Chen, Ge You (center) and Xu Zheng (to the right of Ge) are spotted at the star-studded Huabiao event, which gathered nearly 300 celebrities. [Photo provided to China Daily]

The other six are Operation Mekong; The Founding of an Army; The War of Loong; The Woman behind the Man; Our Time will Come and Bigfish & Begonia, the only animated film among the winners.

Separately, Chen Kaige's epic Legend of the Demon Cat won veteran Cao Yu the best cinematography award.

The best youth film award went to the romantic comedy How Long Will I Love U, while the best children's film award was bagged by Running Like Wind, based on the true story of a middle-school girls' football team in South China's Hainan province.