
Person
Lam Can-zhao
Directing · Born 1994-12-11
Biography
Lam Can-zhao is a Chinese filmmaker born in 1994. His short film A Bright Sunny Day was selected for LA CINEF at the 76th Cannes Film Festival. In 2024, A Summer’s End Poem won Best Short Film at 74th Berlinale Generation Kplus and qualified for the 98th Academy Awards. To date, his films have screened at hundreds of international film festivals, including the Shanghai International Film Festival, Karlovy Vary International Film Festival, Visions du Réel, Raindance Film Festival, Hawaii International Film Festival, Jeonju International Film Festival, Valencia International Film Festival, Internationale Kurzfilmtage Winterthur, and the Sarajevo Film Festival.
Known for

Showtime
Director

Animal World
Director

Love Me Tender
Producer

Where the Sun Shines Bright
Director

Summer Delivery
Director

A Summer’s End Poem
Director

The Dog
Director

Next Stop, Somewhere
Editor

Old Fashion, New Life
Director

The Fish
Writer
Filmography
- 2026Summer DeliveryDirector
- 2026ShowtimeDirector
- 2026Where the Sun Shines BrightDirector
- 2025When The Tiger RoarsDirector
- 2025Next Stop, SomewhereEditor
- 2024A Summer’s End PoemDirector
- 2023Old Fashion, New LifeDirector
- 2023A Bright Sunny DayProducer
- 2021Love Me TenderProducer
- 2021The FishWriter
- 2018Animal WorldDirector
- 2016The DogDirector
- —The Numbered WomenDirector
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