A Summer's End Poem
TITLE
A Summer’s End Poem
DIRECTOR
Lam Can-Zhao
COUNTRY
China, Switzerland, Malaysia
YEAR
2024
DURATION
15′
GENRE
Live action
A Summer's End Poem
Shortly before the end of the summer holidays, a country boy spends his savings on his dream of a city hairstyle – with surprising results. A story about bidding farewell to childhood and the poetic end of a summer.
DIRECTOR BIOGRAPHY - Lam Can-Zhao
Lam Can-zhao, a Chinese filmmaker born in 1994, made his directorial debut at the age of 20 with "THE DOG," a low-budget feature film that brought him into the spotlight. In 2023, he produced, wrote, and edited the short film "A Bright Sunny Day," which was selected for LA CINEF at the 76th Cannes Film Festival. In 2024, his short film "A Summer's End Poem," for which he served as writer, director, producer, and editor, won Best Short Film at the 74th Berlinale Generation Kplus competition. So far, his films have been invited to exhibit in over 300 festivals worldwide, including Visions du Réel, Los Angeles Asian Pacific FF, Jeonju IFF, Shanghai IFF, Beijing IFF, Moscow IFF, Durban IFF, Les Rencontres d'Arles, DocAviv, Kerala
- DirectorLam Can-Zhao
- ScreenplayLam Can-Zhao
- CinematographyWenhua Pan
- CastJingbo Cai
- Editing Lam Can-zhao
- Producer/s Lam Can-zhao, Tammy Tai
- Production CompanyShanxian Medi
- Distributor/s
- Project TitleA Summer's End Poem
- Project TypeFiction
- Completion Date 1 January 2024
- Country of originChina, Switzerland, Malaysia
- Country of filmingChina, Switzerland, Malaysia
- LanguageChinese - Min Nan
- First-time Filmmaker No
- Student ProjectNo
Lam Can-Zhao
Lam Can-zhao, a Chinese filmmaker born in 1994, made his directorial debut at the age of 20 with "THE DOG," a low-budget feature film that brought him into the spotlight. In 2023, he produced, wrote, and edited the short film "A Bright Sunny Day," which was selected for LA CINEF at the 76th Cannes Film Festival. In 2024, his short film "A Summer's End Poem," for which he served as writer, director, producer, and editor, won Best Short Film at the 74th Berlinale Generation Kplus competition. So far, his films have been invited to exhibit in over 300 festivals worldwide, including Visions du Réel, Los Angeles Asian Pacific FF, Jeonju IFF, Shanghai IFF, Beijing IFF, Moscow IFF, Durban IFF, Les Rencontres d'Arles, DocAviv, Kerala
