Osaka Asian Film Festival 2023 (OAFF 2023) held its Special Opening Ceremony today, March 15, with stage greetings featuring filmmakers attending the festival and the World Premiere of the Hong Kong film “Over My Dead Body” (死屍死時四十四).
OAFF 2023 started on March 10, but “Over My Dead Body” was the first title to play at the festival's main venue of ABC Hall. Taking place at ABC Hall, the special event marked the first time since OAFF 2020, and the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic, that the festival was able to host guests for Q&As and more. Waiting to meet them was a full audience made up of enthusiastic filmgoers who welcomed an array of stars drawn from 16 films from Japan and abroad.
Among their number were
HONG KONG
“Over My Dead Body”
Director HO Cheuk Tin (Competition Jury) and Actor WONG You Nam
“Hong Kong Family”
Director TSANG Hing Weng Eric
“Lost Love”
Director KA Sing Fung (Housen Short Film Award Jury) and Actor Alan LUK
THAILAND
“You & Me & Me”
Directors Wanweaw HONGVIVATANA and Weawwan HONGVIVATANA, and Producer
Banjong PISANTHANAKUN (Housen Short Film Award Jury)
“Friday Saturday Sunday”
Director Pobmek JUNLAKARIN
INDONESIA
“Like & Share”
Director Gina･S･NOER (Housen Short Film Award Jury)
“Natasha”
Director Galilee MA
JAPAN
“Is This Heaven?”
Director IMAOKA Shinji, Actor KAWAYA Hidetoshi and TAKEDA Aki, Producer SAKAMOTO
Rei, and Distributor HARIE Gyou
“Where Love Goes”
Director MIYAJIMA Fuka
“The Burden of the Past”
Producer UEYAMA Emi
“Cafune”
Director KINEMURA Haruki, Actor YAMAZAKI Suika, Producer YOSHIDA Mitsuho,
Screenplay CHIBA Miu, and Cinematographer TAKAMOTO Yuu
“Detouring Blue”
Director KIMURA Ryo and Actor MORI Saori
“NEW RELIGION”
Director Keishi Kondo
“Sekai”
Director TSUKADA Marina
“When Morning Comes, I Feel Empty”
Director ISHIBASHI Yuho
“You Are Still There After the Rain”
Director PAN Junhua, Cinematographer SHEN Ziyi, and Music Christopher LAN
Acting as representative for the guests, HO Cheuk Tin, director of the special opening film “Over My Dead Body,” said “I'm glad that my film, “Over My Dead Body,” and all of the guests and their films can enjoy the Osaka Asian Film Festival this year. I hope that all of you are enjoying the movies we made and hope that you guys love the movies and share them with your friends.”
Osaka Asian Film Festival 2023 is the 18th edition of the festival and it is taking place until March 19, with a line-up of 51 films from 16 countries and regions, welcoming more than 60 guests.
