(XINHUA)

Blue Sky Bones, the first feature film directed by Chinese rocker Cui Jian, received the Special Mention Award at the Eighth Rome Film Festival on November 16.

The film has the same title as one of Cui's songs, and tells the life story of a young underground rocker and hacker in the context of the "cultural revolution" (1966-76) .

Labeled as the Father of Chinese Rock, Cui, 52, first rose to stardom in the 1980s with a series of songs that influenced a generation of Chinese youth.