On 14 February 2025, Osaka Asian Film Festival (OAFF) announces the rest of its programme with an additional 37 feature-length entries and 2 shorts. This includes 13 titles in the Competition section, 6 titles in the Spotlight section and 9 titles in the Indie Forum section. With the previously-announced 28 works, 67 features and shorts in total – 19 World, 5 International, 4 Asian, 32 Japan Premieres – will be screened at the 20th edition of OAFF, which will be held from March 14 to 23, 2025.
Competition
There are 13 titles competing for OAFF 2025’s Grand Prix, many coming in hot with festival and awards buzz and many familiar names to OAFF audiences as filmmakers return with their latest works.
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| Journey to Face Them (그를 마주하는 시간) |
Amongst the filmmakers taking a bow once again are HWANG In-won (Flavor of Sisterhood, OAFF 2024) with her feature film debut Journey to Face Them, a subtle portrait of the insidious effects of sexual assault as experienced by an aspiring writer.
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| The Land of Morning Calm (아침바다 갈매기는) |
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| Yen and Ai-Lee ©Bering Pictures |
Taiwanese director Tom LIN Shu-yu, whose film The Garden of Evening Mists was the Opening Film for OAFF 2020, brings Yen and Ai-Lee, a story of a daughter and mother overcoming shared painful history which features a gripping dual-role performance by Kimi HSIA and support from YANG Kuei-mei, who took Best Supporting Actress at the Golden Horse Awards 2024 for her portrayal of the mother. He is joined by compatriot PAN Ke-yin, whose shorts My Sister and Daddy-to-Be have played at OAFF in the past. Pan returns with his latest work, the beautifully-shot Family Matters which has its world premiere at the festival. In his debut feature, he expands the world of My Sister along with the cast, who also return to their original roles, for another heartfelt story of family bonds in rural Taiwan.
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| Silent City Driver (Чимээгүй хотын жолооч) |
Silent City Driver, winner of the Grand Prix at Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival 2024, is the latest from SENGEDORJ Janchivdorj whose drama comedy The Sales Girl won the Best Actress award at OAFF 2022. Described as a dark fairy tale, its story of a traumatised ex-prisoner seeking redemption on the streets of the Mongolian capital of Ulaanbaatar features many surreal twists.
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| The Trophy Bride |
On a lighter note is VU Ngoc Dang (Sister Sister 2 (OAFF 2023)) and his drama comedy The Trophy Bride where a family of swindlers in Saigon seek to marry into a rich family. The film has exuberant acting and directing rich with melodrama, romance, and sad scenes to make for an entertaining time.
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| The Way We Talk (看我今天怎麼說) |
Coming straight from Hong Kong is Adam WONG who follows his films The Way We Dance (2013, OAFF 2014), She Remembers, He Forgets (2015, OAFF 2016), and The Way We Keep Dancing (2021, OAFF 2021) with another film about self-expression, The Way We Talk. A drama about a trio of deaf Hong Kongers seeking to integrate into society, its leading lady Chung Suet-Ying won Best Leading Actress at the Golden Horse Awards 2024. He is joined by Jill LEUNG whose Last Song For You sees a washed-up Cantopop singer go on a journey of mourning for an unrequited love. A romance with a tinge of the supernatural, it was shot in Hong Kong and Japan and stars veteran singer and actor Ekin CHENG and Ian CHAN of the group MIRROR.
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| Last Song For You (久別重逢) |
New to the festival is Assel AUSHAKIMOVA who brings Bikechess, which won Best International Narrative Feature at Tribeca Film Festival 2024.
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| Bikechess (Велошах) |
Her film offers a political satire and subtle critique of conformism in Kazakhstan as a state media reporter covers inane happenings while her lesbian activist sister roils society.
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| Bound in Heaven (捆綁上天堂) |
Veteran screenwriter HUO Xin (Kung Fu Hustle (2014)), makes her directorial debut with Bound in Heaven which takes place in rural and urban China as a rich woman stuck in an abusive relationship finds true love with a terminally-ill man and flees her life to be with him.
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| Saba |
Bangladeshi film Saba is another directorial debut, this one from Maksud HOSSAIN who depicts the difficult bond between a sick mother and her daughter who struggles to look after her.
