HK film wins at Berlin Film Festival

Hong Kong has won its first Crystal Bear award at the Berlin Film Festival for the best feature film in the Generation category. A grand party has been held this week to celebrate the historic win of "Echoes of the Rainbow".

Leading actors Simon Yam and Sandra Ng attended the party. Both of them said they were deeply moved by the story line.

A grand party has been held this week to celebrate the historic win  of "Echoes of the Rainbow".

Simon Yam, actor, said, "I am very honored to receive this award. The film is about the sense of value in the 1960s. The film touches people from different cultural backgrounds. And the credit should go to the director. "

"Echoes of the Rainbow" is a semi-autobiographical film about director Alex Law's childhood in 1960s Hong Kong.

The film is narrated through the eyes of the eight-year-old character based on the director himself. Law and his producer-wife Mabel Cheung are best known for collaborating on "An Autumn's Tale" a critical and box office success.