Program
Opening / Closing
Japan Premiere
Opening
The Garden of Evening Mists
夕霧花園(原題)
2019|Malaysia|120min
Director: Tom Shu-yu LIN (林書宇)
World Premiere
Closing
Kamata Prelude
蒲田前奏曲
2020|Japan|115min (approx.)
Director: NAKAGAWA Ryutaro (中川龍太郎), AKIYAMA Mayu (穐山茉由), YASUKAWA Yuka (安川有果), WATANABE Hirobumi (渡辺紘文)
Competition
This section will present 15 films chosen from films completed on or after 1st October 2018 and unreleased in Japan. The international jurors will choose the winners of the Grand Prix and Most Promising Talent Award from these films.
International Premiere
Special Focus on Hong Kong 2020
Apart
散後
2020|Hong Kong|96min
Director: CHAN Chitman (陳哲民)
International Premiere
Babae at Baril (The Girl with the Gun)
2019|Philippines|80min
Director: Rae RED
Japan Premiere
Special Focus on Hong Kong 2020
Better Days
少年的你
2019|China, Hong Kong|135min
Director: Derek TSANG (曾國祥)
Japan Premiere
Happy Old Year
2019|Thailand|110min
Director: Nawapol THAMRONGRATTANARIT
Japan Premiere
TAIWAN NIGHT|Taiwan: Movies on the Move 2020
Heavy Craving
大餓
2019|Taiwan|90min
Director: HSIEH Pei-ju (謝沛如)
Asia Premiere
Kontora
コントラ
2019|Japan|145min
Director: Anshul CHAUHAN
International Premiere
Lucky Chan-sil
2019|Korea|95min
Director: KIM Cho-hee
Japan Premiere
Special Focus on Hong Kong 2020
My Prince Edward
金都
2019|Hong Kong|91min
Director: WONG Yee-lam (黃綺琳)
Japan Premiere
The Odds
2019|India|96min
Director: Megha RAMASWAMY
Japan Premiere
Spring Tide
春潮
2019|China|124min
Director: YANG Lina (楊荔鈉)
Asia Premiere
The Taste of Pho
2019|Germany, Poland|83min
Director: Mariko BOBRIK
International Premiere
Way Back Home
2019|Korea|113min
Director: PARK Sun-joo
Japan Premiere
Wisdom Tooth
日光之下
2019|China|104min
Director: LIANG Ming (梁鸣)
International Premiere
Write about Love
2019|Philippines|105min
Director: Crisanto AQUINO
World Premiere
Taiwan: Movies on the Move 2020
Your Name Engraved Herein
刻在你心底的名字
2020|Taiwan|113min
Director: LIU Kuang-hui (柳廣輝)
Spotlight
In this newly established section, the films are not yet famous but are expected to gain attention this year because they highlight a new talent or movement in cinema.
International Premiere
Alikis
埃里克斯
2019|China|12min
Director: Emetjan MEMET (艾麦提 麦麦提)
International Premiere
Looking for a Lady with Fangs and a Moustache
2019|Nepal, Mexico|113min
Director: Khyentse NORBU
Japan Premiere
Mariam
2019|Kazakhstan, Germany|75min
Director: Sharipa URAZBAYEVA
Japan Premiere
Roam Rome Mein
2019|India, Italy|101min
Director: Tannishtha CHATTERJEE
Special Programs < New Action! Southeast Asia >
This special program highlights new movements in Southeast Asian cinema and features a wide variety of films.