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| Flat Girls (แฟลตเกิร์ล ชั้นห่างระหว่างเรา) ©2025 GDH 559 CO., LTD. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED |
Flat Girls sees Thai director Jiratsaya WONGSUTIN also make her feature film debut, for which she revisits her memories of the place she grew up in to depict a love story taking place in an apartment complex housing police families. Marking its world premiere is Yoyogi Johnny from KIMURA Satoshi. He delivers one of his trademark romantic ensemble comedies wherein the titular Johnny finds his life changes due to the presence of six different girls on the high school squash court and off it.
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| Yoyogi Johnny ©「代々木ジョニーの憂鬱な放課後」製作委員会 |
Spotlight
The films in this section highlight new talent as well as trends emerging across Asia. The added features are:
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| Blind Love (失明) |
404 Still Remain from UHM Ha-neul and Julian CHOU’s Blind Love both take place in the recent past and both tackle the prejudice against sexual minorities, the former in the form of a visually resplendent recreation of Korea in the year 2001 as a shy teen and the class president bond over a shared love of Japanese pop-culture, while the latter is set in Taipei sometime before the legalisation of gay marriage and finds the unhappily married matriarch of a medical family coming apart under the stifling need for social conformity.
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| 404 Still Remain ©gozip studio |
Black comedy Bel Ami is a contemporary story where people seek their identity through sexuality.
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| Bel Ami (漂亮朋友) |
Set in Northeast China and shot in black and white, GENG Jun’s film took Best Leading Actor, Best Cinematography, Best Editing, and the Audience Choice Award at the Taipei Golden Horse Awards 2024.
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| Village Rockstars 2 |
Village Rockstars 2 sees Rima DAS (Bulbul Can Sing (2018, OAFF 2019), Tora’s Husband (2022, OAFF 2023)) return to Dhunu’s story seven years after the first film and shows how the now-teenage girl with guitar navigates the landscape of her Assamese village and its surroundings with her fellow bandmates as she matures.
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| And the Breadwinner Is… |
Two titles from the Philippines look at foreign connections as And the Breadwinner Is…, from Jun Robles LANA (Big Night (2021, OAFF 2022)), utilises comedy-superstar Vice GANDA’s bigger-than-life personality for a comedy drama celebrating the breadwinners of families in a tale of an Overseas Filipino Worker returning home to help her family out of debt.
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| This Place (この場所) |
For Jaime PACEÑA II, he uses his decades-long artistic journeys across Japan for This Place, a drama starring Gabby PADILLA as an anthropologist who travels to Rikuzentakata in Iwate Prefecture to attend her estranged father’s funeral, which is where she meets her half-sister. In this beautifully-shot film, feelings of resentment and grief are navigated in the post-3/11 landscape as the two women come to terms with their situation through art and emotional support.
Indie Forum
The Indie Forum section aims to show innovative and challenging films and new talent, and that applies to both in front of and behind the camera.
Amidst the many World Premieres, there’s a trio of talented new directors whose latest works need to be introduced to the wider world.
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| So Beautiful, Wonderful, and Lovely (素敵すぎて素敵すぎて素敵すぎる) |
OKAWARA Megumi’s So Beautiful, Wonderful, and Lovely is an offbeat romance movie of a woman overcoming heartbreak with the help of talking castella cake. It sounds strange but makes total sense in the gently funny and slightly surreal ode to living for love as writer/director OKAWARA herself takes on the lead role.
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| Rainy Blue (レイニー ブルー) |
YANAGI Asuna, famous for her role as the cruel manager Himuro in WATANABE Hirobumi’s Techno Brothers (2023), makes her directorial debut with Rainy Blue, a sensitive coming-of-age story set in YANAGI’s hometown of Tamana, Kumamoto Prefecture. Based on her own experiences it features a high schooler who discovers a tattered script in the film club who imagines it is connected to legendary actor RYU Chishu, another native of Tamana. Appearing in the film are KORA Kengo and NAKAJIMA Runa, also from Kumamoto, as well as RYU Chishu’s grandson, RYU Kenzo.
