HÀ Lệ Diễm was born in 1991 in Tay ethnic minority group living in the mountains of NortheastVietnam. She left her hometown to study journalism at the University of Social Sciences and Humanitiesin Hanoi, from where she graduated in 2013. Children of the Mist is her first feature documentary filmproject. She is a Sundance Institute Documentary Film Program Grantee.
The Asia Pacific Screen Academy expresses its respect for and acknowledgement of the South East Queensland Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities. We pay our respects to the Traditional Owners of country, including the custodial communities on whose land works are created and celebrated by the Asia Pacific Screen Awards. We acknowledge the continuing connection to land, waters and communities. We also pay our respects to Elders, past and present. We recognise the integral role Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander and First Nations peoples continue to play in storytelling and celebration spaces.
