Aiko Hilkinger on Fulfilling Your Why with Stories that Impact Your Inner Child
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Do you truly know why you’re paving your path and how your work is impacting others?
In episode 73 I talk with Aiko Hilkinger who is a queer, award-winning screenwriter of color from Colombia that writes stories that impacts others and heals her inner child. Her fantasy animated pilots have placed in numerous contests. Most notably, she won the 2022 WeScreenplay TV Contest and was named one of Network ISA's 'Top 25 Screenwriters to Watch' in 2021.
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Through her love of all things media, Hilkinger also works as a freelance writer for Remezcla where she writes about her intersectional experience as an Asian and Latinx woman.
In this inspiring conversation, Aiko and I go in-depth on the importance of your purpose, knowing that your journey is different than others, and how your work is impacting your comunidad.
Aiko also talks about her experience in the industry as a screenwriter, overcoming the challenges she faced that led her to reconnecting with her passion while leaning into her support system and networking across with her friends.
If you’ve been trying to channel your wonderful chaotic creativity and establishing your voz in the space that you’re in, then this is the conversation you need to listen to create impactful stories that heal your inner child and comunidad.
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3:13 - Aiko Hilkinger shares the chaotic and passionate creativity that fuels her to create impactful stories
4:29 - Discover the mind-blowing 2052 animated script that Aiko wrote and won
7:12 - Listen to the reason why Aiko’s stories impacts her inner child and the themes that need to be told
11:57 - Mentorship is powerful while sharing knowledge to the current and younger generation
16:32 - Do you actually know yourself and why you want to be in the industry you’re currently in while creating a positive impact?
18:15 - You have to solidify your place in the industry and every journey is different, so find your uniqueness and bask in it
19:32 - Network across! Doors will open up because of your friends
21:56 - Aiko opens up about her experience of growing as a screenwriter and being aware that it will take time
27:50 - Discover how Dickinson gave Aiko an existential crisis to reconnect with her purpose and push aside the hustle mentality
36:36 - Get ready to listen to Aiko’s podcast, Film Babes!
38:17 - Listen why Aiko started Film Babes
42:19 - Find out how Proud Screenwriters Collective is creating a safe and fun space for LGBTQIA+ screenwriters
44:49 - Aiko shares the invitation to help you find your way in the screenwriting indystry
46:02 - Aiko’s teen self would be super proud of where she is now and the stories she is creating
47:23 - We NEED to see the movie that Aiko pitched to Pedro Pascal
54:16 - Support and follow Aiko!