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| The Outsiders’ Club (よそ者の会) |
The Outsiders’ Club, from NISHIZAKI Hami, won the Kinemeister Award at the 18th Tanabe Benkei Film Festival for its story of socially insecure misanthropes meeting together on a university campus under the gaze of mysterious student Kinuko Sakata. Starring KAWANOBE Shuichi, director of Our House Party (OAFF 2022), this film was made by students at the Film School of Tokyo.
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| Soyoko (爽子の衝動) |
Experienced director TODA Akihiro (The Name (2017, OAFF 2018) and Ichiko (2023) ) tackles the difficulties of welfare system with the 46-minute drama Soyoko, which features FURUSAWA Mei, an actress in the making who takes on a difficult leading role as the title character, a 19-year-old with ADHD and a disabled father (played by MASE Hidemasa, winner of the Best Actor award at OAFF 2020 for his role in KONTORA (OAFF 2020).
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| Good Luck ©2025「Good Luck」製作委員会（別府短編プロジェクト・TAMAKAN・theROOM） |
ADACHI Shin (100 Yen Love, A Beloved Wife) offers Good Luck, a Before Sunrise (1995)-style walk-and-talk time where an aspiring (but hopeless) director rambles around Beppu in the presence of a free-spirited actress.
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| The Tales of Kurashiki (蔵のある街) ©2025 つなぐ映画「蔵のある街」実行委員会 |
Industry veterans come in the form of HIRAMATSU Emiko, the regular writer and assistant director of YAMADA Yoji on titles like The Twilight Samurai (2002) and The Little House (2014). After helming a number of movies across Japan herself, she heads back to her hometown for a youth-oriented story called The Tales of Kurashiki.
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| See You Again (また逢いましょう) ©Julia／Omuro |
NISHIDA Nobuyoshi, a film scholar, writer, and veteran producer, will screen See You Again, a story about a manga artist from Tokyo who heads to Kyoto and takes part in her elderly father’s physical rehabilitation after a fall. The film stars ONISHI Ayaka from OAFF 2019 opening film Randen (2019) and KATO Shinsuke from Jeux de plage (OAFF 2019) and veteran actors NAKAJIMA Hiroko, TAYAMA Ryosei and the totally amazing TSUTSUI Mariko.
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| V. MARIA |
V. MARIA, the latest feature by MIYAZAKI Daisuke, an OAFF regular filmmaker known for VIDEOPHOBIA (OAFF 2020), North Shinjuku 2055 (OAFF 2022), and #mito, PLASTIC (both 2023). His latest sees him use the flamboyant and raucous rock subgenre of Visual Kei for a coming-of-age film which starts when a young woman discovers a mysterious demo tape amongst her late-mother’s belongings and traces its origins to a club where the music is played.
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| Johatsu – Into Thin Air (蒸発) ©HARTMANN Andreas, MORI Arata |
German-Japanese co-production Johatsu – Into Thin Air, is a documentary by directors Andreas HARTMANN and MORI Arata which looks into the real-life phenomenon of Johatsu, the people who disappear in Japan with the help of special agencies known as “night moving” services. This doc gives insights into the people who disappear, the people left behind, and the people facilitating the disappearances.
Special Programs:
<Thai Cinema Kaleidoscope 2025>
This year’s special programs feature a real diversity of titles.
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| Muay Thai Hustle (แสนสนั่นพันธุ์สั่นสู้) |
Ping LUMPRAPLOENG’s Muay Thai Hustle (แสนสนั่นพันธุ์สั่นสู้) is a sports film that is a surreal comedy of a down-and-out boxer while the latest work from 4 Kings (OAFF 2022) director Puttipong NAKTHONG is In Youth We Trust, a gritty drama that looks at how Thailand’s dispossessed are doled out into a violent prison system.
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| Taklee Genesis (ตาคลี เจเนซิส) ©2024 NERAMITNUNG FILM CO., LTD. ALL RIGHT RESERVED |
And then there is Taklee Genesis (ตาคลี เจเนซิส), a big-budget Hollywood-style time travel adventure from Chookiat SAKVEERAKUL, which sees a mother and daughter journey across thousands of years of Thai history on a rescue mission.
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| The Paradise of Thorns (วิมานหนาม) ©2024 GDH 559 CO., LTD. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED |
Also programmed is Pat BOONNITIPAT’s feature debut How to Make Millions Before Grandma Dies (หลานม่า), a story of a conniving grandson out to get his grandma’s inheritance which turns into a sentimental family drama. It became a hit after social media users recorded themselves crying online and the film went on to be the most commercially successful film in Southeast Asia that year.
