Filming wartime stories in Vietnam

September 20, 1965, while serving as a crew chief aboard, Mr. Airman First Class William Andrew Robinson (a U.S. Air Force Rescue helicopter) was shot down and captured by Ms. Lai Thi Kim Nguyen – a Vietnamese guerrilla in Ha Tinh Province, Vietnam.

30 years later, Robinson and Nguyen met again in 1995 because of a documentary filming project named “The reunion after 30 years” by Japanese filmmakers from NHK and Vietnamese filmmakers from National Documentary and Scientific Film Studio.

This picture shows that the two people who were on opposite sides fighting each other, can be friends after the war. And if the war didn’t happen, they could have been friends from the beginning.

From July 18-23, 2023, VFF provided permits & fixer services for August Pictures, a Singaporean production company, to film Vietnam episode – Wartime Food series for Singaporean Channel Mediacorp. This episode feature Darren Lim – a famous Singaporean actor, on his quest to understand and experience food during the hardships of Vietnam war era.

In this episode, we had chance to speak with, and film with:

From July 18-23, 2023, VFF provided permits & fixer services for August Pictures, a Singaporean production company, to film Vietnam episode – Wartime Food series for Singaporean Channel Mediacorp. This episode feature Darren Lim – a famous Singaporean actor, on his quest to understand and experience food during the hardships of Vietnam war era.

It was a great pleasure to have worked with: Jing Ying, Lemmon, Director Ron Woo, Darren Lim, and two wonderful cameramen to capture great stories of:

+ Egg coffee at @noicafedanang ,
+ Ms. Tu Pham – war invalid and veteran and her family in Da Nang, Vietnam
+ Mr. Do Tan Cuong and @caphedophu
+ Mr. Chia Huynh – war invalid and veteran and @cuchitunnel
+ Scorched rice with vegetarian braised fish sauce at https://maps.app.goo.gl/GWTiFWRX7tpKoqyQA

It was a challenging story to work with, and thus, rewarding 😊

Ms. Tu Pham – mother of