Programs
Special Opening
Japan Premiere
[盜月者]
2024 | Hong Kong | 107min | Directed by Steve YUEN Kim-Wai
Closing
International Premiere
[東京カウボーイ]
2023 | USA | 118min | Directed by Marc MARRIOTT
Competition
This section will present 14 films chosen from films completed on or after 1st October 2022 and unreleased in Japan. The jurors will choose the winners of the Grand Prix and Most Promising Talent Award from these films.
Japan Premiere
Blackbird Blackbird Blackberry
[Shashvi shashvi maq’vali]
2023 | Georgia, Switzerland | 110min | Directed by Elene NAVERIANI
Japan Premiere
City of Wind
[Ser ser salhi]
2023 | France, Mongolia. Germany, Portugal, Netherlands, Qatar | 103min | Directed by Lkhagvadulam Purev-Ochir
Asia Premiere
Fire on Water
[Neer Mel Neruppu]
2024 | Malaysia | 120min | Directed by Sun-J PERUMAL
Japan Premiere
Hyphen
[Gitling]
2023 | Philippines | 94min | Directed by Jopy ARNALDO
Japan Premiere
The Lyricist Wannabe
[填詞L]
2023 | Hong Kong | 109min | Directed by Norris WONG
World Premiere
Memories of His Scent
[においが眠るまで]
2024 | Japan | 92min | Directed by HIGASHI Kahori
Japan Premiere
The Missing
[Iti Mapukpukaw]
2023 | Philippines | 90min | Directed by Carl Joseph E. Papa
Japan Premiere
Not Friends
[Puen-Mai-Sanit]
2023 | Thailand | 130min | Directed by Atta HEMWADEE
Japan Premiere
Salli
[莎莉]
2023 | Taiwan, France | 105min | Directed by LIEN Chien Hung
World Premiere
Snowdrop
[スノードロップ]
2024 | Japan | 98min| Directed by YOSHIDA Kota
Japan Premiere
Solids by the Seashore
2023 | Thailand | 93min | Directed by atiparn BOONTARIG
Japan Premiere
Trouble Girl
[小曉]
2023 | Taiwan | 103min | Directed by CHIN Chia-Hua
World Premiere
Unborn Soul
[渡]
2024 | Australia, China | 77min | Directed by ZHOU Zhou
World Premiere
Swimming in a Sand Pool
[水深ゼロメートルから]
2024 | Japan | 87min | Directed by YAMASHITA Nobuhiro
Spotlight
In this section, the films are not yet famous but are expected to gain attention this year because they highlight a new talent or movement in cinema.
Japan Premiere
13 Bombs
[13 Bom di Jakarta] 2023 | Indonesia | 143min | Directed by Angga Dwimas SASONGKO
International Premiere
Accompany
[동행] 2023 | Korea | 32min | Directed by UM Munsuk
International Premiere
Flavor of Sisterhood
[자매의 맛] 2023 | Korea | 25min | Directed by HWANG Inwon
International Premiere
The Fourth Man
[第四個男人] 2023 | Singapore | 25min | Directed by TAY Bee Pin
Japan Premiere
A Journey in Spring
[春行] 2023 | Taiwan | 90min | Directed by WANG Ping-Wen, PENG Tzu-Hui
International Premiere
JungOk
[정옥] 2023 | Korea | 18min | Directed by YOO Jimin
World Premiere
Out of the Shadow
[臥底的退隱生活]
2024 | Hong Kong | 90min | Directed by Ricky KO
Japan Premiere
Playground
[楽園島]
2023 | USA, China | 16min | Directed by Directed by LIN Yaxing
Japan Premiere
Sojourn to Shangri-la
[是日訪古]
2023 | 中国 | 19min | Directed by LIN Yihan
Asia Premiere
Tenement
2023 | Cambodia | 88min | Directed by Inrasothythep NETH / Sokyou CHEA
Indie Forum
This program will present 12 films by innovative and challenging talents. The JAPAN CUTS AWARD will be bestowed by the Japan Society to one Japanese film selected from this section.