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| Our Beloved Journey (ขอให้เรารักกันโดยสวัสดิภาพ) |
With a similar mix of tones is The Paradise of Thorns (วิมานหนาม) from Boss KUNO, in another feature debut, which is a drama romance where a widowed gay man fights for his right to reclaim the land taken by his partner’s family after he discovers he has no legal claim.
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| How to Make Millions Before Grandma Dies (หลานม่า) ©2024 GDH 559 CO., LTD. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED |
<Special Focus on Hong Kong Films 2025>
Hong Kong is represented by All Shall Be Well, Ray YEUNG’s Berlinale 2024 Teddy award-winning drama of a lesbian widow fighting for the recognition of her relationship in a society where the rights of LGBTQ people are still restricted by law.
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| All Shall Be Well ©2023 Mise_en_Scene_filmproduction |
This film is a perfect pairing with The Paradise of Thorns. OAFF will also screen the world premiere of the director’s cut of Anselm CHAN’s Last Dance, a careful balance of comedy that turns into a drama about funeral customs and gender roles on the island and in Taoism. It features Michael HUI and Dayo WONG’s odd-couple pairing of a funeral director and Taoist priest and it became the highest-grossing domestic film of all time.
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| Last Dance ©2024 Emperor Film Production Company Limited ALL RIGHTS RESERVED |
<Taiwan: Movies on the Move 2025>
Amongst the titles from Taiwan are John HSU’s Dead Talents Society and YANG Ya-Che’s The Chronicles of Libidoists.
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| The Chronicles of Libidoists (破浪男女) ©2024 16cc Company Limited. All Rights Reserved. |
Both box-office hits, the former’s story of a recently-deceased young woman’s campaign to scare up infamy to survive the supernatural celebrity economy netted 5 Golden Horse Awards in the technical categories while the latter boldly uses dazzlingly eye-catching poetic imagery, sex and nudity and alternative sexualities as an entry for a character study of lonely souls seeking to connect.
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| Dead Talents Society (鬼才之道) ©Activator Co., Ltd. |
With a star-making turn from LIU Chu-Ping (Bad Education, OAFF 2023) and an evolution in performance from WU Kang-ren (2023 Golden Horse Best Actor Winner for Abang Adik).
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| Family Matters ©2025 Key In Films Ltd. |
Special Screenings
For the Special Screenings section there are two titles, polar opposites in content:
PAGTATAG! The Documentary follows P-Pop (Pinoy Pop) boyband SB19’s second world tour as they seek to establish themselves and Filipino music on the world stage. Accompanying them on the tour was director/photographer Jed REGALA who captures the drama that almost saw the group disband and the passionate creativity that shows SB19 and their team of dancers, choreographers, and their stage director as true artists. The film And the Breadwinner is… uses SB19’s song "Mapa" as its theme.
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| PAGTATAG! The Documentary ©1Z ENTERTAINMENT, FIRSTLIGHT STUDIOS |
You Will Die in 6 Hours comes from LEE Yun-Seok. This is his return to Osaka 10 years after screening Yuko’s Diary at OAFF 2015, and he brings his adaptation of TAKANO Kazuaki’s same-named thriller novel where a woman approaching her 30th birthday accompanies a man who claims to see the future and warns her she will die. It played in the Korean Fantastic: Feature-length Film section of the 28th Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival where it won a Best Actor award for Park Ju-hyun and the Audience Award.
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| You Will Die in 6 Hours (6시간 후 너는 죽는다) |
Osaka Asian Film Festival will take place from March 14 to 23, 2025 at venues in Osaka City, including ABC Hall, Theatre Umeda, T-Joy Umeda and Nakanoshima Museum of Art, Osaka.
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| Soldier of Love (Солдат любви) |
Special Opening with Soldier of Love will be held on March 19. Closing with I Am Kirishima will be held on March 23. Winners of the Grand-prix, Most Promising Talent Award and other awards will be announced at the Award Ceremony on March 23, followed by the closing screening.
