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History

It all started in June of 2000, when Yannick Van Dam, Fabien Garcia and Laurent "Lohan" Buson met in Shaolin. Their desire to experience life in China and passion for martial arts allowed them to meet each other in their quest to becoming martial artists. With many similar interests, a friendship formed very quickly. After concluding their training in Shaolin, they eventually made the move to Beijing, recommencing their training in the martial arts.

In March 2003, Laurent "Lohan" Buson's brother Didier Buson came to Beijing. All together, they soon decided to produce films to screen test their martial arts movements and fight choreography, allowing them to promote themselves and their skills.

In June 2003, surrounded by great friends who had an even greater potential in the martial arts, Laurent "Lohan" Buson formed the Z Team; the first ever foreign martial arts action team based in the birthplace of kung fu, China.

Later the same year, the Z Team released the short film VIRTUAL VISION which was nominated for Best Fight Choreography and Best Title Sequence (Laurent "Lohan" Buson as digital compositor) (2008 AOF Festival) while Fabien Garcia received a nomination for Male Action Performer of the Year (2008 AOF Festival).

After the release of the now famous short movie DUEL in April 30th 2004, the Z Team found themselves immersed with new connections and opportunities leading to the action feature film SANG POUR SANG with Fabien Garcia and Laurent "Lohan" Buson as the two leading actors in the film as well as fight choreographers. So far, DUEL has had a very successful outcome with over a million downloads from the Internet and has received a nomination for Best Action Sequence Martial Arts (2007 AOF Festival) while Fabien Garcia and Laurent "Lohan" Buson due to their exceptional performances, were both nominated for Breakout Action Star (2007 AOF Festival).

In 2005, to help develop its own personal style of portraying intensity of martial arts on screen, the Z Team produced a couple of films: BROTHERS FOREVER which has been nominated for Best Action Sequence Martial Arts Short (2008 AOF Festival) while Yannick Van Dam due to his performance, was nominated for Male Action Performer of The Year (2008 AOF Festival) and FANTASY STORY an epic fantasy film which has been nominated for Best Action Short of the Year, Best Fight Choreography and Best Score (2007 AOF Festival) while Fabien Garcia, as a recognition for his amazing work, won Male Action Performer of the Year (2007 AOF Festival).

In August 2006, the Z Team made a partnership with a Chinese investment group to produce the film THE WITNESS.

In 2009, Fabien Garcia completed his latest film WRONG HOSTAGE.

In November 2009, the Z Team opened a film production based in Los Angeles, Z Team Films, LLC.