CHINESE director Song Pengfei’s debut film “Underground Fragrance” won the Gold Hugo Award for New Directors at the 51st Chicago International Film Festival.

    “Underground Fragrance” is a feature film that presents ordinary people striving to move up in today’s China.

    Fellow Chinese director Song Zhantao won the Silver Hugo Award for his documentary “In the Underground.” That film talks about the lives of miners in North China’s Hebei Province.

    Four Chinese films made the cut, including Hou Hsiao-hsien’s “The Assassin” and Jia Zhangke’s “Mountains May Depart.” The festival runs until Oct. 29.(SD-Agencies)