The Poseidon Project
In June, 1931, one of Britain’s most lethal submarines collided with a merchant steamer and sank off the coast of China. Three hours later, six men bobbed to the surface. Their miraculous story changed marine safety forever. Their names, and their submarine, quickly sank into obscurity. Explorer and author Steven Schwankert spent five years working [...]
The Last Word
In 1998, an eccentric British ex-army officer called Mark Kitto set up an illegal English-language magazine in China. Despite strict media censorship, he kept going though thick and thin, encouraged by a readership that came to refer to the publication as Shanghai’s Time Out or sometimes simply “The Bible”. In 2004, for the first time, [...]
Shanghai Corporate Pavilion
Shanghai Corporate Pavilion was the flagship monument to Shanghai’s corporate community at the 2010 World Expo. LP Films followed the design, construction and operation of the pavilion throughout 2009 and 2010, recording the extraordinary collaboration of a team of international creative powerhouses. The result is a moving and inspirational film about how corporations’ responsibility to [...]
Special Olympics
On October 2, 2007, the Special Olympics World Summer Games Opening Ceremony was watched by hundreds of millions of people across the planet and widely covered by global media giants including Xinhua News, Reuters, the BBC and Dow Jones. This groundbreaking event was the culmination of four years’ work by a truly international creative team. [...]
A Farewell Song
Luo Shoucheng, Tu Weigang and Weng Zhenfa are celebrated musicians in China. They have played traditional instruments for 40 years or more and are about to take a leap into the unknown. They all retired last year, which means no more state-backed concerts and no more classes at the Shanghai Music Conservatory. They should be [...]
