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The Sinking of the Lisbon Maru
Затопление лайнера Lisbon Maru
Premiere: Russian premiere
Production country: China
Year of production: 2023
Length: 122 min.
Rating (age category): 16+
Film-category (genre): Documentary
Director: Fang Li
Producer: LI Yan
Composer: Nicolas Errèra
DOP: Florian J.E. Zinke
Editor: LI Tianming
Sound director: Rocky Zhang
Production company: Laurel Films
Production country: China
Year of production: 2023
Length: 122 min.
Rating (age category): 16+
Film-category (genre): Documentary
Director: Fang Li
Producer: LI Yan
Composer: Nicolas Errèra
DOP: Florian J.E. Zinke
Editor: LI Tianming
Sound director: Rocky Zhang
Production company: Laurel Films
Chinese filmmaker and geophysicist Fang Li investigates the undisclosed military tragedy of the sinking of the "Lisbon Maru." He conducts research and meets with participants in the incident: British, Japanese, American, and Chinese. The film explores love and humanity in the context of war, commemorating the forgotten prisoners of war.
Selected festival history
2024
- Shanghai International Film Festival
- Asian World Film Festival
- Electric Shadows festival
- Fang LiDIRECTOR'S BIOGRAPHY:
Fang Li is a film producer and writer. Founder of Laurel Films and Laurel Technologies. Geophysicist by training.
DIRECTOR'S FILMOGRAPHY:
2023 – The Sinking of the Lisbon Maru
2022 – The Fallen Bridge
2015 – Ever Since We Loved
2014 – The Continent
2012 – Double Xposure