Welcome to the 19th Osaka Asian Film Festival
The 19th Osaka Asian Film Festival is an international film festival that screens films from all over Asia. The film festival provides audiences with an opportunity to understand contemporary Asian society through films that reflect Asia's diverse cultures.
The festival screens a variety of genres, including feature films, short films, documentaries, and animation. Talk events with film directors and actors will also be held, giving the audience a glimpse behind the scenes of film production.
The main venues for the film festival are multiple movie theaters in Osaka city. Each venue is equipped with the latest video equipment to provide a comfortable viewing environment.
Tickets can be purchased on the festival's official website or at the venue. Various discount systems are available, including early purchase discounts and group discounts.
The following is an excerpt from the event information below in Osaka City https://www.city.osaka.lg.jp/keizaisenryaku/page/0000618406.html
◇Name
19th Osaka Asian Film Festival (OSAKA ASIAN FILM FESTIVAL 2024)
◇Period
From Friday, March 1, 2020 to Sunday, March 10, 2020
ABC Hall (1-1-30 Fukushima, Fukushima-ku, Osaka)
Cine Libre Umeda (3F, 4F, Umeda Sky Building Tower East, 1-1-88 Oyodonaka, Kita-ku, Osaka)
T. Joy Umeda (7th floor, E-MA Building, 1-12-6 Umeda, Kita-ku, Osaka)
Osaka Nakanoshima Museum of Art (4-3-1 Nakanoshima, Kita-ku, Osaka)
*Ticket prices and purchasing methods: Prices, sales methods, and release dates vary depending on the screening venue and screening date. For more information, please check the Osaka Asian Film Festival official website (Opens in new window).
The number of films screened at the 19th Osaka Asian Film Festival is 63, and the countries and regions of the films screened are 24 countries and regions (USA, UK, Indonesia, Australia, Netherlands, Qatar, South Korea, Cambodia, Georgia, Singapore, Switzerland, Spain, Thailand, Taiwan, China, Germany, Bangladesh, Philippines, France, Portugal, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Mongolia, Japan).
The competition section, which is the core of this film festival, attracted a wide variety of films, including three films from each country for the next Academy Award for International Feature Film.
“City of Wind” is a youth drama depicting the love and growth of a boy who works as a shaman (Mongolian representative).
Animation “Missing” in which a “mouthless” young man struggles with childhood trauma (Representative from the Philippines)
A youth drama about a high school student who decides to make a short film about his deceased classmate, "Best Friend" (Thai representative)
Other works include "Sally" (Taiwan, France), a story about a woman who learns to love herself after a bitter love affair with an app; "Aspiring Lyricist" (Hong Kong, Taiwan), a comedy story about the struggle of a high school girl who believes in her lyric writing talent; Trouble Girl (Taiwan), in which Audrey Lin became the youngest actress ever (at 12 years old) to win the Golden Horse Award for Best Actress for her role as a girl with ADHD, and Solids by the Seashore (British), which won the NETPAC Award at the Busan International Film Festival. 14 works will be screened, including "Thailand" (Thailand).
*For details on the screening lineup, please check the Osaka Asian Film Festival official website.
◇Special opening work
“Open in new window” (Original title: The Moon Thieves) (Hong Kong)
A stylish crime drama filmed in Tokyo, starring members of the popular Hong Kong group MIRROR. The third feature film by director Yuen Kim Wai, who made his feature debut with "Dark Colored Heaven". The latest locally released films will be screened for the first time in Japan during the 2024 Chinese New Year.
◇Closing work
"Tokyo CowboyOpen in new window" (English title: Tokyo Cowboy) (USA)
This is Arata Iura's first leading role in an American movie, a human drama starring him as a "cowboy from Tokyo." Starring Fumiko Fujitani and Jun Kunimura. This will be the first overseas screening of director Mark Marriott's feature debut, who has spent his career working as a TV program director and producer, including assisting Yoji Yamada's films overseas in the early stages of his career.
◇Competition Division
We will screen Asian films (including Japanese films) that have Japan premieres or higher, as well as films with deep ties to Asia. The jury will select the Grand Prix (best work award), the Upcoming Talent Award, etc.
