Before the Sea Forgets

Ngọc Duy LÊ

Quinzaine 2025 | Short film | 17 min | Singapore |

World premiere

On Da Nang's peninsula, where echoes of war linger, a gay tourist couple searches for a forgotten Vietnamese soldier's grave, shadowed by a mysterious skate crew carving their own paths.

Artistic & technical sheet

Contacts

With

Trần Thế Mạnh,
Nguyễn Lê Sơn

Screenplay

Lê Ngọc Duy

Sound

Sigon Sound Production, Vũ Thành Long

Music

tttc (Nguyên Anh)

Photography

Looi Wan Ping

Editing

Lê Ngọc Duy

Production design

Đoàn Gia Hỷ

Da Nang-born filmmaker Lê Ngọc Duy explores the politics of memory, history, queer expression, and Central Vietnamese heritage in his work. He is writing his debut feature film. A core member of A Sông Collective in Da Nang, he also organizes and co-programs the film screening initiative Cinema CNN (Cinema of the Peasants).