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Holy crap my @ladygunn magazine feature is out now!!!! Thank you so much for interviewing me about my wild life journey from rhythmic gymnast to dancer to actor. ❤️🙏 Literally didn’t think I’d ever be in front of the camera again after shattering my face and overcoming facial paralysis, but here I am. We are stronger than we know. 🙏 Photography by @really_rielle Stylist @michellewustyle MUA @startsai_makeup Hair @serranostudiosla Assist @camillebersier Brands @maimisadai @le_reussi @andreannepatry @adc.charlotte @uncuffedleather @helenanthonyofficial @norieshoes @sarahregensburger_official . Also shout out to my lil sis @lexie.lukens for putting me onto this song 🎵 . #fashionphotography #laphotographer #ladygunnmagazine #fashionphotography #asianactress

🚨 BREAKING NEWS 🚨 WE WERE THE SCENERY is shortlisted at the 98th Academy Awards® for Best Documentary Short Film! So honored to be one of 15 films to make the Academy Awards® Shortlist for Best Documentary Short Film (link in bio) 🥹.  🥹✨🥭 When we started this project, we had no way of knowing where it would take us.  We only hoped that in the year 2025, on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the end of the Vietnam War, we’d be able to find a way to share Cathy’s family’s remarkable, yet until now, untold story with an audience. We never could have imagined how far it would go, or how deeply their story would resonate with people around the world. Our endless gratitude to everyone who has programmed, watched, and supported this film over the course of this unbelievable year, and to our incredible team who’ve made it all possible. It feels surreal to say it, but @WeWeretheScenery_film has made it to the Oscars shortlist!!! 💗🥭 @wewerethescenery_film has won 10+ awards/mentions in 70+ selections, including Sundance, Visions du Réel, Dokufest, Doc NYC... Director/editor @christopherradcliff Producer/writer @cathylinhche Producer/cinematographer @jessxsnow Executive producers @sukim_nyc @viet.thanh.nguyen.writer @KellyMarieTran #LinLayProductions @akemilook @sevasti____ @dmklee Jungyoon Kim, @andreas.nicholas @uynairda_ @nthonytran yamirayang makes.things & Linhao Zhang Assistant Editor / Post Supervisor @andrew.migliori Sound Design / Re-Recording Mixer @su.zhoou Original Score @infuzemusic Sound Mixer @smellydurianface Color @stephopho @raremedium.tv @travellingdistribution @dmagpr @erinowenskirby @parallaxfilms_sales with support from:  @rooftopfilms @scribevideocenter @phillyaaff @canada.council @theshedny 👉 Support us and watch/share the film! ( linktree in bio) 👉 Follow our adventure on @wewerethescenery_film #Oscars #Shortlist #Oscars2026 #wewerethescenery_film #FYC

💫New Moon in Libra has us launching an Oscars campaign!! Beyond proud to be an Executive Producer for Sundance Winning short documentary @wewerethescenery_film directed by @christopherradcliff prod @cathylinhche @jessxsnow Thank you to @theankler @janicebmin @vistahouse_la and @thompowers1 for having me at this incredible event spotlighting some powerful feature documentaries!

Motherhood: the greatest role of my life. Thank you for making me a mama. I just want to soak up every single moment.

With a collection of short films by Chinese Canadian artist and filmmaker Jess X. Snow now playing on the Criterion Channel, read Robin D. G. Kelley in conversation with Snow about these exquisitely textured, sensorially immersive works. 💙 Head to the link in our bio to for the full interview.

“Subliminal” dir. @jessxsnow out now 🪞 a love letter to the inner child within each of us, a reminder to embrace ourselves with tenderness and wonder. shot in 2022 on @kodak_shootfilm 16mm. link in my bio 💕 Directed by Jess X. Snow @jessxsnow Featuring Hollis as Herself @hollishollishollis & Madison Tend as Inner Child @madison.tend Cinematographer: Sheldon Chau @sheldonchau Producer: Akemi Look @akemilook Choreographer: Jasmine Lin @allthatjasss Art Director: June Kim @junebugkim Hair/Make Up: Jordan Nguyen @jordann_nguyen 1st AC: Tessa Kier @tessa_kier 2nd AC / Film Loader: Victor Grossling @grosslingvictor Gimbal Op: Riley Shen @rhs.cine Set Photography: Samantha Louise Lopez @samanthalouiselopez Editor: P.J. Wyderka @prehistoricjerk Colorist: Stephanie Park @stephopho Score: Chucky Kim Title: Jeremy Leung @jeremyaleung EP: Hollis Wong-Wear @hollishollishollis Production Company: @hww.work Production Coordinator: Patrick Lukens @myroneofficial Production Assistant: Shaune Lam Special Thanks @zamarinwahdat @fotokem @abelcine @old_fast_glass . Shot on @kodak_shootfilm 16mm. “Subliminal” performed by Hollis Written by Hollis Wong-Wear and Chucky Kim Released by AntiFragile Records 2022

