Chau, Beyond the Lines

Description

Official Selection

Big Sky Documentary Film Fest
Florida Film Festival
New Orleans Film Festival
Hot Springs Documentary Film Fest
Tallgrass Film Festival
DocsDF – Mexico City
Split Film Festival – Croatia
St Louis Int’l Film Festival

Accolades

ACADEMY AWARD NOMINEE
Best Documentary, Short Subject

WINNER Best Short Doc Jury Award
Austin Film Festival
Fort Lauderdale Int’l Film Festival

WINNER Best Documentary Short Film
Irvine International Film Festival

National Jury Award for Best Doc Short Film
USA Film Festival

Synopsis

During the Vietnam War, the United States dropped 20 million gallons of chemicals onto the dense jungles of Vietnam, in order to rid the Northern Vietnamese Army of their food and cover. More than 40 years later, Chau, a teenager living in a Vietnamese care center for kids disabled by the chemical Agent Orange, battles with the reality of his dream to one day become a professional artist. With a rare disability in his arms and legs, Chau is repeatedly told his dream is not only unrealistic but impossible. At age 17 and against all odds, Chau ventures out into the real world to see, if in fact, he can make his dream a reality.

Director

Courtney Marsh, originally from South Florida, received her BFA from UCLA’s School of Film and Television. Upon graduating, Courtney worked extensively in the camera department under the mentorship of Salvatore Totino, ASC, AIC. Her short films have screened internationally and she has participated in programs with the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences as well as Film Independent. Currently, Courtney is traveling to festivals to promote two of her short films while writing her first feature screenplay.