Event Outline

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 12th edition this year, OAFF, under programming director TERUOKA Sozo, 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.

Competition

This section will present the latest Asian films, which will have their Japan premieres at OAFF. From the films, the international jurors will choose the winners of the Grand Prix and Most Promising Talent Award.

Special Screenings

The Special Screenings will select much-talked-about Asian films.

Special Programs

The Special Programs will feature a specific country/region or theme.

Indie Forum

Indie Forum section features innovative and challenging films by rising directors every year. The CO2 (Cineastes Organization Osaka) grant-recipient films will have their world-premiere in this section.

CO2 website　http://co2ex.org/

Osaka Asia Star ★ Award & Talk

This program selects one significant figure from the Japanese or Asian film industries, and bestows an award on him/her. Along with the award ceremony, an in-depth talk event with the awardee will be held to applaud his/her achievement.

Welcome Party

OAFF will hold a Welcome Party for our guests, sponsors/supporters.

Date: March 9 (Thu)

Venue: Osaka City Central Public Hall

Symposiums/Talk Events

A number of symposiums and talk events, featuring participating filmmakers, will be held during the festival.

OAFF Poster Exhibition

We will exhibit posters of selected films from OAFF 2017 and past festivals.

Dates: February 13 (Mon) - February 18 (Sat) 11:00-20:00

Venue: THE (COMMON) PLACE

Dates: February 13 (Mon) - March 12 (Sun)

Venue: Gallery Metro Shinsaibashi, Osaka subway Shinsaibashi station yard

Gallery Metro Nagahoribashi, Osaka subway Nagahoribashi station yard

Dates: February 21 (Tue) - March 10 (Fri) (Closed in weekend)

Venue: Osaka City Hall (Yodoyabashi)

Asian Book Fair

In collaboration with the mega bookstore MARUZEN & JUNKUDO Umeda, OAFF 2016 holds an Asian Book Fair.

Dates: January 28 (Sat) – March 31 (Fri)

Venue: MARUZEN & JUNKUDO Umeda, 5F Art Book section

Cooperation: MARUZEN & JUNKUDO Umeda

Film Seminars

We hold special seminars, including Asian film seminars by the OAFF programming director TERUOKA Sozo, and a seminar on film subtitling. We also cooperate with several universities to broaden the supporter base for moving image culture.

< Asian film seminars >

Dates: September 25, 2016 – Feburuary 12, 2017

Venue: Osaka International House Foundation

< Film subtitling seminar >

Date: November 7, 2016

Venue: Osaka University, Minoh Campus