Osaka Asian Film Festival 2025 Outline
From Osaka to All Asia!
The Osaka Asian Film Festival (OAFF) aims to facilitate human resources development and exchange, to invigorate the Osaka economy, and to increase the city’s appeal, through providing opportunities to watch excellent Asian films, supporting filmmaking in Osaka and attracting filmmakers from Asian countries and regions to Osaka.
Promoting Osaka worldwide as a gateway city for Asian films, and engaging with many people from the fields of culture, art, education, tourism and business, from Osaka and all of Asia, OAFF works as an open platform to contribute to the development of Osaka and cinema.
Marking its 20th edition this year, OAFF, under programming director TERUOKA Sozo (暉峻創三), will again select high-quality Asian films.
The Competition section, which receives increased recognition every year, will again select films previously unreleased in Japan.
The Indie Forum section, special programs and other sections will also feature a wide variety of excellent Asian films.
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OSAKA ASIAN FILM FESTIVAL 2025 第20回大阪アジアン映画祭
PERIOD
March 14 – 23, 2025
HOSTED BY
Osaka Executive Committee for the Promotion of Moving Image Culture
Osaka City
Osaka Asian Film Festival Association
Osaka Chamber of Commerce and Industry
Osaka Convention & Tourism Bureau
Asahi Television Broadcasting Corporation
Osaka Association of Theater Owners
MEDIA PLUS Co.,LTD
SUPPORTED BY
Agency for Cultural Affairs, Government of Japan
SPONSORS
Ministry of Culture, Taiwan
Thailand Creative Culture Agency (THACCA), The Ministry of Culture, The Department of Cultural Promotion, The National Federation of Motion Pictures and Contents Associations, Thai Film Director Association
Culture, Sports and Tourism Bureau, the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, Cultural and Creative Industries Development Agency,
Film Development Fund
Kobe College, School of International Studies
Housen Cultural Foundation
PARTNERS
Athenee Francais Cultural Center
Abeno Q’s MALL
The Film School of Tokyo
FM COCOLO
Nakanoshima Museum of Art, Osaka
JAIHO
Japan Society
T-JOY
Tokyo Theatres Company, Incorporated
Visual Arts Osaka
Machi Library @Morinomiya Q’s Mall
Morinomiya Q’s Mall BASE
npo remo [record, expression and medium – organization]
Yakushi Pearl Japan
Wise Infinity Inc.
OAFF SUPPORTERS
Shikatokinoko Inc.
Tec’s
Screening Programs
- Special Opening
- Closing
- Competition
- Spotlight
- Indie Forum
- Special Program [Thai Cinema Kaleidoscope 2025]
- Special Program [Taiwan: Movies on the Move 2025]
- Special Program [Special Focus on Hong Kong 2025]
- Special Screenings
- Housen Cultural Foundation-supported Programs [Grant for Film Study and Production] [Commendation for Student Films]
- Special Presentation
Related Events
- OAFF 2024 ABC TV Award Winner on TV
- OAFF Poster Exhibition
- Filmmaking Workshop
- Film Subtitles Seminar
- Talk events
Venues
- ABC Hall
- Theatre Umeda
- T-Joy Umeda
- Nakanoshima Museum of Art, Osaka
Osaka Asian Film Festival 2025 Key Visual
The key visual for the 20th edition of OAFF was photographed at Cine Nouveau, a legendary arthouse in Kujo, Osaka, which is one of the venues of the 1st edition of the festival. The light from the projection room illuminates the logo of the 20th Osaka Asian Film Festival and the future of Asian cinema.
In cooperation with Cine Nouveau
Photo by OKUBO Satoshi
Design by FUJITA Tsukito, Shikatokinoko Inc.