◇Special Attention Department
Even if they have not yet become popular, we will carefully select trends and talents that you should pay close attention to this year.
◇Indie Forum Division
We will introduce innovative and challenging works and screen works by up-and-coming directors.
◇Special screening
Screening of the short film "240 Hours in a Day" by director Hiroshi Teshigahara and scriptwriter Kobo Abe, which was shown at the Automobile Pavilion at the 1970 Osaka Expo. A lecture on the restoration of the same work will also be held. (free entrance)
◇Other special projects/departments, etc.
The "Special Features" section will feature a program of Thai, Hong Kong, and Taiwanese films, while the "Special Invited Films" section will screen glamorous and popular films from Asia.
◇Opening ceremony
On the first day at ABC Hall, the main venue, an opening ceremony will be held to which guests related to the films being screened will be invited.
Date: Tuesday, March 5, 2020
Venue: ABC Hall (1-1-30 Fukushima, Fukushima-ku, Osaka)
(Note) Please note that this is not the first day of the film festival, Friday, March 1st.
◇Award ceremony/closing ceremony
In addition to the "Grand Prix (Best Work Award)" and "Upcoming Talent Award" in the competition division, various awards such as the "Audience Award" and Sponsor Award, which are voted on by the audience, will be announced and an awards ceremony will be held.
Date: March 10, 2020 (Sunday)
Venue: ABC Hall (1-1-30 Fukushima, Fukushima-ku, Osaka)
◇Related events
A variety of other events will also be held, including the Osaka Asian Film Festival Poster Exhibition, Asian Film Book Fair, and film workshops. Further details will be announced on the Osaka Asian Film Festival official website (opens in new window).
Sponsored by Osaka Visual Culture Promotion Project Executive Committee (Osaka City, Osaka Asian Film Festival, Osaka Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Osaka Tourism Bureau, Asahi Broadcasting Television Co., Ltd., Osaka Entertainment Association, Media Plus Co., Ltd.)
◇Contact information
Osaka Asian Film Festival Management Office
Email: info@oaff.jp
Official homepage: http://www.oaff.jp/
program
The festival screens a variety of genres, including feature films, short films, documentaries, and animation. Talk events with film directors and actors will also be held, giving the audience a glimpse behind the scenes of film production.
venue
The main venues for the film festival are multiple movie theaters in Osaka city. Each venue is equipped with the latest video equipment to provide a comfortable viewing environment.
ticket
Tickets can be purchased on the festival's official website or at the venue. Various discount systems are available, including early purchase discounts and group discounts.
Film Festival Overview
The following is an excerpt from the event information below in Osaka City https://www.city.osaka.lg.jp/keizaisenryaku/page/0000618406.html
◇Name
19th Osaka Asian Film Festival (OSAKA ASIAN FILM FESTIVAL 2024)
◇Period
From Friday, March 1, 2020 to Sunday, March 10, 2020
Screening venue
ABC Hall (1-1-30 Fukushima, Fukushima-ku, Osaka)
Cine Libre Umeda (3F, 4F, Umeda Sky Building Tower East, 1-1-88 Oyodonaka, Kita-ku, Osaka)
T. Joy Umeda (7th floor, E-MA Building, 1-12-6 Umeda, Kita-ku, Osaka)
Osaka Nakanoshima Museum of Art (4-3-1 Nakanoshima, Kita-ku, Osaka)
*Ticket prices and purchasing methods: Prices, sales methods, and release dates vary depending on the screening venue and screening date. For more information, please check the Osaka Asian Film Festival official website (Opens in new window).
Program overview
The number of films screened at the 19th Osaka Asian Film Festival is 63, and the countries and regions of the films screened are 24 countries and regions (USA, UK, Indonesia, Australia, Netherlands, Qatar, South Korea, Cambodia, Georgia, Singapore, Switzerland, Spain, Thailand, Taiwan, China, Germany, Bangladesh, Philippines, France, Portugal, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Mongolia, Japan).
The competition section, which is the core of this film festival, attracted a wide variety of films, including three films from each country for the next Academy Award for International Feature Film.
