Screening Schedule
Box Office
◉ = Available
△ = Few Seats Remaining
△ Counter = Available only at Ticket Counter
SOLD OUT = Sold Out
ABC Hall 
Cine Libre Umeda (Cinema 4)
T-Joy Umeda (Screen 7)
Nakanoshima Museum of Art Osaka 1F Hall
Screening with English subtitles
Screening with Japanese subtitles for non-Japanese dialogue
Screenings eligible for Audience Award
Filmmakers in attendance [Attendance and names in the list are subject to change.]
The number in parentheses indicates the film’s length (minutes). Pre- & post-screening evets are not included.
The program may be subject to change due to unavoidable circumstances.
March 1 (Fri) | 2 (Sat) | 3 (Sun) | 4 (Mon) | 5 (Tue) | 6 (Wed) | 7 (Thu) | 8 (Fri) | 9 (Sat) | 10 (Sun)
Friday, March 1
Midnight OAFF 2023 ABC TV Award-winner Over My Dead Body [死屍死時四十四] on TV
Saturday, March 2
10:00
◉ Short Film Program D (74)
YOO Jimin (Director) from Jung Ok, Fatema ABDOOLCARIM (Director) from Sweet Lime
12:00
◉ Short Film Program C (75)
WATANABE Rikako (Director), SAKAMOTO Chie (Cast), HONMA Atushi (Cast), IGARASHI Miki (Cast) from Suton, LAN Yi-Tzu (Director) from The Horse
17:00
◉ Short Film Program B (80)
Heso (Director), ZHANG Tong (Production Manager), Daniel LAZOFF (Cinematographer) from On a Boat
18:10
◉ Fire on Water (120) ★
Sun-J PERUMAL (Director), A. Samad HASSAN (Post-production Supervisor)
20:45
SOLD OUT The Winter of 1905 (94) ★
YU Wei-Cheng (Director), LAU Shing Hon(Film Critic, Film Director)
March 1 (Fri) | 2 (Sat) | 3 (Sun) | 4 (Mon) | 5 (Tue) | 6 (Wed) | 7 (Thu) | 8 (Fri) | 9 (Sat) | 10 (Sun)
Sunday, March 3
16:20
◉ Tenement (88) ★
Inrasothythep NETH (Director), HOSODA Yoshihiko (Cast), SOGA Masumi(Associate Producer)
March 1 (Fri) | 2 (Sat) | 3 (Sun) | 4 (Mon) | 5 (Tue) | 6 (Wed) | 7 (Thu) | 8 (Fri) | 9 (Sat) | 10 (Sun)
Monday, March 4
March 1 (Fri) | 2 (Sat) | 3 (Sun) | 4 (Mon) | 5 (Tue) | 6 (Wed) | 7 (Thu) | 8 (Fri) | 9 (Sat) | 10 (Sun)
Tuesday, March 5
12:30
◉ Housen Cultural Foundation-Supported Program (Commendation for Student Films) 3 films + Talk (240) (free admission)
HAYAKAWA Chie (Film Director) / YASUMOTO Miku (Huaxin – Amorous Butterfly – Director) / OISHI Taishi (Ask for the Moon Director) / TAKADA Kyosuke (Touch Director)
18:45
SOLD OUT The Moon Thieves (107) ★
Special Opening Ceremony + HONG KONG GALA SCREENING
Steve YUEN Kim-Wai (Director) / TANABE Kazuya (Cast)
March 1 (Fri) | 2 (Sat) | 3 (Sun) | 4 (Mon) | 5 (Tue) | 6 (Wed) | 7 (Thu) | 8 (Fri) | 9 (Sat) | 10 (Sun)
Wednesday, March 6
10:30
◉ Short Film Program B (80)
Heso (Director), YODA Junki (Producer) from On a Boat, WU Zi-En (Director) from Right Jabs
13:00
◉ Housen Cultural Foundation-Supported Program (Grant for Film Study and Production) 4 films (240) (free admission)
13:00 Faraway Family
14:40 Half Time
15:20 Perfect Nervous
16:00 Girls and Boys
KAWASAKI Taro (Director), SAKAUCHI Eisuke (Director), OSAKI Akira (Producer), WATANABE Yuta (Cast) from Faraway Family / XU Mei (Producer), WANG Shen(Producer), YOU Jin (Cinematographer), ZHOU Zixuan (Production Designer), XU Jiawen (Editor) from Half Time / SANO Masaru (Director) from Perfect Nervous, FUJIMOTO Kaede (Producer) from Girls and Boys
Meet & Greet sessions will be held after each screening.
