

We Were the Scenery
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In 1975, soon after the end of the Vietnam War, Hoa Thi Le and Hue Nguyen Che fled the country on a small boat. After nine days at sea, they docked in the Philippines, where they were utilized as background extras for “Apocalypse Now.”
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- Released
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- Language
- Vietnamese
- vietnam war
- vietnam
- philippines
- found footage
- mixed media
- super 8
- apocalypse now
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Philippines, United States of America, Vietnam, Canada
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United StatesUS
- PremiereSundance Film Festival25 Jan 2025
- PremierePalm Springs International Short Film Festival25 Jun 2025
BulgariaBG
- PremiereOKO International Ethnographic Film Festival: Bulgarian Edition4 Oct 2025
KosovoXK
- PremiereDokuFest International Documentary and Short Film Festival3 Aug 2025
PhilippinesPH
- PremiereQCinema International Film Festival14 Nov 2025
PolandPL
- PremiereDocs Against Gravity Film Festival9 May 2025
South KoreaKR
- PremiereDiaspora Film Festival23 May 2026
SwitzerlandCH
- PremiereVisions du Réel International Film Festival Nyon 6 Apr 2025
TaiwanTW
- PremiereKaohsiung Film Festival16 Oct 2025
UkraineUA
- PremiereOKO International Ethnographic Film Festival: Ukrainian Edition6 Sept 2025
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We Were the Scenery was released on 25 January 2025.
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