Happy Valentine’s Day to the loves of my life ❤️ 14 years and counting @myroneofficial

When we first began talking about making a film that could tell Cathy's parents' story we truly had no expectations. We just knew it was a story worth telling. So when we travelled to Vietnam with little more than a ziplock bag of Super 8 film and a broken tripod, we had no way of knowing the resulting film would go on to premiere at Sundance, win the Short Film Jury Award for Nonfiction, travel the world, and eventually be shortlisted for the Academy Awards. As we close the circle on a year since our premiere and a wild awards-season run, we just want to express our gratitude to each person who has programmed, watched, or shared our film, to all of the amazing filmmakers we've been privileged to screen alongside, to Sundance, Criterion, Le Cinema Club, Vimeo Staff Picks, and Short of the Week for giving us such an incredible platform, and, of course, to the amazing team of individuals who gathered around this film and propelled us to go as far as we have. The great thing about creating a film is that it's never over. It exists within the continuum of the moving image now, in which new dimensions of seeing will continue to emerge and grow in complexity and beauty. Director & Editor @christopherradcliff Writer & Producer @cathylinhche Producer & Cinematographer @jessxsnow Assistant Editor / Post Supervisor @andrew.migliori Sound Design / Re-Recording Mixer @su.zhoou Additional Sound Design @mackiemallison Original Score @infuzemusic Sound Mixer @smellydurianface Color @stephopho @raremedium.tv Executive producers @sukim_nyc   @viet.thanh.nguyen.writer   @KellyMarieTran #LinLayProductions @akemilook @sevasti____ @dmklee Jungyoon Kim @andreas.nicholas    @uynairda_ @nthonytran @yamirayang & Linhao Zhang @erinowenskirby @travellingdistribution @parallaxfilms_sales @sundanceorg @criterioncollection @vimeostaffpicks @shortoftheweek @lecinemaclub PR: @dmagpr @larsenandassoc with support from: @rooftopfilms @scribevideocenter @canada.council @theshedny

We are stunned that We Were the Scenery was among Letterboxd's Top Ten Most Highly Rated Short Films of 2025! It's truly an honor. Thanks to everyone who has watched and rated our film ❤️

Many thanks for the kind words on We Were the Scenery!: “Incredibly beautiful and funny” – John Ridley in conversation with Matt Carey (@deadline ’s Doc Talk podcast) “A reminder that the peripheries of a film frame may contain life stories that are richer than whatever may occupy the centre” – Jason Anderson (@talkingshorts )- Top 3 of 2025 “The artistry impresses me more with each watch” – @jasondhi (@shortoftheweek ) #Oscars #Shortlist #Oscars2026 #wewerethescenery_film FYC

We’re incredibly honored to be among the finalists for the 14th annual Social Impact Media Awards! Thank you so much @simastudios “The SIMA 2026 Finalists show us that impact isn’t about scale, it’s about the depth of storytelling. [...] At a moment when images no longer guarantee truth, these films embrace complexity and nuance, reaffirming cinema’s power to witness the world with integrity and care. We’re deeply honored to support these storytellers and their courageous, vital work.” Daniela Kon Lieberberg, Founder & CEO of SIMA. #SIMA2026 #SIMAfinalist #fyc #wewerethescenery_film #SIMAAwards

Thanks so much to @jasondhi @shortoftheweek for including We Were the Scenery 🌿 as part of their 2026 Oscars Short Films Voter's Guide! 💜 We're so honored by Jason’s write-up!: “I went deeper into what I admire about Radcliff’s film in our featured review, but what I feel to be misunderstood is that, unique hook aside, the film is not really a “takedown” of Coppola or Apocalypse Now. The subjects are prompted to and repeatedly demur. Instead, the film is something of a matryoshka that utilizes its hypnotic approach to probe and suggest themes that are too enormous to grasp. As you open up one level, another reveals itself underneath, and if there is no clarity or revelation, something recognizable and human begins to form in the complex accumulation."