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Where the Sun Shines Bright

Where the Sun Shines Bright

Lam Can-zhao 2026 66 min China/ Switzerland/ Canada/ Malaysia

NEW-Poster

阳光灿烂的地方 – Lam Can-zhao

In Where the Sun Shines Bright, an 18-year-old boy facing the uncertainty of adulthood finds his own story reflected in the lives of four children in the same village—parallel journeys of left-behind childhood shaped by resilience and the fragile brightness of growing up.

Director

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 and was longlisted for the 98th Oscars for Best Live Action Short Film.