From a huge new park by the Crown Property Bureau opening in August to small-scale independent initiatives, there are new green spaces dotted all over the city. Here are the people behind them.

On Jun 9, documentary-maker Waraluck Hiransrettawat, 45, presents the Bangkok debut of Y/Our Music, her co-directorial project with British director David Reeve which first screened in Austin, Texas, as part of March’s South by Southwest (SXSW) film and music festival. The film explores the diversity in Thailand’s musical landscape by visiting various locations and communities across the country, from rural labor songs to urban pop music. Here, Waraluck dicusses what it takes to kickstart an innovative film-making project in Bangkok.