Luo Li

An independent filmmaker. He was born and grew up in Wuhan, China. He studied film production and obtained his MFA at York University in Toronto, Canada.
Since 2005, Li has made short experimental films and feature-length documentary and fiction films.
His first feature is I went to the zoo the other day (2009), which was shot on location at the Toronto Zoo. In 2010 he directed Rivers and my father, then Emperor Visits the Hell (2013) and Li Wen at East Lake (2015). Li’s works have won awards and screened at international film festivals including International Film Festival Rotterdam, and Hong Kong International Film Festival. In 2015, TIFF (Toronto International Film Festival) Cinematheque presented the retrospective series “You Can’t Go Home Again – the Films of Luo Li” that showcased most of Li’s works.