Laurel Films
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| foundation = {{Start date and age|2000}}
| location_city = Beijing
| location_country = China
| key_people = Fang Li
| industry = Chinese cinema
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Laurel Films is an independent Beijing-based production company, operated by producer and screenwriter Fang Li. The company has produced several independent films from directors such Wang Chao, Li Yu and Lou 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 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20071218143043/http://www.haf.org.hk/haf/pdf/project06/project15.pdf |archivedate=2007-12-18 }}
Controversies
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 = https://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 unlicensed copies, and that neither he nor the company can be faulted for their release online.{{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)
- Buddha Mountain (2010, Li Yu)
- Double Xposure (2012, Li Yu)
- The Continent (2014, Han Han)
- Ever Since We Love (2015, Li Yu)
References
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External links
- [https://www.imdb.com/company/co0164848/ Laurel Films] (cn) from the Internet Movie Database
{{Film production companies of China}}
Category:Film production companies of China
Category:2000 establishments in China
Category:Companies based in Beijing
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