Born Sweet - A new Documentary by Cynthia Wade

Born Sweet (2010)

Director/Producer: Cynthia Wade
Editor: David Teague

A boy comes of age in rural Cambodia while struggling with arsenic poisoning and dreaming of becoming a karaoke star (28 min).
 

 

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awards
  • Sundance Film Festival 2010 - Honorable Mention in Short Filmmaking
  • Aspen ShortsFest 2010 - Best Documentary
  • Ashland International Film Festival 2010 - Best Short Documentary
  • Atlanta Film Festival 2010 - Best Short Documentary
  • The Independent Film Festival of Boston 2010 - Grand Jury Prize
  • The Louisville International Film Festival 2010 - Best Short Documentary
  • Hamptons International Film Festival 2010 - Audience Award for Best Short Documentary
  • The Indianapolis International Film Festival 2010 - Eric Parker Social Justice Award
  • Palm Springs ShortFest 2010 - Audience Award Best Documentary Short
  • Festival Internacional de Cine Ambiental (FINCA) 2010 - First Prize

 
Official
  • Sundance Film Festival 2010 (Park City, UT)
    • World Premiere
    • WINNER: Honorable Mention in Short filmmaking

  • Big Sky Documentary Film Festival 2010 (Missoula, MT)

  • True/False Documentary Film Festival 2010 (Columbia, MO)

  • The San Francisco Asian American Film Festival 2010 (San Francisco, CA)

  • The Indianapolis International Film Festival 2010 (Indianapolis, IN) -
    • WINNER: Eric Parker Social Justice Award

  • Palm Springs ShortFest 2010 (Palm Springs, CA)
    • WINNER: Audience Award Documentary Short

  • Rooftop Films 2010 (New York, NY)

  • The Louisville International Film Festival 2010 (Louisville, KY)
    • WINNER: Best Short Documentary

  • Hamptons International Film Festival 2010 (The Hamptons, New York) -
    • WINNER: Audience Award for Best Short Documentary

  • AFI-Discovery Channel Silverdocs Documentary Festival 2010 (Silver Spring, MD)
  • Los Angeles Film Festival 2010 (Los Angeles, CA)

  • Gainesville Environmental Film Festival 2010 (Gainesville, FL)

  • Yale University Environmental Film Festival 2010 (New Haven, CT)

  • Aspen ShortsFest 2010 (Aspen, CO)
    • WINNER: Best Documentary

  • Full Frame Documentary Film Festival 2010 (Durham, NC)

  • Ashland International Film Festival 2010 (Ashland, OR)
    • WINNER: Best Documentary Short

  • Sarasota Film Festival 2010 (Sarasota, FL)

  • Atlanta Film Festival 2010 (Atlanta, GA)
    • WINNER: Best Documentary Short

  • The Florida Film Festival 2010 (Maitland, FL)

  • Nashville Film Festival 2010 (Nashville, TN)

  • Rincon Film Festival 2010 (Rincon, Puerto Rico)

  • The Independent Film Festival of Boston 2010 (Boston, MA)
    • WINNER: Grand Jury Prize

  • London International Documentary Film Festival 2010 (London, England)
    • International Premiere

  • DisOrient Film Festival 2010 (Eugene, OR)

  • Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival 2010 (Los Angeles, CA)

  • UC Davis Asian American Film Festival 2010 (Davis, CA)

  • EcoFocus Film Festival 2010 (Athens, GA)

  • Gig Harbor Festival 2010 (Gig Harbor, WA)

  • Reel Earth Film Festival 2010 (New Zealand)

  • CineAmbiente Environmental Film Festival 2010 (Italy)

  • International Environmental Film Festival of Barcelona, Spain 2010 (Barcelona, Spain)

  • Waterfront Film Festival 2010 (Saugatuck, Michigan)

  • Big Sur Short Film Series at the Henry Miller Library 2010 (Big Sur, CA)

  • InDPanda Int'l Short Film Festival 2010 (Hong Kong, China)

  • Woodstock Film Festival 2010 (Woodstock, NY)

  • EcoFocus Film Festival 2010 (Athens, GA)

  • San Diego Asian Film Festival 2010 (San Diego, CA)

  • Gig Harbor Film Festival 2010 (Gig Harbor, WA)

  • Rocky Mountain Women's Film Festival 2010 (Colorado Springs, CO)

  • UN Int'l Film Festival of Monterrey 2010 (Monterrey, CA)

  • Tutti Nello Stesso Piatto 2010 (Italy)

  • Margaret Mead Film Festival 2010 (New York, NY)

  • International Film Festival of Paris 2010 (Paris, France)

  • SE Asian Film Festival of Honolulu 2010 (Honolulu, HI)

  • Festival Internacional de Cine Ambiental (FINCA) 2010 (Argentina)
    • WINNER: First Prize

     

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