Canker
2022
Directed by Lin Tu
As the flashy life of the influencer girl 33 gets crazier, the canker inside, her lower lip grows larger as well…
Awards: Nominated for Leitz Cine Discovery Prize, Short Film Competition in 61st Semaine de la Critique, Cannes Film Festival
Genre: Drama
Run time: 15 minutes
Language: Mandarin w/ English Subtitles
Lin is a writer/director, graduated from Peking University and Northwestern University’s Writing for the Screen and Stage MFA. Her most recent short film CANKER, is selected by the short film competition of the 61st Semaine de la Critique, Cannes Film Festival, as a finalist of ONE’S YOUNG’s “Short Film Projects For Female Directors”. Her directing debut, Sports Day, was screened at Sitges Film Festival, Encounters Film Festival, and distributed by ALTER. Her feature project SULI has been selected by project markets of BIFAN, Shanghai IFF, China Youth Film Week. A BIFAN Fantastic Film School 2020 alumni.