States sent her first movie "Fish and Elephant" to Venice and unexpectedly was selected to participate in a film festival. However, the staff made a mistake that had lost one of the tapes of the film causing the whole project to play incoherently. International reporters were laughing at the film while it was playing. Li angrily stood up and shouted, "This is not my movie, stop playing. I quit this film festival!" Li the stormed out and began to cry. The festival finally solved this problem with the tapes that were sent by Li but did not show any subtitles. At the end, she got an award for the contribution she made to female film. Awards 2012 - 9th Guangzhou Student Film Festival Award for The Most Popular Director by "Double Exposure" (Winner) 2011 - Singapore International Film Festival - Silver Screen Awards - Best Asian Feature Film for Buddha Mountain (Winner) 2011 - Barcelona, Spain Casa Asia Film Festival Week (Asia Film Week) Best Film Award by "Buddha Mountain" (Winner) 2010 - 23rd Tokyo International Film Festival Award for Best Artistic Contribution by "Buddha Mountain" (Winner) 2010 - 23rd Tokyo International Film Festival The Main Competition - Tokyo Award "Buddha Mountain" (Nominated) 2007 - 5th Bangkok International Film Festival Jury Prize "Lost in Beijing" (Winner) 2007 - 6th Tribeca Film Festival Screenplay Honor Award "Lost in Beijing" (Winner) 2007 - 57th Berlin International Film Festival - Main Competition - The Golden Bear "Lost in Beijing" (Nominated) 2006 - 6th Chinese Film Media Awards Best New Director Award "Dam Street" (Winner) 2005 - 62nd Venice International Film Festival International League Art Film Award "Dam Street" (Winner) 2002 - 52nd Berlin International Film Festival - Promotion of Asian Cinema Award - Special mention "Fish and Elephant" (Winner) 2001 - 58th Venice International Film Festival Film Award for Female Subjects "Fish and Elephant" (Winner) Filmography References External links February, 2007: "Li Yu, Filmmaker," from The Hollywood Reporter Film directors from Shandong Chinese women film directors Chinese documentary filmmakers People from Zouping 1973 births Living people Screenwriters from Shandong Chinese women screenwriters Women documentary filmmakers Writers from Binzhou