A Summer’s End Poem

Switzerland, China, Malaysia, 2024, 15 minutes, Color, Chinese; Turkish captioned, English subtitled

2024 Berlin International Film Festival; Special Prize of Generation Kplus International Jury for the Best Short Film, Topanga Film Festival; Best Fiction Short Film, Beirut Shorts International Film Festival; Film Best Short Fiction Film

Director: Lam Can-zhao

Screenplay: Lam Can-zhao, He Yupeng, Xu Shutong
Cinematography: Wenhua Pan
Editing: Lam Can-zhao
Music: Qingfeng Mu
Sound: Wenhua Lai
Producer: Lam Can-zhao, Tammy Tai
Production: Shanxian Media
Cast: Cai Jingbao, Cai Liyu, Lan Zhongqing

In a village near the southern Chinese city of Chaozhou, a boy has spent the summer with his grandfather. As the last day of the holidays approaches, he gathers together his hard-earned savings to fulfil a dream: he has long yearned for a city hairstyle. But the gap between expectation and reality is large.