World Premiere
BEE, My Friend
蜂港天的魔法校園
2020|Malaysia|23min
Director: CHENG Thim Kian (程添建)
Japan Premiere
California Dreaming
2019|Cambodia|16min
Director: MEAS Sreylin
Japan Premiere
Indonesia Gala Screening
Hit & Run
2019|Indonesia|114min
Director: Ody C. HARAHAP
International Premiere
LSS(Last Song Syndrome)
2019|Philippines|105min
Director: Jade CASTRO
International Premiere
Metamorphosis
2019|Philippines|99min
Director: Jose Enrique TIGLAO
World Premiere
Taiwan: Movies on the Move 2020
Miss Andy
迷失安狄
2020|Malaysia, Taiwan|108min
Director: Teddy CHIN (陳立謙)
Japan Premiere
Sunday
2019|Singapore|13min
Director: Kris ONG
Japan Premiere
Sunshine Family
2019|Philippines, Korea|88min
Director: KIM Tai-sik
Indie Forum
This program will present 10 films by innovative and challenging talents. The JAPAN CUTS AWARD will be bestowed by the Japan Society to one Japanese film selected from this section.
World Premiere
Bleached Bones Avenue
白骨街道
2020|Japan|16min
Director: FUJIMOTO Akio (藤元明緒)
For Rei
レイのために
2019|Japan|65min
Director: SAKAMOTO Yukari (坂本ユカリ)
World Premiere
Good-bye
グッドバイ
2020|Japan|66min
Director: MIYAZAKI Aya (宮崎彩)
Asia Premiere
Hammock
2018|Japan|30min
Director: KISHI Kentaro (岸建太朗)
The Modern Lovers
東京の恋人
2019|Japan|81min
Director: SHIMOYASHIRO Atsuro (下社敦郎)
Japan Premiere
The Murders of Oiso
ある殺人、落葉のころに
2019|Japan, Hong Kong, Korea|79min
Director: MISAWA Takuya (三澤拓哉)
World Premiere
On the Edge of Their Seats
アルプススタンドのはしの方
2020|Japan|75min
Director: JOJO Hideo (城定秀夫)
Reiko and the Dolphin
れいこいるか
2019|Japan|99min
Director: IMAOKA Shinji (いまおかしんじ)
Japan Premiere
VIDEOPHOBIA
2019|Japan|88min
Director: MIYAZAKI Daisuke (宮崎大祐)
World Premiere
Woman of the Photographs
写真の女
2020|Japan|89min
Director: KUSHIDA Takeshi (串田壮史)
Special Screenings
This section will present two films from Asia which are judged to be both beautifully shot and topical. One of them, "Made in Bangladesh", will be screened with the support of Kobe College, Department of English.
Japan Premiere
Made in Bangladesh
2019|France, Bangladesh, Denmark, Portugal|95min
Director: Rubaiyat HOSSAIN
Japan Premiere
Yan
燕 Yan
2019|Japan|86min
Director: IMAMURA Keisuke (今村圭佑)
Special Programs < Our Lights and Shadows: Celebrating 101 Years of Korean Cinema >
To celebrate the 101st anniversary of the birth of Korean cinema, OAFF will show a selection of works that tell the stories of important moments in the social history of Korea.
Japan Premiere
Birthday
2019|Korea|120min
Director: LEE Jong-un
Children Gone to Poland
2018|Korea|78min
Director: CHOO Sang-mi
Japan Premiere
House of Hummingbird
2018|Korea, USA|138min
Director: KIM Bora
Japan Premiere
Malmoe: The Secret Mission
2019|Korea|135min
Director: EOM Yu-na
Special Programs < Taiwan: Movies on the Move 2020 >
In cooperation with the Ministry of Culture, Taiwan and the Taiwan Cultural Center of Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office in Japan, OAFF 2020 will showcase excellent new Taiwanese films that mirror current Taiwan.
