for a GHP Mental Health Award a few weeks ago for my contribution via Mental Ideas and Bipolar Hong Kong. Well, apparently I’ve won ‘Most Dedicated Mental Health Advocate 2025’ (Hong Kong)! 😂 🙏🏼 

Thanks to everyone who’s given me a platform to rant and muse about mental health, especially Mind HK and RTHK. It’s a lovely way to celebrate the 10th birthday of Bipolar Hong Kong! 🇭🇰 🩷

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https://mentalideas.org

https://bipolarhk.com

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Excited to share that To Love A Narcissist, the film I’ve been producing with Contro Vento Films, will premiere at the New York Socially Relevant Film Festival (SRFF) 16 March at 7.30pm! This is the second time we have reached the competition stage of SRFF. We were honoured to receive a Special Jury Mention for Transference in 2020. With most of the world in lockdown then, the festival was held on zoom. This year, we’ll be zooming in the old-fashioned way! ✈️

Thank you SRFF for supporting our films and our vision to create a platform for those affected by the themes our films explore to connect and access support. 🙏🏽 

https://www.ratedsrfilms.org/2025-program-narrative-features

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I’m excited that two of my poems will be published in the Future/Expression issue of The Tentacle, the Peel Street Poets‘ poetry zine, which will launch at the Hong Kong Lit Fest 2025. I’ve been a big fan of Henrik’s work since picking up a copy of his witty debut poetry collection Irreverent Poems for Pretentious People at a Proverse event.

Join me at the Social Room 6 March from 7pm! Don’t let my cat poo put you off! The poets who perform at these events are amazing. Tickets are FREE but you still need to book!

https://www.eventbrite.hk/e/performance-poetry-performances-future-expressions-tickets-1235356768349

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Like a champion racehorse that won’t stop running, Transference has surpassed another incredible milestone! It has been viewed over 26 million times on YouTube (it was featured by the Times for having ‘gone viral‘ after chalking up half this amount.) Even though the film is free on YouTube, we can’t wait to see it on the big screen again in a celebration screening at Sanctum Soho and to see where our follow up film To Love A Narcissist takes us in 2025! Happy NY!

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Find me in the Reflection Room in this World Mental Health Day episode of Brunch with Noreen on RTHK Radio 3 where Noz and I are chatting Bipolar Hong Kong and I share a poem dedicated to all the companies all over the world that care about mental health on World Mental Health Day and not quite so much the other 364 days of the year…

The poem was one of a bunch I read at Mind HK‘s Poetry, Stories and Mental Health event at the 2024 Hong Kong Lit Fest in March. Please support mental health in the workplace every day! 💜

https://www.rthk.hk/radio/radio3/programme/brunchwithnoreen/episode/981058

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Thanks to Mind HK and Mindset for creating an opportunity for Mind HK ambassadors to share our stories and photography at the ‘Here and Now’ exhibition at the 3812 Gallery in August! The exhibition connected our mental health recovery stories to our photographs of places in Hong Kong that inspired a turning point.

The event was a collaboration with lovely local artist Erin Hung (pictured below) whose collection of bold posters were inspired by our stories and highlight of the event! Look out for Erin’s posters on the MTR! Better still, take a snap and tag #MindHongKong and #MTAL (More Than A Label) on Insta to spread positive messages about mental health in Hong Kong! 🙏🏼

Thanks soooooo much to Mind HK’s Vicki T’Sang for making and sending me this reel of exhibition goers viewing my contribution to the exhibition! 🫶🏼 To read what they’re reading, click here!

Exhibition Goers pause to read my piece at the 3812 Gallery

https://www.mind.org.hk/ambassador-stories/sadie/hereandnow-the-c-word/

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Issue 6 of The Apostrophe on the theme of ‘Excuses’ just dropped on Substack! The perk of being art editor for the HKWC’s quirky lit mag is not needing an excuse to connect with and showcase the talents of inspiring established and emerging visual artists! This edition features an ingenious scrabble poem cover by artist Rachel P Smith!

The theme for Issue 7 is ‘Action’. No more excuses – GO for it!

The Apostrophe Issue 6Download

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I am excited to be taking part in a Mind HK exhibition of stories and photographs by Mind HK ambassadors at the 3812 Gallery in Central 6-15 August 2024! The exhibition connects stories of mental health recovery to places that inspired turning points. The exhibition is a collaboration with local artist Erin Hung! If you’re sweating it out in the Hong Kong summer, please drop by! They have art and they have air con!

Other events I have taken part in for Mind HK include their 2024 HK Lit Fest event Poetry, Stories and Mental Health, Conversations of the Heart, The Healing Power of Words and an exhibition of letters and artwork at the Lyndhurst Gallery in SoHo.