Josef Kumbela has written and directed a number of short films since 1994 using his Geneva-based production company. His 1998 film L'étranger venu d'Afrique (The stranger from Africa, or Feizhou Laowai) was the first African film to be shot in China. It looks at a romance between Lulu, an African student, and a Chinese woman, and depicts the clash of cultures.[2]