BEIJING, Feb. 17 (Xinhua) -- Chinese director and screenwriter Wang Xiaoshuai has picked up his second Silver Bear at the Berlin Film Festival, winning the best screenplay prize for "In Love We Trust."

    Wang's film had been competing for the top Golden Bear award at the 58th Berlinale, but that went to Brazilian director Jose Padilha's "Tropa de Elite" (The Elite Squad), a story of police corruption and gang violence in the Brazilian slums.

    "In Love We Trust" lead actress Liu Weiwei missed out on the best actress prize, which was picked up by Sally Hawkins for her performance in Mike Leigh's "Happy-Go-lucky."

Award winners director Errol Morris (L-R) actress Sally Hawkins, director Jose Padilha, director Wang Xiaoshui, Actor Reza Najiepose and Director Paul Thomas Anderson pose with their Silver and Golden Bear at the 58th Berlinale International Film Festival in Berlin, February 16, 2008. (Xinhua/Reuters Photo) Photo Gallery>>>

    Wang thanked the jury saying the award would help "all of us who try to make independent film in China."

    "In Love We Trust," a story of love, loyalty, and responsibility among China's new middle class, tells how a middle-aged divorced couple, both remarried, try to save their young daughter, who suffers from leukemia, by having another child to act as a bone marrow donor.

    It was the only film from the Chinese mainland competing this year in Berlin, where last year's top Golden Bear award was won by the Chinese film, "Tuya's Marriage."

    Wang, who is better known outside China, won the Grand Jury Silver Bear Award at the 2001 Berlin Film Festival for his film, "Beijing Bicycle." He won the Special Jury Prize for "Shanghai Dreams" at the 2005 Cannes Film Festival.

Actress Sally Hawkins (L-R) producer Marcos Prado, director Jose Padilha and script writer Wang Xiaoshui pose with their Silver and Golden Bears during the awards ceremony at the 58th Berlinale International Film Festival in Berlin, February 16, 2008. Padilha and producer Prado won the Golden Bear for Best Film with "Tropa de Elite." Hawkins was awarded for her performance in the film "Happy-go-lucky" directed by Mike Leigh. Wang Xiaoshuai was credited with the best script for "Zuo You" (In Love We Trust). (Xinhua/Reuters Photo) Photo Gallery>>>

    "In Love We Trust" is expected to open in Chinese cinemas in the spring, but the exact date has yet to be set.

    Wang said he would value the response and comments of Chinese audiences and hoped they would like the film.

    "Shanghai Dreams" made more than five million yuan (685,000 U.S. dollars) at the box office China in 2005, which was considered reasonably successful for a small-budget independent movie.