Production
A graduate of the Beijing Film Academy, Liu started his career with the independent film, Chen Mo and Meiting (2002). Though never released in China, the film caught the attention of Chinese producers at the China Film Group (CFG), who selected Liu to participate in the New Film Project, a joint investment by the CFG and the Peking University-Kwans Group to fund new directors. With expectations that the film would be not only critically, but more importantly commercially successful, the China Film Group invested ¥5 million to Liu for his next project, Two Great Sheep.
The "New Film Project" would in turn give way to Beijing Starlight International, a new company focused on independent filmmakers which was also responsible for the film's international distribution and sales.
Shot primarily in the southern province of Yunnan, Two Great Sheep was also produced in part by the Yunnan Provincial Association for External Cultural Exchange.
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