- Laurel Films
Laurel Films is an independent
Beijing -basedproduction company , operated by producer and screenwriter Fang Li. The company has produced several independent films from directors like Wang Chao, Li Yu andLou Ye .The company was founded in 2000 by Fang Li, as an outgrowth of his earth sciences technological company Laurel Industrial Company, Inc. [cite web|url=http://www.haf.org.hk/haf/pdf/project06/project15.pdf|publisher=
Hong Kong International Film Festival Society|title=Lost in Beijing|accessdate=2008-01-20]Controversies
Unfortunately for the company, both "Lost in Beijing" and "Summer Palace" were banned from domestic distribution. With "Summer Palace" Lou Ye and producer Nai An were banned from making films for five years by Chinese authorities. [cite web | url = http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117949488.html?categoryid=1442&cs=1 | title = China gives 'Palace' pair 5-year bans | accessdate = 2008-01-20 | author = Variety Staff |date= 2006-09-04 | publisher = Variety.com]
With the banning of "Lost", on the other hand, the company and Fang were also faulted for distributing illegal and "pornographic" film clips on the internet. [cite web|url=http://www.varietyasiaonline.com/content/view/5233/| title= Li and Fang banned from film-making|publisher=Variety | author=Coonan, Clifford| date=2008-01-04 |accessdate=2008-01-20] Fang has claimed that these clips were derived from pirated copies, and that neither he nor the company can be faulted for their release over the internet. [cite web|url= http://www.china.org.cn/english/entertainment/238152.htm | title = Chinese film firm banned over graphic advert| publisher =
Xinhua News Agency | date = 2008-01-04|accessdate = 2008-01-20]Productions
* "
The Orphan of Anyang " (2001, Wang Chao)
* "Day and Night" (2004, Wang Chao)
* "Dam Street " (2005, Li Yu)
* "Summer Palace" (2006, Lou Ye)
* "Lost in Beijing " (2007, Li Yu)References
External links
* [http://www.imdb.com/company/co0164848/ Laurel Films] (cn) from the
Internet Movie Database
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