Actor Wang Baoqiang (L)and his wife Ma Rong pose on the red carpet as they arrive for the screening of the film A Touch of Sin during the 66th Cannes Film Festival in Cannes on May 17,2013. Regis Duvignau / Reuters

He said he loves watching movies in a small dark room. It is a delight to both the eye and the mind, because he can appreciate many masterpieces and voice opinions.

Chinese director Zhang Yimou's new film Coming Home, which will hit Chinese screens on May 16, will be shown at this year's Cannes, but not in competition. Jia isn't distressed that the film won't be competing for the Palm D'or because he says it's already a great honor for a film to be showing at Cannes.

But he adds that he regrets that Chen Daoming and Gong Li, the main actor and actress of Coming Home, won't have the opportunity to compete for acting awards.

In China, it is the Internet that is attracting filmmaking talent and bringing "both positive and negative" changes to the film industry, says Jia, the scriptwriter and director of the Canneshonored film A Touch of Sin. The film premiered in North America at the TIFF in 2013.

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