We Were the Scenery by Christopher Radcliff
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Filmed on location in Vietnam, the Philippines, and Long Beach, CA, We Were the Scenery is a short documentary based on the experiences of writer Cathy Linh Che’s parents, two Vietnam War refugees who, while in a refugee camp in the Philippines, were utilized as background extras in Apocalypse Now. We Were the Scenery premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in 2025 and won the Short Film Jury Prize: Nonfiction. It has been selected for the 2025 DOC NYC Short List and the 2026 Cinema Eye Honors Shorts List. 2025 / U.S.A. & Canada / Director: Christopher Radcliff, Writer and Producer: Cathy Linh Che, Producer & Cinematographer: Jess X. Snow / Runtime: 15 minutes / Vietnamese with English subtitles Awards: Short Film Jury Award: Nonfiction - Sundance Film Festival 2025 Best International Short Dox - DokuFest 2025 Special Jury Prize for Documentary Short - Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival 2025 Best International Short Documentary - Galway Film Fleadh 2025 Excellence in Short Filmmaking Documentary Award - Asian American International Film Festival 2025 Audience Award for Short Documentary - Asian American International Film Festival 2025 Air Canada Short Film Award - Toronto Reel Asian International Film Festival 2025 Best Documentary Short - San Diego Asian Film Festival 2025 DOC NYC Short List 2025 Cinema Eye Honors Shorts List 2026 Festival Screenings: Sundance Film Festival, World Premiere, 2025 Visions du Réel, International Premiere, 2025 Sheffield DocFest, UK Premiere, 2025 Champs Elysées Film Festival, French Premiere, 2025 Guanajuato Film Festival, Mexican premiere, 2025 Millennium Docs Against Gravity Film Festival, Polish Premiere, 2025 Aspen Shortsfest, Colorado Premiere, 2025 Florida Film Festival, Florida Premiere, 2025 San Francisco Film Festival, California Premiere, 2025 Chicago Critics Film Festival, Chicago Premiere, 2025, Los Angeles Asian Pacific American Film Festival, Los Angeles Premiere, 2025 Seattle International Film Festival, Seattle Premiere, 2025 Doclands Documentary Film Festival, 2025 CAAMFest, 2025 San Luis Obispo International Film Festival, 2025 Rockaway Film Festival, 2025 Nashville Film Festival, 2025 Bolton Film Festival, 2025 Viet Film Fest, 2025 Vancouver International Film Festival, 2025 OKO International Ethnographic Film Festival, 2025 Kaohsiung Film Festival, 2025 Woodstock Film Festival, 2025 Leeds Film Festival, 2025 Millennium Docs Against Gravity Film Festival, Poland 2025 San Francisco Short Film Festival, USA 2025 Loft Film Fest, USA 2025 Virginia Film Festival, USA 2025 San Diego Asian Film Festival, USA 2025 Philadelphia Asian Film Festival, USA 2025 Toronto Reel Asian International Film Festival, Canada 2025 Jogja-NETPAC Asian Film Festival, Indonesia 2025 American Film Festival, Poland 2025 Q Cinema International Film Festival, Philippines 2025 Leeds Int. Film Festival, UK 2025 Tauron American Film Festival, Poland 2025 Frontdoc, Italy 2025 Glimmerglass Film Days, USA 2025 full list and more information at: https://ift.tt/DNhJynb
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