Osaka Asian Film Festival Sets Competition, Focus Sections

Three Japanese movies having fun with their world premieres, together with pageant favorites “Metropolis of Wind” and “Solids by the Seashore,” are set to look within the 13-title competitors part of the Osaka Asian Movie Pageant in March.

The occasion will probably be held March 1-10 at venues together with ABC Corridor, Cine Libre Umeda, T-Pleasure Umeda and the Nakanoshima Museum of Artwork. The opening and shutting movies will probably be introduced in early February.

The nineteenth version of the pageant, which can finally comprise 55 characteristic and brief movies, is ready to additionally embody three particular packages – a “Thai Cinema Kaleidoscope,” “Taiwan: Films on the Transfer,” and “Particular Concentrate on Hong Kong” – in addition to its common Highlight Part on underrated Asian movies and the Indie Discussion board of tougher and modern works.

The competitors titles are: “Metropolis of Wind,” by Mongolia’s Lkhagvadulam Purev-Ochir; “Hearth on Water,” by Malaysia’s Solar-J Perumal; “Hyphen,” by The Philippines Pleasure Arnaldo; “The Lyricist Wannabe,” by Hong Kong’s Norris Wong; “The Lacking,” by The Philippines’ Carl Joseph E. Papa; “Not Mates,” by Thailand’s Atta Hemwadee; “Salli,” by Taiwan’s Lien Chen Hung; “Solids by the Seashore,” by Thailand’s Patiparn Boontarig; “Bother Woman,” by Taiwan’s Chin Chia-hua; and the world premiere of “Unborn Soul,” directed by Zhou Zhou and credited as an Australia-China joint manufacturing. The three Japanese movies making their public debuts in competitors are: “Recollections of his Scent” directed by Higashi Kahori; “Snowdrop” by Yoshida Kota; and “Suishin 0 Meter Kara,” by Yoshida Nobuhiro.

Different standout choices embody: “13 Bombs,” by Indonesia’s Angga Dwimas Sasongko; “The Fourth Man,” by Singapore’s Tay Bee Pin; “Everyphone, All over the place,” by Hong Kong’s Amos Why; and Chris Rudz’s “All of the Songs We By no means Sang.”

With the assist of Kobe Faculty, Division of English, the Bangladeshi movie “Rickshaw Woman” will probably be screened.

“Selling Osaka worldwide as a gateway metropolis for Asian movies and interesting with many individuals from the fields of tradition, artwork, schooling, tourism and enterprise, from Osaka and all of Asia, OAFF works as an open platform to contribute to the event of Osaka and cinema,” organizers mentioned.