Imar Film Company is an independent film production company in

China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. With population of China, a population exceeding 1.4 billion, it is the list of countries by population (United Nations), second-most populous country after ...

. Imar was established in 1997 by American producer

Peter Loehr Peter Loehr is an American film producer and executive who spent the bulk of his career in Asia. After getting his start in Japan and Taiwan, Loehr started China's first independent film company, Imar Film Co. in 1996. As a producer Loehr was no ...

. It was the first legal independent film company in the PRC. Imar handles production, distribution and marketing of films in partnership with

Xi'an Film Studio Xi'an is the capital of the Chinese province of Shaanxi. A sub-provincial city on the Guanzhong plain, the city is the third-most populous city in Western China after Chongqing and Chengdu, as well as the most populous city in Northwestern Chin ...

. It specializes in producing low-budget films set in modern urban settings, targeting the urban Chinese youth.

Music

Imar Film Company works with

Rock Records The Rock Records Co., Ltd. () commonly known as Rock Records (), is a record label based in Taipei, Taiwan. Founded in the 1980s as the Rock Music Publishing (滾石有聲出版社; ) by Tuan Chung-tan and Tuan Chung-i, It is the largest record ...

of Taiwan, the world's largest Chinese pop music conglomerate, which allows Imar use of Rock Record's substantial music catalog,

Mandarin Mandarin or The Mandarin may refer to: Language * Mandarin Chinese, branch of Chinese originally spoken in northern parts of the country ** Standard Chinese or Modern Standard Mandarin, the official language of China ** Taiwanese Mandarin, Stand ...

for their soundtracks.

Films produced

* ''

Spicy Love Soup ''Spicy Love Soup'' () is a 1997 Chinese film directed by Zhang Yang and written by Zhang, Liu Fendou, Cai Shangjun, and Diao Yi'nan based on a story by Zhang and Peter Loehr. ''Spicy Love Soup'' was produced by Loehr's Imar Film Company, Xi ...

'' (1997) * ''

A Beautiful New World ''A Beautiful New World'' is a 1999 Chinese comedy film directed by Shi Runjiu. The film, Shi's first (he had previously served as an assistant director for Lu Yue's ''Mr. Zhao''), was co-produced by Xi'an Film Studio and the independent Imar Film ...

'' (1999) * ''

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'' (1999) * ''The End of the Line'' * ''

Quitting ''Quitting'' () is a 2001 Chinese drama (film and television), drama film directed by Zhang Yang (director), Zhang Yang, starring and based on the true life story of Jia Hongsheng. Jia, an actor and former drug addiction, drug addict, battled hi ...

'' (2001) * ''Sunflower'' (2005)

Music

Films produced

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