International Premiere
A Cockerel’s Tale
雄雞卡克
2019|Taiwan|21min
Director: HSIEH Pei-ju (謝沛如)
Japan Premiere
The Gangs, the Oscars, and the Walking Dead
江湖無難事
2019|Taiwan|105min
Director: KAO Pin-chuan (高炳權)
Japan Premiere
TAIWAN NIGHT|Competition
Heavy Craving
大餓
2019|Taiwan|90min
Director: HSIEH Pei-ju (謝沛如)
World Premiere
New Action! Southeast Asia
Miss Andy
迷失安狄
2020|Malaysia, Taiwan|108min
Director: Teddy CHIN (陳立謙)
World Premiere
Nobody
有鬼
2020|Taiwan|83min
Director: LIN Chun-hua (林純華)
International Premiere
RPG
2019|Taiwan|29min
Director: SHIH Chun-han (施君涵)
World Premiere
Temple of Devilbuster
伏魔殿
2020|Taiwan|24min
Director: WANG I-fan (王逸帆)
World Premiere
Competition
Your Name Engraved Herein
刻在你心底的名字
2020|Taiwan|113min
Director: LIU Kuang-hui (柳廣輝)
Special Programs < Special Focus on Hong Kong 2020 >
This program will present Hong Kong films by a new generation of filmmakers in cooperation with Hong Kong Special Administration Region Economic and Trade Office Tokyo.
International Premiere
Competition
Apart
散後
2020|Hong Kong|96min
Director: CHAN Chitman (陳哲民)
Japan Premiere
Competition
Better Days
少年的你
2019|China, Hong Kong|135min
Director: Derek TSANG (曾國祥)
Japan Premiere
Fagara
花椒之味
2019|China, Hong Kong|118min
Director: Heiward MAK (麥曦茵)
Japan Premiere
The Fallen
堕落花
2019|Hong Kong|96min
Director: LEE Cheuk Pan (李卓斌)
International Premiere
Four Times Four
四段四分鐘
2019|Hong Kong|18min
Director: Amos WHY (黃浩然), Nora LAM (林子穎)
Japan Premiere
Competition
My Prince Edward
金都
2019|Hong Kong|91min
Director: WONG Yee-lam (黃綺琳)
Supported Program < Housen Cultural Foundation: Support for film study and production >
Based in Osaka, the Housen Cultural Foundation supports film study and production in graduate schools. This program will show the five films supported by the Housen Cultural Foundation. Admission is free.
Bring Light to the KOBE
灯りを運ぶとき
2019|Japan|26min
Director: TAKAI Misa (髙井美沙)
World Premiere
Daffodils
水仙
2020|Japan|36min
Director: OSUGI Takuma (大杉拓真)
Naked Uncle
はだかのおじさん
2019|Japan|55min
Director: AOKI Nobukazu (青木伸和)
World Premiere
setsuko
節子
2020|Japan|74min
Director: ZON Pilone (ゾン・ピロン)
stay
stay
2019|Japan|39min
Director: FUJITA Naoya (藤田直哉)
Co-hosted Program < Rediscovering Osaka through the Moving Image "Come to Life! vol.2 Gutai and Nakanoshima" >
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“Come to Life!” is a project to explore long-forgotten documentary films produced by companies, individuals and governments in Osaka, discover their new value and to encourage museums or other proper facilities to archive the films.
The second edition, titled “Gutai and Nakanoshima”, features documentaries related to Gutai, the post-war avant-garde artist group in Kansai, selected from the 8mm and 16mm film collection of Nakanoshima Museum of Art, Osaka, which will open in the fiscal year of 2021.
- Admission free.
- Hosted by: Museum Vitalization Committee / Osaka Asian Film Festival
- In cooperation with: National Museum of Art, Osaka / Nakanoshima Museum of Art, Osaka
Screening films
1. The Spangle Men and Plaza of Light from Gutai Art Festival (1970, color, 16mm, silent, 7min 20sec)
2. Adventurers of Gutai Art, TV series Nippon Tokuhain No.171 (1968, bw, 16mm, sound, 11min)
3. Inaugural Party of Gutai Pinacotheca (1962, bw, 8mm print, silent, 3min)
4. Inaugural Party of Gutai Pinacotheca (1962, color, 8mm, silent, 5min)
5. The Outdoor Gutai Art Exhibition (1956, bw and color, 8mm, silet, 8min 30sec, reconstructed ver.)
6. Fertilizer Production from Rapeseed (Yoshihara Oil Mill Ltd., 1930s, bw, 16mm, silent, 35min) Private Collection

Inaugural Party of Gutai Pinacotheca

The Outdoor Gutai Art Exhibition