A chance to see a new world

Film fans have an opportunity to view Chinese movies that have made a mark at the Berlin film festival over the years at an event in Beijing. Xu Fan reports.

Three years after his first tour to Berlin, Liao Fan remembers the chilly night when his noir thriller Black Coal, Thin Ice premiered there. After the screening, he stood alongside the director, Diao Yinan, smoking quietly.

"It was the first time I had seen the film on a big screen. The details were impressive," he says at an event, which is being held in Beijing in conjunction with the ongoing 67th Berlinale International Film Festival.