PRAGUE, Sept. 1 (Xinhua) -- A film festival of ASEAN (the Association of Southeast Asian Nations) countries plus China, Japan and South Korea (ASEAN+3) opened here in the Czech capital on Friday.
Eight short films from five ASEAN countries -- Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines and Vietnam -- as well as China, Japan and South Korea, were screened at the Municipal Library of Prague during the opening ceremony.
China presented The Beginning of Autumn, an innovative animated short film in the style of Chinese ink painting.
Speaking at the event, Feng Biao, Chinese Ambassador to the Czech Republic, said the festival is a "remarkable outcome" of collaboration between embassies of ASEAN countries and China, Japan, and South Korea here in the Czech Republic.
The film festival will run through Sept. 9. Eight select films from the participating countries will be screened -- one per night -- from Saturday, including Chinese sci-fi blockbuster "The Wandering Earth II" that will be shown on Sept. 6.