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| I Am Kirishima (桐島です) ©Kitanomaru Production |
All the above events will be held at the festival's main venue, ABC Hall.
[Full Lineup of Osaka Asian Film Festival 2025]
◉ Special Opening Film
Soldier of Love [Солдат любви] dir. Farkhat SHARIPOV | 2024 | Kazakhstan | Japan Premiere
◉ Closing Film
I Am Kirishima [「桐島です」] dir. TAKAHASHI Banmei | 2025 | Japan | 105 min | World Premiere
◉ Competition (13 films)
Bikechess [Велошах] dir. Assel AUSHAKIMOVA | 2024 | Kazakhstan, France, Norway | Asian Premiere
Bound in Heaven [捆綁上天堂] dir. HUO Xin [霍昕] | 2024 | China | Japan Premiere
Family Matters [我家的事] dir. PAN Ke-Yin [潘客印] | 2025 | Taiwan | World Premiere
Flat Girls [แฟลตเกิร์ล ชั้นห่างระหว่างเรา] dir. Jirassaya WONGSUTIN | 2025 | Thailand | Japan Premiere
Journey to Face Them [그를 마주하는 시간] dir. HWANG In-won [황인원] | 2024 | Korea | International Premiere
The Land of Morning Calm [아침바다 갈매기는] dir. PARK Ri-woong [박이웅] | 2024 | Korea | Japan Premiere
Last Song For You [久別重逢] dir. Jill LEONG [梁禮彥] | 2024 | Hong Kong | Japan Premiere
Saba dir. Maksud HOSSAIN | 2024 | Bangladesh | Japan Premiere [Sponsored by Kobe College]
Silent City Driver [Чимээгүй хотын жолооч] dir. JANCHIVDORJ Sengedorj | 2024 | Mongolia | Japan Premiere
The Trophy Bride dir. VU Ngoc Dang | 2024 | Vietnam | Japan Premiere
The Way We Talk [看我今天怎麼說] dir. Adam WONG Sau-ping [黄修平] | 2024 | Hong Kong | Japan Premiere
Yen and Ai-Lee [小雁與吳愛麗] dir. Tom Shu-Yu LIN [林書宇] | 2024 | Taiwan | Japan Premiere
Yoyogi Johnny [代々木ジョニーの憂鬱な放課後] dir. KIMURA Satoshi [木村聡志] | 2025 | Japan | World Premiere
◉ Spotlight (15 films - 6 features / 9 shorts)
404 Still Remain [너와 나의 5분] dir. UHM Ha-neul [엄하늘] | 2024 | Korea | International Premiere
And the Breadwinner Is... dir. Jun Robles LANA | 2024 | Philippines | Japan Premiere
Blind Love [失明] dir. Julian CHOU [周美豫] | 2025 | Taiwan | Asian Premiere
This Place [Kono Basho] dir. Jaime PACEÑA II | 2024 | Philippines, Japan | Asian Premiere
Village Rockstars 2 dir. Rima DAS | 2024 | India | Japan Premiere
Bel Ami [漂亮朋友] dir. GENG Jun [耿軍] | 2024 | France | Japan Premiere
(Previously-announced shorts in the Spotlight section)
Boxing Day [拳撃日] dir. ZHONG Xiaoyi [鐘暁芸] | 2024 | China | International Premiere
Hansel: Two School Skirts [헨젤: 두 개의 교복치마] dir. LIM Ji-sun [임지선] | 2024 | Korea | Japan Premiere
In the Name of Love I Will Punish You dir. Exsell RABBANI | 2024 | Indonesia | Japan Premiere
Rooftop Lempicka [Lempicka Trên Mái Nhà] dir. NGUYEN Luong Hang | 2024 | Vietnam | Asian Premiere
Scary Self-Driving [자율주행이 너무해] dir. JEONG Ki-yeon | 2024 | Korea | International Premiere
Spring 23 [春二十三] dir. WANG Zhiyi [王知疑] | 2024 | China | Japan Premiere Suzuki [스즈키] dir. AHN Jung-min [안정민] | 2024 | Korea | Japan Premiere
WAShhh dir. Mickey LAI [黎樂怡] | 2024 | Malaysia | Japan Premiere
Little Dazzled Eyes [眩光] dir. CHUNG Yik Ching [鍾易澄] | 2024 | Hong Kong | Japan Premiere