“City of Wind” is a youth drama depicting the love and growth of a boy who works as a shaman (Mongolian representative).
Animation “Missing” in which a “mouthless” young man struggles with childhood trauma (Representative from the Philippines)
A youth drama about a high school student who decides to make a short film about his deceased classmate, "Best Friend" (Thai representative)
Other works include "Sally" (Taiwan, France), a story about a woman who learns to love herself after a bitter love affair with an app; "Aspiring Lyricist" (Hong Kong, Taiwan), a comedy story about the struggle of a high school girl who believes in her lyric writing talent; Trouble Girl (Taiwan), in which Audrey Lin became the youngest actress ever (at 12 years old) to win the Golden Horse Award for Best Actress for her role as a girl with ADHD, and Solids by the Seashore (British), which won the NETPAC Award at the Busan International Film Festival. 14 works will be screened, including "Thailand" (Thailand).
*For details on the screening lineup, please check the Osaka Asian Film Festival official website.
◇Special opening work
“Open in new window” (Original title: The Moon Thieves) (Hong Kong)
A stylish crime drama filmed in Tokyo, starring members of the popular Hong Kong group MIRROR. The third feature film by director Yuen Kim Wai, who made his feature debut with "Dark Colored Heaven". The latest locally released films will be screened for the first time in Japan during the 2024 Chinese New Year.
◇Closing work
"Tokyo CowboyOpen in new window" (English title: Tokyo Cowboy) (USA)
This is Arata Iura's first leading role in an American movie, a human drama starring him as a "cowboy from Tokyo." Starring Fumiko Fujitani and Jun Kunimura. This will be the first overseas screening of director Mark Marriott's feature debut, who has spent his career working as a TV program director and producer, including assisting Yoji Yamada's films overseas in the early stages of his career.
◇Competition Division
We will screen Asian films (including Japanese films) that have Japan premieres or higher, as well as films with deep ties to Asia. The jury will select the Grand Prix (best work award), the Upcoming Talent Award, etc.
◇Special Attention Department
Even if they have not yet become popular, we will carefully select trends and talents that you should pay close attention to this year.
◇Indie Forum Division
We will introduce innovative and challenging works and screen works by up-and-coming directors.
◇Special screening
Screening of the short film "240 Hours in a Day" by director Hiroshi Teshigahara and scriptwriter Kobo Abe, which was shown at the Automobile Pavilion at the 1970 Osaka Expo. A lecture on the restoration of the same work will also be held. (free entrance)
◇Other special projects/departments, etc.
The "Special Features" section will feature a program of Thai, Hong Kong, and Taiwanese films, while the "Special Invited Films" section will screen glamorous and popular films from Asia.
◇Opening ceremony
On the first day at ABC Hall, the main venue, an opening ceremony will be held to which guests related to the films being screened will be invited.
Date: Tuesday, March 5, 2020
Venue: ABC Hall (1-1-30 Fukushima, Fukushima-ku, Osaka)
(Note) Please note that this is not the first day of the film festival, Friday, March 1st.
◇Award ceremony/closing ceremony
In addition to the "Grand Prix (Best Work Award)" and "Upcoming Talent Award" in the competition division, various awards such as the "Audience Award" and Sponsor Award, which are voted on by the audience, will be announced and an awards ceremony will be held.
Date: March 10, 2020 (Sunday)
Venue: ABC Hall (1-1-30 Fukushima, Fukushima-ku, Osaka)
◇Related events
A variety of other events will also be held, including the Osaka Asian Film Festival Poster Exhibition, Asian Film Book Fair, and film workshops. Further details will be announced on the Osaka Asian Film Festival official website (opens in new window).
Sponsored by Osaka Visual Culture Promotion Project Executive Committee (Osaka City, Osaka Asian Film Festival, Osaka Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Osaka Tourism Bureau, Asahi Broadcasting Television Co., Ltd., Osaka Entertainment Association, Media Plus Co., Ltd.)
◇Contact information
Osaka Asian Film Festival Management Office
Email: info@oaff.jp
Official homepage: http://www.oaff.jp/