Asia Premiere
All the Songs We Never Sang
[ALL THE SONGS WE NEVER SANG]
2023 | Japan | 115min | Directed by Chris RUDZ
Japan Premiere
Before Anyone Else
2023| 19min | USA, Japan | Directed by MARIKO Tetsuya
Asia Premiere
Blue Imagine
[ブルーイマジン]
2024 | Japan, Phillippines, Singapore | 93min | Directed by MATSUBAYASHI Urara
*
Inch Forward
[走れない人の走り方] 2023 | Japan| 83min | Directed by SU Yu Chun
Asia Premiere
It Must Be Love
[愛の茶番] 2024 | Japan | 120min | Directed by EMOTO Junko
World Premiere
On a Boat
[オン・ア・ボート] 2024 | Japan | 32min | Directed by Heso
*
Performing KAORU’s Funeral
[カオルの葬式] 2023 | Japan, Spain, Singapore | 100min | Directed by YUASA Noriko
Japan Premiere
Ririka of the Star
[りりかの星] 2023 | Japan | 28min | Directed by SHIOTA Tokitoshi
World Premiere
Sumiko 22
[スミコ22] 2024 | Japan | 65min | Directed by FUKUOKA Sawako
World Premiere
Suton
[すとん] 2024 | Japan | 41min | Directed by WATANABE Rikako
World Premiere
Wash Away
[うぉっしゅ] 2024 | Japan | 114min | Directed by OKAZAKI Ikunosuke
World Premiere
A Weather Report
[胴鳴り] 2024 | Japan | 110min | Directed by KAJINO Yu
Special Program <Thai Cinema Kaleidoscope 2024>
In cooperation with the Ministry of Culture Thailand, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Thailand, the Royal Thai Consulate-General Osaka, the National Soft Power Strategy Committee Thailand, we present various works. Like the patterns in a kaleidoscope, each film is unique and fascinating. THAI NIGHT will be held.
International Premiere
Blazed Away
2022 | Thailand | 19min | Directed by Supamart BOONNIL
Japan Premiere
Hoon Payon
2023 | Thailand | 107min | Directed by Phontharis CHOTKIJSADARSOPON
International Premiere
How We Say Goodbye
2023 | Thailand | 29min | Directed by Thunyachanok APHISUMPHOKUL
Japan Premiere
Undertaker
[Sup Pa Rer] 2023 | Thailand | 125min | Directed by Thiti SRINUAN
International Premiere
Supposed
2023 | Thailand | 100min | Directed by Thanakorn PONGSUWAN
Japan Premiere
Death Whisperer
[Tee Yod]
2023 | Thailand | 121min | Directed by Taweewat WANTHA
Japan Premiere
Not Friends
[Puen-Mai-Sanit]
2023 | Thailand | 130min | Directed by Atta HEMWADEE
Competition
Japan Premiere
Solids by the Seashore
2023 | Thailand | 93min | Directed by Patiparn BOONTARIG
Competition
Special Program <Taiwan: Movies on the Move 2024>
In cooperation with the Ministry of Culture, we will feature a wide range of works that let you feel the “now” of the booming Taiwanese movie scene. TAIWAN NIGHT will be held.
International Premiere
BIG
2023 | Taiwan | 159min | Directed by WEI Te-Sheng
International Premiere
The Horse
[馬語] 2023 | Taiwan | 15min | Directed by LAN Yi-Tzu
International Premiere
Right Jabs
[我可以暫時逃跑一下嗎？] 2023 | Taiwan | 23min | Directed by WU Zi-En
Japan Premiere
The Winter of 1905
[一九零五的冬天] 1981 | Hong Kong | 94min | Directed by YU Wei-Cheng [余為政]
Japan Premiere
A Journey in Spring
[春行] 2023 | Taiwan | 90min | Directed by WANG Ping-Wen, PENG Tzu-Hui
Spotlight
Japan Premiere
Salli
[莎莉]
2023 | Taiwan, France | 105min | Directed by LIEN Chien Hung
Competiton
Japan Premiere
Trouble Girl
[小曉]
2023 | Taiwan | 103min | Directed by CHIN Chia-Hua
Competition
Special Program <Special Focus on Hong Kong 2024>
In cooperation with Create Hong Kong, Film Development Fund, Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office (Tokyo), the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, this special program will present a wide range of excellent films from contemporary Hong Kong cinematic output. HONG KONG GALA SCREENING will be held.
