Before the Sea Forgets

Indonesian Premiere

Synopsis

Sinopsis

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 paths.

Schedule

Jadwal

Director's Biography

Biografi Sutradara

Ngoc Duy Le

Born in 2000 in Da Nang, Le Ngoc Duy is a filmmaker exploring the politics of memory, history, queer expression, and Central Vietnamese heritage. His recent works examine the influence of official narratives on shaping collective memory and the dominant role of larger systems in the construction of history.

"Before the Sea Forgets," his latest short film, was an official selection in Cannes’ Directors' Fortnight 2025 and a Queer Palm nominee. He is one of the Prince Claus Fund’s Seed Awardees 2025 and a Locarno Filmmakers Academy 2025 participant. In 2024, he received a production grant from the CJ Short Filmmaking Project in Vietnam.

As a member of A Sông Art Collective, Duy also organizes and co-curates Cinema of Peasants (Cinema CNN), a grassroots project promoting local independent cinema.

Credit

Kredit

Production Company	N/A
Producer	Phan Nguyet Minh Nguyen, Wan Ping Looi
Director	Ngoc Duy Le
Scriptwriter	Ngoc Duy Le
Cinematographer	Wan Ping Looi
Production Designer	Doan Gia Hy
Editor	Ngoc Duy Le
Main Cast	Tran The Manh, Nguyen Le Son
Director’s filmography	Cuối giường dậy lên một tiếng gọi The House That Stays Director, Writer, Editor, Sound Designer 2024 15 minutes Documentary, Experimental
Notable Achievement	Cannes Director’s Fortnight Locarno International Film Festival Queer Lisboa MISFF: Macao International Shorts Film Festival Montreal Festival of New Cinema
Contact	[email protected]