End of Summer (2017)
A coming-of-age family drama timid fifth grader, an orthodox middle-aged teacher, and a grumpy old man experiencing their first awakening to true self during the 1998 World Cup in China.
102' / Color / 1.85: 1 / 5.1 / Mandarin / China
Tencent Penguin Pictures, Ethan Culture Development & Each Other Films Present
Starring Zhang Songwen, Tan Zhuo, Ku Pao-Ming, Dong Qing & Introducing Rong Zishan
Tencent Penguin Pictures, Ethan Culture Development & Each Other Films Present
Starring Zhang Songwen, Tan Zhuo, Ku Pao-Ming, Dong Qing & Introducing Rong Zishan
KNN Award - 22nd Busan International Film Festival, 2017
HAF Award - 13th Hong Kong - Asia Film Financing Forum, 2015
Nominated for Best Debut Feature Film, Best Supporting Actor, Best Supporting Actress - 14th Changchun Film Festival, 2018
Nominated for Best Debut Feature Film - 25th Beijing College Student Film Festival, 2018
HAF Award - 13th Hong Kong - Asia Film Financing Forum, 2015
Nominated for Best Debut Feature Film, Best Supporting Actor, Best Supporting Actress - 14th Changchun Film Festival, 2018
Nominated for Best Debut Feature Film - 25th Beijing College Student Film Festival, 2018
"End of Summer lively recreated the immatureness, purity, sincerity and pain of childhood which we all once experienced yet fading." - Tian Zhuangzhuang, Director
“A children's film yet for all Chinese men.” - Sha Dan, Chief Curator, China Film Archive
"End of Summer offers a gentler approach to many of the major concerns that grip contemporary Chinese cinema.” - David Ehrlich, Senior Film Critic , IndieWire
“A children's film yet for all Chinese men.” - Sha Dan, Chief Curator, China Film Archive
"End of Summer offers a gentler approach to many of the major concerns that grip contemporary Chinese cinema.” - David Ehrlich, Senior Film Critic , IndieWire