Chinese film a hit at Berlin Festival

Chinese productions reaped abundant praise at the 64th Berlin International Film Festival over the weekend, which shows Chinese filmmakers are more confident and more open to the world.

The Chinese film Black Coal, Thin Ice won the Golden Bear for the Best Film; Chinese actor Liao Fan won the Silver Bear for Best Actor for his performance in the film; and Zeng Jian won the Silver Bear Award for an Outstanding Artistic Achievement for the film Blind Massage. The winners were announced on Saturday local time.

The Berlin event is one of the best-known European film festivals, along with those in Venice and Cannes, at which up to 400 films are shown and about 20 films compete for the Golden and Silver Bear awards.