Film event fosters cultural cooperation

The 22nd Shanghai International Film Festival, one of Asia's largest, opened on Saturday with more than 3,900 films from 112 countries and regions competing for Golden Goblet awards.

Fifteen films, including three in Chinese, have entered the final competition for the Golden Goblet Award for fictional feature films.

More than 500 films from around the world will be projected in 47 cinemas throughout the city during the festival, which ends on June 24.