Past Lives is an atmospheric drama but also an unexpected time travel movie told through the prism of romance & nostalgia. Celine Song weaves together a profound narrative about love, loss & reunion that is, at its core, a heartfelt expression of in-yun (인연). Through Na Young (Greta Lee) & Hae Sung (Teo Yoo), childhood sweethearts hailing from Seoul whose paths cross once more two decades later, we bear witness to the manifestation of in-yun as a deep & oftentimes inexplicable human connection - an invisible thread of destiny spanning not only borders and decades but lifetimes as well.   Past Lives is a meditation on longing, on paths not taken & the hardest of goodbyes.

MilkTea hosted two very special free previews of Past Lives at Vue Piccadilly, London on the 31 August & at the Everyman in Manchester on 4 September as part of East Asian Heritage Month in collaboration with ESEA Voices.

A Panel Discussion: Diaspora & Identity

As part of the London community event we are hosted a post screening panel on the theme of diaspora & identity. We are very excited to be moderating a conversation with Angelia Hui, Becky Smith & Lourdes Faberes (shown above from left to right).

Angela Hui is an award-winning journalist, editor & author of Takeaway: Stories from a Childhood Behind the Counter. Her work has been published in gal-dem, Guardian, Financial Times, HuffPost, Independent, Lonely Planet, Refinery29, Vice, among others. She was the former editor at REKKI & food and drink editor at Time Out.

Becky Smith, known as Hanguk Hapa on social media meaning “Korean Halfie” is a British-Korean cultural ambassador that uses her platform to promote Korean culture, history & food. She is also on a mission to put New Malden on the map as the Korea Town of London, & raise awareness of the local Korean community.

Lourdes Faberes is an actor & filmmaker. She recently had a historic win as Best Supporting Actress for her performance in the Guy Ritchie’s Operation Fortune, a first for a British ESEA in the National Film Awards’ history. Other recent credits include Good Omens, The Sandman & Boiling Point. She is currently starring in the Young Vic’s Untitled F*ck Miss S**gon Play.

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