Osaka Asian Film Festival 2016: Full Lineup Announced

The Osaka Asian Film Festival returns for its 11th year with an eclectic lineup of films brought together from across the length and breadth of the Asian continent. This year's edition picks out films from Vietnam, Taiwan and Hong Kong for special focus while continuing to champion Asia's up-and-coming talents in the Indie Forum.

Osaka Asian Film Festival 2016 runs March 4th-13th. See the full lineup of films below.

Films
[WP]: World Premiere [IP]: International Premiere [AP]:Asia Premiere

Opening Film
Wansei Back Home - Director: HUANG Ming-cheng/2015/Taiwan [IP]

Closing Film
The Mohican Comes Home - OKITA Shuichi/2016/Japan

Competition Section
This section will present 13 films chosen from films completed on or after 1st October 2014 and unreleased in Japan. The international jurors will choose the winners of the Grand Prix and Most Promising Talent Award.

3688 - Royston TAN/2015/Singapore
Already Tomorrow In Hong Kong - Emily TING/2015/Hong Kong, USA
Don't Look At Me That Way - Uisenma BORCHU/2015/Germany, Mongolia [AP]
Hamog (Haze) - Ralston G. JOVER/2015/Philippines [IP]
Heart Attack (Freelance) - Nawapol THAMRONGRATTANARIT/2015/Thailand
Let's Eat! - Chapman TO/2016/Malaysia, Singapore [IP]
The Missing Piece - CHIANG Fong-hong/2015/Taiwan
My Sister, The Pig Lady - JANG Moon-il/2015/Korea
A Nail Clipper Romance - Jason KWAN/2015/Hong Kong [WP]
Sleepless - Prime CRUZ/2015/Philippines [IP]
Tsumugu - INUDO Kazutoshi (犬童一利) /2016/Japan [WP]
Wong Ka Yan - Benny LAU/2014/Hong Kong
# Walang Forever - Dan VILLEGAS/2015/Philippines [IP]

Special Screenings
Artist Of Fasting - ADACHI Masao/2015/Japan
Assassination - CHOI Dong-hoon/2015/Korea
Atomic Heart - Ali AHMADZADEH/2015/Iran
The Master - XU Haofeng/2015/China
The Mohican Comes Home -  Also to be screened as Closing Film
Our Times - Frankie CHEN/2015/Taiwan
She Remembers, He Forgets - Adam WONG/2015/Hong Kong
The Sound of a Flower - LEE JP/2015/Korea
The Summer in Ibaraki - JEON Sung-ho/2015/Korea [IP]

Special Programs: New Action! Southeast Asia
This special program features new action films from Southeast Asian countries.

3 (Tiga) - Anggy UMBARA/2015/Indonesia [IP]
A Copy of My Mind - Joko ANWAR/2015/Indonesia, Korea
Honor Thy Father - Erik MATTI/2015/Philippines
In The Room - Eric KHOO/2015/Hong Kong, Singapore
The Kid From The Big Apple - Jess TEONG/2015/Malaysia
The Master - Nawapol THAMRONGRATTANARIT/2015/Thailand

Vietnamese Cinema in Bloom
Big Father, Small Father and Other Stories - Phan Dang DI/2015/Vietnam, France
Flapping in the Middle of Nowhere - Diep Hoang NGUYEN/2014/Vietnam
The Lady Assassin - Quang Dung NGUYEN/2013/Vietnam
Super X. - Quang Dung NGUYEN/2015/Vietnam
Yellow Flowers on the Green Grass - Victor VU/2015/Vietnam
Sweet 20 - Phan Gia Nhat LINH/2015/Vietnam [IP]

Southeast Asia Classic
12 Sisters - LY Bun Yim/1968/Cambodia

Taiwan: Movies on the Move 2016
In cooperation with the Ministry of Culture, Taiwan and the Taipei Cultural Center of Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office in Japan, OAFF 2016 will showcase excellent new Taiwanese films that mirror the current Taiwan.

Cloud Nation - HUANG Hsin-yao/2015/Taiwan [IP]
The Kids - Sunny YU/2015/Taiwan
The Missing Piece - Also to be screened as a Competition film
The Moment - YANG Li-chou/2014/Taiwan
Our Times - Also to be screened as a Special Screenings film
Wansei Back Home - Also to be screened as Opening Film / TAIWAN NIGHT　screening

Special Focus on Hong Kong 2016
In cooperation with the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office (Tokyo), OAFF 2016 will focus on films by up-and-coming filmmakers from Hong Kong.

Lazy Hazy Crazy - Yee-sum/2015/Hong Kong
A Nail Clipper Romance -  Also to be screened as a Competition film
Robbery - Fire LEE/2015/Hong Kong
She Remembers, He Forgets - Also to be screened as a Special Screenings film/HONG KONG NIGHT screening
Ten Years - KWOK Zune, WONG Fei-pang, Jevons AU, CHOW Kwun-wai, NG Ka-leung/2015/Hong Kong [IP]
Wong Ka Yan - Also to be screened as a Competition film

Indie Forum
5 To 9 - TAY Bee-pin, MIYAZAKI Daisuke, Vincent DU, Rasiguet SOOKKARN/2015/Singapore, Japan, China, Thailand
Hakodate Coffee - NISHIO Hiroshi/2016/Japan
Kenji-Kun No Haru - MORITA Aki/2015/Japan
Kisarazu - SAITO Toshimichi/2016/Japan [WP]
A Light In The Distance - TSURUOKA Keiko/2014/Japan
Mad Tiger - Jonathan YI, Michael HAERTLINE/2015/Japan, USA [IP]
Rumah - Yosep Anngi NOEN/2015/Japan
Somewhere In My Memory - KANYAMA Keihiro/2015/Japan
Tomo Ni Katsugeba: On Our Sholders - TSURUOKA Keiko/2015/Japan [WP]
To See Mother - TAKAGI Shunichi/2016/Japan [WP]
Yume-no-hito - SAKAMOTO Rei/2015/Japan [WP]

12th CO2 Grant-recipient Films
Eriko, Pretended - FUJIMURA Akiyo/2016/Japan [WP]
I Am A Weapon - MIMA Akihiro /2016/Japan [WP]
The Man Who Was Eaten - KONDO Keisuke/2016/Japan [WP]

Special Presentation
CHAMBARA: The Art Of Japanese Swordplay - NAKAJIMA Sadao /2015/Japan