A SUMMER'S END POEM (夏日句点)

Directed By Lam Can-zhao

China, Switzerland, Malaysia | Narrative | 15 min

In a village near the southern Chinese city Chaozhou, a boy spends the summer with his grandfather. As the last day of summer break approaches, he gathers his hard-earned savings to fulfill a dream: getting a city hairstyle. But the gap between expectation and reality is big. The story of a boy bidding farewell to his childhood and embarking on a journey of self-discovery transcends the boundaries of a small village and resonates with universal themes such as growing up and the unpredictable nature of life.

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    Film Details

    1. Chinese (Min Nan)

    2. English

    3. 2024

    4. 15 minutes

    5. Comedy, Drama, Family

    6. Narrative

    7. China, Switzerland, Malaysia

      8. 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.

      9. Lam Can-zhao

      10. Lam Can-zhao

        Yu Penghe

        Xu Shutong

      11. Cai Jingbo

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