Luo Li is an independent film director and screenwriter. He was born
and grew up in China; he studied film and obtained his MFA in
Canada.Li's experimental short films Fly and Ornithology garnered
recognition for their use of abstract imagery; they screened
internationally in festivals/galleries including Cinematheque Ontario
and Images Festival (both Toronto, Ontario, Canada), the Festival de
Nouveau Cinema (Montreal, Quebec, Canada), and Reyes Hecoles Gallery
(Mexico City, Mexico).His first feature film, I went to the zoo the
other day (2009), screened at the Buenos Aires International Festival
of Independent Cinema in Argentina. His second feature film, Rivers
and my father (2010) premiered at the 7th China Independent Film
Festival (2010) and won the Jury Prize. It also won the Image Prize at
Images Festival in 2011 and later screened at the Jeonju International
Film Festival and the CPH:DOX (Denmark). His third feature film,
Emperor Visits the Hell (2012) premiered at the Vancouver
International Film Festival (2012) and won the Dragons and Tigers
Award.His fourth feature film, Li Wen at East Lake (2015), screened at
the International Film Festival of Rotterdam and received critical
acclaim; The Hollywood Reporter called it "A winning hybrid of
documentary and drama, and of comedy and tragedy" and dubbed Li a
"festival favorite." His work received a retrospective at the TIFF
Bell Lightbox in Toronto in 2015.
and grew up in China; he studied film and obtained his MFA in
Canada.Li's experimental short films Fly and Ornithology garnered
recognition for their use of abstract imagery; they screened
internationally in festivals/galleries including Cinematheque Ontario
and Images Festival (both Toronto, Ontario, Canada), the Festival de
Nouveau Cinema (Montreal, Quebec, Canada), and Reyes Hecoles Gallery
(Mexico City, Mexico).His first feature film, I went to the zoo the
other day (2009), screened at the Buenos Aires International Festival
of Independent Cinema in Argentina. His second feature film, Rivers
and my father (2010) premiered at the 7th China Independent Film
Festival (2010) and won the Jury Prize. It also won the Image Prize at
Images Festival in 2011 and later screened at the Jeonju International
Film Festival and the CPH:DOX (Denmark). His third feature film,
Emperor Visits the Hell (2012) premiered at the Vancouver
International Film Festival (2012) and won the Dragons and Tigers
Award.His fourth feature film, Li Wen at East Lake (2015), screened at
the International Film Festival of Rotterdam and received critical
acclaim; The Hollywood Reporter called it "A winning hybrid of
documentary and drama, and of comedy and tragedy" and dubbed Li a
"festival favorite." His work received a retrospective at the TIFF
Bell Lightbox in Toronto in 2015.
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