OSCARS® FYC: Screening | Reception for the Chinese Documentary ‘The Sinking of the Lisbon Maru’

Silvia Bizio moderates Q&A with Director Fang Li

An OSCARS® FYC screening and reception for the Chinese documentary ‘The Sinking of the Lisbon Maru’ was held at The Crescent Theater in Beverly Hills on December 10, 2024.

Synopsis: A documentary about the 1942 torpedoing of a Japanese freighter that carried British prisoners of war during World War II. The film tells the story of the sinking of the Japanese freighter and the heroic efforts of the Chinese fishermen who helped to rescue the young British POW survivors. (China). The film features interviews with two of the last surviving British POWs (now sadly deceased), as well as family members of the lost men.

EO Founder  Apple TungFong, Director Fang Li

Sandro Monetti (CCA, BAFTA,BBC), Director Fang Li

Artist Jane Goren sketches Director Fang Li

Apple TungFong, Golden Globe Member Silvia Bizio

Photos: Tshombe Sampson