16:00
◉ Fire on Water (120) ★
Sun-J PERUMAL (Director), Rubini SAMBANTHAN (Cast), Rupini KRISHNAN (Cast), A. Samad HASSAN (Post-production Supervisor)
19:00
△ Counter The Lyricist Wannabe (109) ★
Norris WONG (Director) / WONG Hoi (Producer) / Ernest POON (Cast)
19:15
◉ A Weather Report (110) ★
KAJINO Yu (Director), MITSUYA Nanami (Cast), SASAMINE Ai (Cast), YOSHIDA Yo (Cast)
March 1 (Fri) | 2 (Sat) | 3 (Sun) | 4 (Mon) | 5 (Tue) | 6 (Wed) | 7 (Thu) | 8 (Fri) | 9 (Sat) | 10 (Sun)
Thursday, March 7
12:35
◉ A Weather Report (110) ★
KAJINO Yu (Director), MITSUYA Nanami (Cast), SASAMINE Ai (Cast), YOSHIDA Yo (Cast)
13:00
◉ Short Film Program D (74)
Thunyachanok APHISUMPHOKUL (Director), Rawee DAMRONGSAKKUL (Cinematographer) from How We Say Goodbye / Fatema ABDOOLCARIM (Director), Sophia SHEK (Producer) from Sweet Lime
15:00
◉ Short Program E (72)
SHIOTA Tokitoshi (Director), OOTA Kouunki (Producer) from Ririka of the Star / Supamart BOONNIL (Director), Ratthathammanoon SUPAPOOTORN (Producer) from Blazed Away
15:40
◉ Memories of His Scent (92) ★
HIGASHI Kahori (Director), NAGATSUMA Yuichi (Screenplay), AOI Shun (Cast)
March 1 (Fri) | 2 (Sat) | 3 (Sun) | 4 (Mon) | 5 (Tue) | 6 (Wed) | 7 (Thu) | 8 (Fri) | 9 (Sat) | 10 (Sun)
Friday, March 8
10:20
◉ Snowdrop (98) ★
YOSHIDA Kota (Director), NISHIHARA Aki (Cast), ITO Haruhi (Cast), ONOZUKA Rao (Cast), MIYA Naoko (Cast), ASHIHARA Kensuke (Cast)
13:00
◉ The Missing (90) ★
Carl Joseph E. PAPA (Director) /
Geo Lomuntad (Producer) / Joseph Anthony Brillantes (Animator)
18:45
SOLD OUT Undertaker (125) ★ THAI NIGHT
Thiti SRINUAN (Director) / Naruepol Yaiim (Cast), Archariya Sritha (Cast) / Sutida Buatik (Cast)
20:30
◉ Solids by the Seashore (93) ★
Patiparn BOONTARIG (Director), Ilada PITSUWAN (Cast), Rawipa SRISANGUAN (Cast)
March 1 (Fri) | 2 (Sat) | 3 (Sun) | 4 (Mon) | 5 (Tue) | 6 (Wed) | 7 (Thu) | 8 (Fri) | 9 (Sat) | 10 (Sun)
Saturday, March 9
13:20
◉ Hyphen (94) ★
Jopy ARNALDO (Director), Gabby Padilla(Cast), YAMAMURA Ken(Cast), KC Contrevida (Producer)
March 1 (Fri) | 2 (Sat) | 3 (Sun) | 4 (Mon) | 5 (Tue) | 6 (Wed) | 7 (Thu) | 8 (Fri) | 9 (Sat) | 10 (Sun)
Sunday, March 10
15:20
◉ All the Songs We Never Sang (115) ★
Chris RUDZ (Director) / Jeffrey ROWE (Producer) / NAGASE Miru (Cast) / KANO Junko (Cast) / KAI Sandy (Cast)
18:30
SOLD OUT Tokyo Cowboy (118)
Awards & Closing Ceremonies
IURA Arata (Cast), FUJITANI Ayako (Cast), Marc MARRIOTT (Director), Brigham TAYLOR (Producer), Dave BOYLE (Co-Screenwriter), INOUE Yasu (Editor)
March 1 (Fri) | 2 (Sat) | 3 (Sun) | 4 (Mon) | 5 (Tue) | 6 (Wed) | 7 (Thu) | 8 (Fri) | 9 (Sat) | 10 (Sun)
Short Film Program A
Before Anyone Else (19 min)
Life of Cloud (22 min)
Accompany (32 min)
Short Film Program B
Right Jabs (23 min)
On a Boat (32 min)
Flavor of Sisterhood (25 min)
Short Film Program C
Suton (41 min)
The Horse (15 min))
Sojourn to Shangri-la (19 min)
Short Film Program D
How We Say Goodbye (29 min)
JungOk (18 min)
Sweet Lime (11 min)
Playground (16 min)
Short Film Program E
Blazed Away (19 min)
Ririka of the Star (28 min)
The Fourth Man (25 min)
Hosen Cultural Foundation-Supported Program (Grant for Film Study and Production)
Faraway Family (81 min) ★
Half Time (29 min)
Perfect Nervous (27 min)
Girls and Boys (45 min.)
Hosen Cultural Foundation-Supported Program (Commendation for Student Films)
Touch (15 min)
Ask for the Moon (46 min)
Huaxin -Amorous Butterfly- (88 min)