When less is more

China's annual Film Critics' Choice Awards have been given to five films instead of 10, Han Bingbin reports.

China's status as the world's second-largest film market and Chinese cinema's increasing diversity aren't satisfying local critics, who, while applauding their favorite films of last year, say the quality of films made in China needs to improve.

Black Coal, Thin Ice, a crime thriller that won the best picture award at the 64th Berlin International Film Festival in 2014, also took first place at the Film Critics' Choice Awards hosted by the China Film Association.