Festival Film Asia Osaka

Osaka Asian Film Festival (OAFF, Ōsaka Ajian ēga zai (Jepang: 大阪アジアン映画祭code: ja is deprecated )) adalah festival film tahun yang diadakan di Osaka City, Osaka Prefecture, Jepang, dimana diselenggarakan pada setiap bulan Maret. Festival ini dimulai sejak tahun 2005 dan banyak memperkenalkan Sinema Asia.

Osaka Asian Film Festival
Osaka Asian Film Festival
Deskripsi	Prestasi dalam Osaka Asian Film
Lokasi	Osaka
Negara	Jepang
Diberikan perdana	2005
Situs web	oaff.jp

Sejarah

Pada bulan Desember 2005, Festival Film Korean Entertainment diadakan untuk pertama kalinya di Osaka sebagai bentuk perayaan 40 tahun hubungan antara Jepang dan Korea Selatan. Di tahun 2016, festival ini dirubah namanya menjadi Osaka Asian Film Festival sehingga tidak hanya menampilkan sinema Korea Selatan tapi juga karya sinema dari negara-negara Asia Timur seperti Hong Kong, Jepang dan Republik Rakyat Tiongkok. Karya-karya sinema dari Malaysia dan Thailand sebagai karya sinema dari wilayah Asia Selatan mulai diperkenalkan sejak festival ketiga pada tahun 2007.

Pada penyelenggaraan festival keempat tahun 2009, seorang kritikus film, Sōzō Teruoka ditunjuk sebagai Direktur Pelaksana. "From Osaka, to the whole Japan, then to Asia!" menjadi tema untuk memperkenalkan karya sinema dari Jepang. From the 4th onwards, the festival was held in March (overlapping the Osaka Cinema Festival) at the ABC Hall of Asahi Broadcasting Building in Hotarumachi, with the exception of the 8th festival in 2013. The Audience Award was introduced.

At the 6th festival in 2011, the competition section was established, which awards the Grand Prix, Most Promising Talent Award and ABC Award. Since the beginning, the Asian Meeting Osaka was set up to handle the release and exchange about the films aided by the Cinema Organisation Osaka (CO2) and produced by new Asian producers. In 2012, the Cinema Organisation Osaka became the Indie Forum as a result of integration of sections, and the organiser was renamed from Osaka Asian Film Festival Executive Committee to Osaka Executive Committee for the Promotion of Moving. In 2015, the Yakushi Pearl Award was established to award the most brilliant performer.

In 2016, the Japan Society (organiser of Japan Cuts festival) from New York City established the JAPAN CUTS Award for films with exceptional excitement and creativity, mainly for Japanese independent films and films screened by Indie Forum.

In 2018, the Housen Short Film Award was given by the Housen Cultural Foundation to the best short film with length of less than 60 minutes which screen at OAFF as Japan Premieres.