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THORN

(CÌ)

Year 2024
Runtime 15 mins
Language Mandarin Chinese
Subtitles English
World Premiere

This short film is included in the following package(s): SHORTS: DIRRTY


On the evening of an unseasonably warm Moon Festival, a Chinese immigrant mother goes about her

ordinary routine of cooking dinner while controlling her daughter’s every move with a sharp tongue. But what

is brewing beneath the surface? As night falls, a sinister figure emerges to threaten this small household.

Countries

Canada
Director
Yuqi Kang
Executive Producer
Canadian Film Centre
Producer
Lee Marshall, Isoken Ogiemwonyi
Screenwriter
Yuqi Kang
Cinematographer
Morgana McKenzie
Editor
Marina Bykina
Music
Anthony William Wallace
Cast
Rachel Jay Kuang, Sandy Lynch