Laurel Films

Laurel Films
Company type	Production company
Industry	Chinese cinema
Founded	2000; 24 years ago (2000)
Headquarters	Beijing , China
Key people	Fang Li

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.^[1]

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.^[2]

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.^[3] 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.^[4]

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

^ "Lost in Beijing" (PDF). Hong Kong International Film Festival Society. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2007-12-18. Retrieved 2008-01-20.
^ Variety Staff (2006-09-04). "China gives 'Palace' pair 5-year bans". Variety.com. Retrieved 2008-01-20.
^ Coonan, Clifford (2008-01-04). "Li and Fang banned from film-making". Variety. Retrieved 2008-01-20.
^ "Chinese film firm banned over graphic advert". Xinhua News Agency. 2008-01-04. Retrieved 2008-01-20.