Osaka Asian Film Festival

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Program A

1:00 pm, October 11 (Saturday)
3:00 pm, October 12 (Sunday)

Venue: Nakanoshima Museum of Art, Osaka 1F Hall

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Sojourn to Shangri-la

是日訪古
China | 2023 | 19 min
Directed by Lin Yihan [林詣涵]

Sojourn in Shangri-la amusingly shows the behind-the-scenes indignity of a glamorous fashion shoot on a beach gone awry as a put-upon art assistant named Cal is tasked with rescuing an installation swallowed by the sea.

Osaka Asian Film Festival 2024 Housen Short Film Award winner.

On a Boat

オン・ア・ボート
Japan | 2024 | 32min
Directed by Heso
Starring SHIBUKAWA Kiyohiko, MATSUURA Ryo, YAMAMOTO Nairu, NAKAO Yuuka, WADA Sayaka, Anna MELODY

Sara is married to 12-year-older Chu, and, thanks to him, Sara now has a new home. Sara just has to be in love because Chu seems nice but exhibits possessive behaviour. Everything in his house has to be “just so” otherwise he gets petty and vindictive. Sara has a difficult night ahead as a house-warming party with her “friends” takes a nasty turn when Chu realises that SARA and co cannot be managed like objects…

©2024 PYRAMID FILM INC

Japan Premiere

Mountain Cat

Shiluus

Mongolia, UK | 2020 | 13 min

Directed by Lkhagvadulam Purev-Ochir

Starring Azzaya Munkhbat, Dulguun Ganbaatar

A troubled teenage girl is coerced into seeing a local shaman in search of spiritual healing. Trapped by ancient beliefs that serve only to pacify her mother, she finds peace in the physical realm by unleashing her repressed, youthful spirit on the unsuspecting shaman when she realises his true identity.

1:00 pm, October 11 (Saturday)
3:00 pm, October 12 (Sunday)

Venue: Nakanoshima Museum of Art, Osaka 1F Hall

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