(Beijing, 23 June 2013) On 18 June 2013, in the "Broadway Cinematheque Moma" cinema in Beijing, in the presence of about 140 guests (Chinese citizens and students, representatives of Chinese institutions, the diplomatic corps and the Serbian diaspora), opening ceremony of the "Days of Serbian film in the People’s Republic of China" (Serbian film festival) was held.

Serbian Film Festival was opened by the Deputy Director General of the Film Bureau of the People’s Republic of China, Mrs. Zhang Ling and head of the film delegation of the Republic of Serbia and Adviser for Culture to the President of Republic of Serbia Mr. Radoslav Pavlovic. Visitors were addressed by the Charge d' Affaires a.i. of the Serbian Embassy in Beijing Mrs. Tatjana Panajotović Cvetković and actress Tamara Dragičević.

The opening ceremony was followed with a screening of the film "The Scent of Rain in the Balkans".

The film delegation of Serbia, during their stay in Beijing and Shanghai, held talks on mutual cooperation with representatives of institutions of the People's Republic of China - Film Bureau of the State Administration of Radio Film and Television, China Film Co-production Corporation and the Shanghai Film Festival.

From 18 to 22 June and from 1 to 5 July 2013, 5 contemporary Serbian films will be shown - "The Scent of Rain in the Balkans", "Professor Kosta Vujic’s Hat", "O Gringo", "When Day Breaks" and "Belgrade Phantom". The same films are shown in Shanghai from 21 to 25 June 2013.