Chinese director and film writer Wang Xiaoshuai has walked away with the Silver Bear award at the 58th Berlin International Film Festival for best script of Zuo You, or In Love We Trust. Back in 2001, Wang won his first Silver Bear award for directing Beijing Bicycle.

The film In Love We Trust, written and directed by Wang, depicts a middle-aged divorced couple who learn that the only way to save their daughter suffering from Leukaemia is to have another child, who can become a bone marrow donor. Since both of them are remarried, they are desperately struggling between love, loyalty and responsibility.

The movie was adapted from a true story. "I always wanted to focus on a story that was close to me, close to my life," said Wang, who searched for a whole year until he read the news report about this sick child. "I thought I could use the idea to go beyond the original story, and deal with many issues that Chinese families confront," Wang added.

The $700,000 production proved a success after being premiered in Berlin, and Wang expects an equally positive response from Chinese audiences in March, when the film makes its mainland debut.

Wang entered the Beijing Film Academy in 1985. After graduation, he made a very unusual decision at that time-to independently make feature films. Later in 1993, his first self-financed movie, The Days, was released. It was the only Chinese-language movie selected as one of the 100 best movies since the birth of cinema by the BBC. In 1995, he anonymously came out with Frozen. His So Close to Paradise was nominated at the Cannes Film Festival in 1998, and Shanghai Dreams in 2005 scooped Cannes' prestigious Jury Prize.

After 10 years of independent movie-making, the 41-year-old Wang has gradually formed his own unique style, characterized by poetic sentiment and delicate plots. By dealing with personal issues such as sexuality and identity, Wang has found a very effective way to open people's consciousness.