Rain Li
 

SHOWREEL

 
 

FEATURE FILM

 

BEJING NEW YORK

DIRECTED BY RAIN LI

Beijing New York entwines through time, distance and culture. The story is set in the backdrop of the unique cultural timing,  2008 -  the highlight of Chinese economy. It tells an epic yet intimate story about a woman caught in between two men, two countries, dream and reality. 

 

The film Beijing New York has won 5 awards INCLUDING but not limited to THE Award of Excellence Special Mention at the ACCOLADE FILM FESTIVAL and BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY & FEATURE FILM AT THE INDIEFEST 2016. Beijing New york also received more then 20 nominations at 8 film festivals worldwide. 

 
 

SHORT FILM

 
 

US

 

It’s a touching story about a Mother and a Daughter who finally reunite after having not been touch for ten years. When the daughter finds her mother she is suffering from Alzheimer diseases. It explores an interesting bond between mother and daughter. 

The film is dedicated to all Mothers on Mother’s Day” and has received 70M online viewers on a single day. An internet sensation.
 


 
 
 
 

COMMERCIAL

 

HERMÈS

“Beauty”

WESTIN

"Let’s Rise"

feat HUANG XUAN

BAUME&MERCIER 

"Union"

 feat CHEN KUN

SECCO

“Father”

COCA-COLA

“Together Tastes Better”

WESTIN

"A Better Life"

 feat Liu Tao

OPPO

“18 Years Innovation”

SECOO  

"Wedding"

 


 

CLARINS

"A Golden Stroke of Brilliance"

feat DILRABA

MAYBELLINE

“Hyperglossy”

DOVE

“Chocolate”

feat Tang Wei

MV

 

MV (INTEL)

“Rainy Days”

FEAT CHRIS LEE

MV

“Deepest Shame”

FEAT plan b

 

YOHJI YAMAMOTO

"The Man With the Suitcase" 

Art Installation

"Awakening" 

MV

“Beautiful Cause You Love Me”

FEAT Girls aloud

MV (2020 Tokyo Olympic)

“Ready”

FEAT Lang lang and etc.

MV

“Promises”

FEAT nero


 

FASHION

PHILIP LIM 3.1

"After Dark"

FEAT Gong baby/geng le

Art Installation

"Red" 


 

DRIES VAN NOTEN

 
 

FEATURE FILM

 
 

Beijing New York

is a touching and complex love story that bridges time, distance and culture, intertwining the lives of two Chinese childhood friends and an American artist. It is set against the backdrop of economic power shift between China and America. As the film's complex love triangle takes the audience on a wild ride, interweaving its way through the plot and each character's unique existence, it ultimately forces each of them to face life's eternal questions head-on.

BEIJING, NEW YORK is a truthful and thrilling look into the journey to find true happiness and the joy, pain and adventure that ensues when one is forced to integrate their dreams into reality. 

THE FILM BEIJING NEW YORK HAS WON 5 AWARDS INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE AWARD OF EXCELLENCE SPECIAL MENTION AT THE ACCOLADE FILM FESTIVAL AND BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY & FEATURE FILM AT THE INDIEFEST 2016. BEIJING NEW YORK AD ALSO RECEIVED MORE THEN 20 NOMINATION AT 8 FILM FESTIVALS WORLDWIDE. 


Paranoid Park

The film is an adaptation of Blake Nelsons grim coming of age novel, of the same name.

Alex is a withdrawn 16 year old boy who discovers Paranoid Park. Here is where he writes about his experiences including a guard being killed, trying to relieve his feeling of guilt. While dealing with the common teenage angst including the separation process of his parents and the sexual heat of his virgin girlfriend Jennifer.

This film received the 60th Anniversary award at Cannes Film Festival 2008. It has won 6 other awards including Best Director and Cinematographer and has had more than 10 nomination for other awards worldwide.  


Paris Je T'aime

Paris Je t'aime is about the plurality of cinema in one mythic location: Paris, the city of love. Twenty filmmakers have have minutes each: the audience must weave a single narrative out of twenty moments. Each transition starts with the last show of the previous film, extending the enchantment and the emotion of the previous segment. The common theme is Paris and love fuses all. 

This Film won Best Foreign Romance Trailer at the Golden TrailEr awards.

 


UNCERTAINTY

A young couple, Kate and Bobby, flip a coin on the Brooklyn Bridge to determine the paths their lives take that day, the Fouth of July. The green path takes them to Brooklyn where they spend a quiet day with Kate's family, coming to a better understanding of their status as a couple. The yellow path takes them to manhattan where they are being chased by a gunman and are in the centre of a dangerous crime ring involving large amounts of money. 

 



 

OCEAN HEAVEN

Explores the subject of paternal love and autism in kids. 

 

ocean heaven won best male acotr at the the golden phoenix award, outstanding new actor at the Huabiao film awards and also had several other nominations at both the beijing student film festival choice awards and hundred flowers awards. 

 
 
 

  COMMERCIAL

 
 

BRAUN

"All the World’s a Stage"

feat Chen Daoming

WESTIN

"A beautiful life"

feat Liu Tao

DOVE

Chocolate

feat Tang Wei

BAUME & MERCIER

"Union"

feat Chen Kun

GILETTE

"The Best a Man Can Get"

feat Lin Dan

Royal Caribbean Cruises

HONG KONG TOURISM

Discover Hong Kong

OPERATION SMILE

Help a Child Smile Again

MAYBELLINE

"Concert USA"

MAYBELLINE

"Dream Satin"


 

MV

 

MV

“Sexy Back”

FEAT Justin timberlake

MV

“Smokers Outside The Hospital Doors”

FEAT The editors

 

MV

“Perfume”

FEAT PARADE

MV

“Steady As You Go”

FEAT THE Raconteurs

 
 

PHOTOGRAPHY

 

LIN CHILING - Actress

 
 

 

JIANG SHUYING - Actress


 
 
 

BRAND KOL

 

 

 

HUA WEI

 LINK & CO

VW PROJECT

RAIN LI'S VISION

BEHIND THE SCENE OF

WESTIN WITH HUANG XUAN

 

BEHIND THE SCENE OF

WESTIN WITH LIU TAO