Source: CCTV.com

02-08-2009 09:08

The 59th Berlin International Film Festival begins on Thursday. Chinese film "Forever Enthralled" is among the 18 productions vying for the Golden Bear for best picture. The festival director Dieter Kosslick says he expects Chinese films can earn good marks in this year's event.

The 59th Berlin International Film Festival begins on Thursday.

Chinese director Chen Kaige's film "Forever Enthralled", a bio pic about the life and career of late Peking Opera master Mei Lanfang, will compete with seventeen other films for the top trophy of the event, the gold bear for best picture. The result will be announced on February the 14th when the event concludes.

The festival director Dieter Kosslick took time to chat with the press about his appreciation of Chinese films.

The 59th Berlin International Film Festival begins on Thursday.

The director of Berlin film festival Dieter Kosslick said, "I think there's a big development in China's cinema. We had these huge special effects movies here, wonderful films, and we had very tiny Chinese films each year. Now we are back with a huge story about the history of China, Mei Lanfang. Yeah, I think Chinese cinema is great and always a big surprise."

Chinese films have consistently won awards at the Berlin Film Festival in recent years, including Wang Quan'an's "Tuya's Marriage" winning golden bear for best picture in 2007 and Wang Xiaoshuai's "In Love We Trust" winning silver bear for best screenplay in 2008.

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Editor:Zhao Yanchen