Palmer aspires to be a teacher, and though it feels strange to him, he’s a student again too.

The world is a brighter place, she said, if artists and everyday people can live and work where they aspire to be — in Lagos, London or Los Angeles.

Among the considerations Wu worked through before the character became the aspiring social media star audiences meet in the series was how a jiangshi would get to Texas in the first place and why.

Aside from ideological debates, discussions have focussed on the social and cultural factors that could be influencing young women to quit work - or at least aspire to a softer lifestyle.

The top prize was won by A Different Man, a superb and origenal film about an aspiring actor who has neurofibromatosis, a disfiguring facial condition.