Japan Premiere
Everyphone Everywhere
[全個世界都有電話] 2023 | Hong Kong | 90min | Directed by Amos WHY
*
Life of Cloud
[人生一嚿雲]
2023 | Hong Kong | 22min | Directed by Wylie CHAN
Japan Premiere
The Moon Thieves
[盜月者]
2024 | Hong Kong | 107min | Directed by Steve YUEN Kim-Wai
*
Nomad (4K Restored Director’s Cut)
[《烈火青春》 4K修復導演版]
1982 | Hong Kong | 93min | Directed by Patrick TAM
Asia Premiere
Sweet Lime
2023 | Hong Kong, UK | 11min | Directed by Fatema ABDOOLCARIM
Japan Premiere
The Lyricist Wannabe
[填詞L]
2023 | Hong Kong | 112min | Directed by Norris WONG
Competition
World Premiere
Out of the Shadow
[臥底的退隱生活]
2024 | Hong Kong | 90min | Directed by Ricky KO
Spotlight
Special Screenings
This section will present two films from Asia which are judged to be both beautifully shot and topical.
World Premiere
Amalock
[あまろっく]
2024 | Japan | 119min | Directed by NAKAMURA Kazuhiro
World Premiere
Brush of the God
[カミノフデ ～怪獣たちのいる島～] | 2024 | Japan | 74min | Directed by MURASE Keizo
Special Presentation sponsored by Kobe College, Department of English
With the support of Kobe College, Department of English, the Bangladeshi film “Rickshaw Girl” will be screened.
Japan Premiere
Rickshaw Girl
2021 | Bangladesh | 102min | Directed by Amitabh Reza Chowdhury
Special Presentation: Expo ’70 Osaka and Teshigahara Hiroshi
This program will show a restored experimental short exhibited at the Expo ’70 Osaka Automotive Pavillion, 240 Hours in One Day, directed by TESHIGAHARA Hiroshi and written by ABE Kobo. A lecture on the restoration of the film will also be held. Free admission.
240 Hours in One Day
[1日240時間]
1970 | Japan | 30min | Directed by TESHIGAHARA Hiroshi
Housen Cultural Foundation-supported programs <Grant for Film Study and Production> <Commendation for Student Films>
Based in Osaka, the Housen Cultural Foundation supports film study and production in graduate schools. In addition to the four films funded in the fiscal year of 2022, three films that won awards for undergraduate graduation films will be screened at the Nakanoshima Art Museum, Osaka. Free Admission.
World Premiere
Faraway Family
[彼方の家族]
2023 | Japan | 81min | Directed by KAWASAKI Taro / SAKAUCHI Eisuke
World Premiere
Girls and Boys
[女子と男子]
2024 | Japan | 45min | Directed by HIROHARA Satoru
Half Time
[中場休息]
2023｜Japan, China｜29min Directed by ZHANG Yaoyuan
Perfect Nervous
[Pefect・Nervous]
2024 | Japan | 27min | Directed by SANO Masaru |
Ask for the Moon
[アスク・フォー・ザ・ムーン]
2022年 | Japan | 46min | Directed by OISHI Taishi |
Huaxin -Amorous Butterfly-
[花心 ファーシン]
2023 | Japan | 88min | Directed by YASUMOTO Miku
Touch
[ふれる]
2023 | Japan | 15min | Directed by TAKADA Kyosuke |
Events
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Symposium – Filosofi Angga: Thirteen trials and a thousand hopes
14:00-15:30 Sunday, March 3 at Nakanoshima Museum of Art, Osaka 1F Hall | Panelist: Angga Dwimas SASONGKO, 13 Bombs
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Symposium - Rickshaw Painting as a Form of Street Art
14:30-16:00 Saturday, March 2 at Nakanoshima Museum of Art, Osaka 1F Hall | Panelists: Amitabh Reza Chowdhury, Rickshaw Girl Director / Md Assaduzzaman, Rickshaw Girl Producer
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Poster Exhibition
Original posters of OAFF films will be exhibited at three locations in Osaka, Osaka City Hall, Abeno Q’s Mall, and Sonechika. Admission is free.