◉ Indie Forum (14 films - 7 features / 7 shorts)
Good Luck [Good Luck] dir. ADACHI Shin [足立紳] | 2024 | Japan
Johatsu – Into Thin Air [蒸発] dir. Andreas HARTMANN, MORI Arata | 2024 | Japan, Germany | Japan Premiere
The Outsiders’ Club [よそ者の会] dir. NISHIZAKI Hami [西崎羽美] | 2023 | Japan Rainy Blue [レイニー ブルー] dir. YANAGI Asuna [柳明日菜] | 2025 | Japan | World Premiere
See You Again [また逢いましょう] dir. NISHIDA Nobuyoshi [西田宣善] | 2025 | Japan | World Premiere
So Beautiful, Wonderful and Lovely [素敵すぎて素敵すぎて素敵すぎる] dir. OKAWARA Megumi [大河原恵] | 2025 | Japan | World Premiere
Soyoko [爽子の衝動] dir. TODA Akihiro [戸田彬弘] | 2025 | Japan
The Tales of Kurashiki [蔵のある街] dir. HIRAMATSU Emiko [平松恵美子] | 2025 | Japan | World Premiere
Note: The Outsiders’ Club (42 min) and Soyoko (45 min) will be screened together in a program.
(Previously-announced shorts in the Indie Forum section)
The Angel Island [天使の集まる島] dir. HORII Ayaka [堀井綾香] | 2025 | Japan | World Premiere
Crumpled [だからなに] dir. YUKI Chihiro [結木千尋], YABUKI Hikaru [矢吹輝] | 2025 | Japan | World Premiere
Farewell, Saranghae, Farewell [サラバ、さらんへ、サラバ] dir. HONG Sunhye [洪先恵] | 2024 | Japan | Japan Premiere
my name is [街に溶ける] dir. KOMIYAMA Nako [小宮山菜子] | 2025 | Japan | World Premiere
To Be A Woman dir. YO Enen [余園園] | 2025 | Japan, China | World Premiere
Special Program
◉ Special Program Taiwan: Movies on the Move 2025 (7 films - 5 features / 2 shorts)
The Chronicles of Libidoists [破浪男女] dir. YANG Ya-Che [楊雅喆] | 2024 | Taiwan | Japan Premiere
Dead Talents Society [鬼才之道] dir. John HSU [徐漢強] | 2024 | Taiwan | Japan Premiere
Family Matters [我家的事] dir. PAN Ke-Yin [潘客印] | 2025 | Taiwan | World Premiere
Yen and Ai-Lee [小雁與吳愛麗] dir. Tom Shu-Yu LIN [林書宇] | 2024 | Taiwan | Japan Premiere
Blind Love [失明] dir. Julian CHOU [周美豫] | 2025 | Taiwan | Asian Premiere
Note: Family Matters, Yen and Ai-Lee were also selected for the Competition section. Blind Love was also selected for the Spotlight section.
(Previously-announced shorts in Taiwan: Movies on the Move 2025)
Breezy Day [晩風] dir. CHIANG Chung-chieh [江宗傑] | 2024 | Taiwan | International Premiere
Cupcakes, Lonely Cats [寂寞貓蛋糕] dir. YANG Ling [楊羚] | 2024 | Taiwan | World Premiere
◉ Special Program Thai Cinema Kaleidoscope 2025 (7 films - 6 features / 1 short)
How to Make Millions before Grandma Dies [หลานม่า] dir. Pat BOONNITIPAT | 2024 | Thailand In Youth We Trust dir. Puttipong NAKTHONG | 2024 | Thailand | Japan Premiere
Muay Thai Hustle [แสนสนั่นพันธุ์สั่นสู้] dir. Ping LUMPRAPLOENG | 2025 | Thailand | Japan Premiere
The Paradise of Thorns [วิมานหนาม] dir. Boss KUNO | 2024 | Thailand | Japan Premiere
Taklee Genesis [ตาคลี เจเนซิส] dir. Chookiat SAKVEERAKUL | 2024 | Thailand | Japan Premiere
Flat Girls [แฟลตเกิร์ล ชั้นห่างระหว่างเรา] dir. Jirassaya WONGSUTIN | 2025 | Thailand | Japan Premiere
Note: Flat Girls was also selected for the Competition section.
