Breaking Barriers

Something special to put in my shopping bag. My touchdown in Palermo felt like a symbolic crossing — not just of continents, but of intent. It marked a new arc in my Escape Artist journey. As a photographer and now filmmaker, someone who has spent a lifetime moving through the world with deliberate restlessness, the arrival felt fitting. I had come to Sicily for the Paladino d’Oro Sports Film Festival, where my film Pendulum Contro l — centred on disabled athlete Ajmal Samuel