2011 (6th) Osaka Asian Film Festival

Profile

• Film Festival: Osaka Asian Film Festival
• Japanese: 大阪アジアン映画祭
• Edition: 6th
• Period: March 5 - 13, 2011
• Location: Osaka, Japan

Notes

1. Jurors for the Osaka Asian Film Festival's first competition section are "Isao Yukisada," "Kim Dae-Woo," and Milkman Saito.

Awards

• "Grand Prix (Best Picture Award)" - "Lover's Discourse" - Kwok Cheung Tsang, Jimmy Wan
• "Most Promising Talent Award" - Banjong Pisanthanakun ("Hello Stranger")
• "Audience Award" - "Love You Ten Thousand Years" - Toyoharu Kitamura (Taiwan)
• "ABC Award" - "Hello Stranger" - Banjong Pisanthanakun (Thailand)

Film Listings

Special Screenings

• "The Housemaid" - Im Sang-Soo (South Korea) *Opening Film / Japan Premiere
• "Kites" - Anurag Basu (India, Mexico, USA) *Closing Film / Japan Premiere
• "Don't Go Breaking My Heart" Johnnie To, Ka-Fai Wai (2011) *World Premiere
• "Bodyguards and Assassins" - Teddy Chan (China/Hong Kong) *Kansai Premiere
• "Love Addiction" - Nobuteru Uchida (Japan) *Kansai Premiere
• "Seesaw" - Keihiro Kanyama (Japan) *Kansai Premiere
• "The Fourth Portrait" - Mong-Hong Chung (Taiwan) *Kansai Premiere
• "Dream Home - Ho-Cheung Pang (Hong Kong) *Kansai Premiere
• "Johnnie Got His Gun!" - Yves Montmayeur (France, Hong Kong, China) *Kansai Premiere
• "The Servant" - Kim Dae-Woo (South Korea) *Japan Premeiere
• "Birthright" - Naoki Hashimoto (Japan) *Kansai Premiere

Competition

• "Encounter" - Lim Tae-Hyung (South Korea) *International Premiere
• "Forever" - Li Lin Wee (Singapore) *Japan Premiere
• "Hello Stranger" - Banjong Pisanthanakun (Thailand) *International Premiere
• "Hong Kong Confidential" - Maris Martinsons (Latvia, Hong Kong) *International Premiere
• "Liberacion" - Adolfo Alix Jr. (Philippines) *World Premiere
• "Lover's Discourse" - Kwok Cheung Tsang, Jimmy Wan (Hong Kong/China) *Japan Premiere
• "Love You Ten Thousand Years" - Toyoharu Kitamura (Taiwan) *International Premiere
• "Magic and Loss" - Kah-Wai Lim (Japan, Malaysia, Korea, Hong Kong, Franc) *Japan Premiere
• "When He was 23" - Atanu Ghosh (India) *International Premiere
• "Woo Hoo" Chiu Keng Guan (Malaysia) *International Premiere

Directors in Focus : Koji Fukada

• "Hospitalite" - Koji Fukada (Japan) *Kansai Premiere
• "Human Comedy in Tokyo" - Koji Fukada (Japan)
• "La Grenadiere" - Koji Fukada (Japan) *Kansai Premiere
• "Kids and Grownups" - - Koji Fukada (Japan) *World Premiere

Best Selection of Korean Films

• "The Housemaid" - Kim Ki-Young (South Korea)
• "Whale Hunter" - Bae Chang-Ho (South Korea)

Johnnie To Retrospective - Johnnie Talks about Love

• "Yesterday Once More" - Johnny To (Hong Kong)
• "Linger" - Johnny To (Hong Kong)

Osaka Cinema Festival 2011

• "Here Comes the Bride, My Mom!" - Mipo Oh (Japan)
• "A Lone Scalpel" - Izuru Narushima (Japan)
• "Caterpillar" - Koji Wakamats (Japan)
• "Confessions" - Tetsuya Nakashima (Japan)
• "Villain" - Sang-il Lee (Japan)
• "The Last Ronin" -Shigemichi Sugita (Japan)
• "13 Assassins" - Takashi Miike (Japan)
• "Sawako Decides" - Yuya Ishii (Japan)
• "Gegege no Nyobo" - Takuji Suzuki (Japan)
• "Zatoichi the Last" -Junji Sakamoto (Japan)
• "Breathless" - Yang Ik-Jun (South Korea)
• "Vengeance" - Johnnie To (Hong Kong)

Asian Meeting Osaka 2011

• "Father is a Dog" - |Lee Sang-Woo (South Korea)
• "Bi, Don't Be Afraid" - Dang Di Phan (Vietnam/France/Germany)