(Previously-announced shorts in Thai Cinema Kaleidoscope 2025)
Our Beloved Journey [ขอให้เรารักกันโดยสวัสดิภาพ] dir. Thapanee LOOSUWAN | 2024 | Thailand | International Premiere
◉ <Special Focus on Hong Kong 2025> (5 films - 4 features / 1 short)
All Shall Be Well [從今以後] dir. Ray YEUNG [楊曜愷] | 2024 | Hong Kong | Japan Premiere
The Last Dance <Director’s Cut> dir. Anselm CHAN [陳茂賢] | 2025 | Hong Kong | World Premiere
Last Song For You [久別重逢] dir. Jill LEONG [梁禮彥] | 2024 | Hong Kong | Japan Premiere
The Way We Talk [看我今天怎麼說] dir. Adam WONG Sau-ping [黄修平] | 2024 | Hong Kong | Japan Premiere
Note: Last Song For You and The Way We Talk were also selected for the Competition section.
(Previously-announced shorts in Special Focus on Hong Kong 2025)
Little Dazzled Eyes [眩光] dir. CHUNG Yik Ching [鍾易澄] | 2024 | Hong Kong | Japan Premiere
Note: Little Dazzled Eyes was also selected for the Spotlight section.
◉ Special Screenings (2 films)
PAGTATAG! The Documentary dir. Jed REGALA | 2024 | Philippines | Japan Premiere
You Will Die in 6 Hours [6시간 후 너는 죽는다] dir. LEE Yun-Seok | 2024 | Korea, Japan | Japan Premiere
Housen Cultural Foundation-supported program [Grant for Film Study and Production]
And Then How He Told the Horse Mackerel [真アジ] dir. KIMURA Shin [木村愼] | 2024 | Japan | World Premiere
Imperfect Me [不完全なわたし] dir. YAMASHINA Koichi [山科晃一] | 2024 | Japan | World Premiere
Life Is Snow [相談] dir. ZHANG Yaoyuan [張曜元] | 2024 | Japan
New Born Life [Yahshimusiz] dir. OSAKO Muki | 2024 | Japan | World Premiere
Ten Easy Pieces [TEN EASY PIECES] dir. NAMISE Sota, YOKOMORI Koya, HE Mengtian, OTSUKI Miyu, Nicole L, NOSE Mirei, LIU Yifei, FUJIMOTO Kaede, HOI Pek I, KOIKE Yusuke [浪瀬聡太、横森広也、何夢甜、大槻美夢、Nicole .L、野瀬美怜、劉夷非、藤本楓、HOI PEK I、小池悠補] | 2024 | Japan | World Premiere
◉ Housen Cultural Foundation-supported program [Commendation for Student Films]
The Melancholy of a Brass Player for Brass Quintet [金管五重奏の為の喇叭吹きの憂鬱] dir. FURUYA Daichi [古谷大地] | 2024 | Japan | World Premiere
The Midnight Sun [折にふれて] dir. MURATA Hina [村田 陽奈] | 2024 | Japan
Seasonless Love [季節のない愛] dir. NAKAZATO Yuki [中里有希] | 2024 | Japan
◉ Special Presentation
[Achievement of VIPO Film Award]
To Kill a Mongolian Horse [一匹白馬的熱夢] dir. JIANG Xiaoxuan [姜暁萱] | 2024 | Malaysia, Hong Kong, USA, Korea, Japan, Thailand | Japan Premiere
About Osaka Asian Film Festival
The Osaka Asian Film Festival 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’s 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 regular sections, Special Screenings and Indie Forum, and other special programs will also feature a wide variety of excellent Asian films.
OAFF attracts a large number of viewers from all over Japan and overseas, as well as from the local Kansai area. From Osaka to all of Japan and all of Asia, OAFF introduces many films and strives to make Osaka a hub of moving image culture.
Venues: ABC Hall, Theatre Umeda, T-Joy Umeda, the Nakanoshima Museum of Art, Osaka
Hosted by Osaka Executive Committee for the Promotion of Moving Image Culture
Official Website: https://oaff.jp/en/oaff2025/
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