RKS 2025 Canadian Short Film: “Sorry for Your Cost”: Death is More Than Dying

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Ren (Adeline Lo) is an aspiring teenage actor with a dream of attending the Studio Northwest acting programme and saved cash to accompany it.

Ren’s mother (Olivia Cheng) reads the acceptance letter from Studio Northwest and the family is ecstatic. Life throws a wrench as Ren’s mother suddenly dies.

The family lives in decibel wise quasi-Blues Brother Chicago style lodgings with a subway rocketing below shaking the entire home. Funeral expenses of any substantial amount are not in the family’s budget as they soon determine after attending a funeral services provider DYING: Eternity Starts Here. Corporate smoothness and upsells echo about the corporate offices more a Shinto temple than a place of business.

Ren has the funds for a burial suitable for her mother but that means she will not attend her dream acting programme. What is her decision?

A poignant family drama intertwined with a gentle but cutting satire of the “funeral business”.

Vancouver is a world class hub for innovative and creative shorts as I have witnessed repeatedly with its Crazy8’s event. Just add on “Sorry for Your Costs” as world class short.

It will debut at the 48th Asian American International Film Festival on 3August2025 at the Regal Union Square Cinema.

Writer and director is Rosie Choo Pidcock.

RKS 2025 Canadian Short Film Rating 91/100.

Published by Robert K Stephen (CSW)

Robert K Stephen writes about food ,drink, travel, film, and lifestyle issues. He also has published serialized novels "Life at Megacorp", "Virus # 26, "Reggie the Egyptian Rescue Dog" and "The Penniless Pensioner" Robert was the first associate member of the Wine Writers’ Circle of Canada. He also holds a Mindfulness Certification from the University of Leiden and the University of Toronto. Be it Spanish cured meat, dried fruit, BBQ, or recycled bamboo place mats, Robert endeavours to escape the mundane, which is why he has established this publication. His motto is, "Have Story, Will Write."

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