OSAKA ASIAN FILM FESTIVAL 2020
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- DirectorChit-Man ChanStarsChit-Man ChanLit Man ChanMoon-Yuen Cheung"The fireworks are awesome, but are you happy?" College elites Maryanne and Yin were deeply in love, but they couldn't be together because of political pressure - "Apart" is a poem about the sorrows and tough choices faced by the new generation in China-controlled Hong Kong - pragmatic life or fight for democracy? When UK passed Hong Kong and her 7-million people to Communist China in 1997, China promised a 'gradual and full' democracy in 10 years. Twenty years passed; nothing happened. This was the world Maryanne and Yin grew up in, and what drew them into the Umbrella Movement in 2014 to express their discontent over China's manipulation of Hong Kong's elections. They were joined by Shi, a new immigrant from China herself and Maryanne's best friend. But what started as a peaceful week-long strike soon evolved into a months-long occupation movement that ultimately failed. This forced Maryanne and Yin to face their differences rather than their ideals. When they split, Shi became Yin's soulmate and moved with him to US after graduation. Four years went by. Maryanne became a determined democracy fighter. When she bumped into Yin again, who had returned for business ventures in China, their hot passion re-ignited. But this was hurting Shi who yearned only for a peaceful life away from politics. When Yin finally made his tough choice, however, he was only to learn from Maryanne her tough choice too - "There are paths we have to take, not because we want to take..."
- DirectorRae RedStarsJanine GutierrezFelix RocoJC SantosA department store saleslady has had enough of being an underdog. One night, she discovers a peculiar-looking gun right on her doorstep. Her life drastically changes as she discovers how much power owning a gun can give her.
- DirectorDerek TsangStarsDongyu ZhouJackson YeeFang YinWhile she copes the the pressures of her final examinations, a bullied teenage girl forms an unlikely friendship with a mysterious young man who protects her from her assailants.
- DirectorNawapol ThamrongrattanaritStarsChutimon ChuengcharoensukyingSunny SuwanmethanontSarika SartsilpsupaA woman wants to reorganize her house and convert it into a home office. She will throw away anything that has been lying around unused. However, she faces a great challenge when she comes across some items that belonged to her ex-boyfriend.
- DirectorPei-Ju HsiehStarsSamantha Shu-Chin KoYao-Jen ChangJia-Yin TsaiThis follows a woman who strikes up eclectic friendships with a deliveryman and a cross-dressing student.
- DirectorAnshul ChauhanStarsSeira KojimaWan MaruiHidemasa MaseGuided by her grandfather's WWII-era diary, Sora searches for a mysterious trove in the wilderness of her hometown. Meanwhile, a mysterious mute and backward-walking homeless man wanders into town who may be the catalyst to put her shattered relationship with her father back together.
- DirectorCho-hee KimStarsKang Mal-GeumYoun Yuh-jungKim Young-minChan-sil, a film producer, finds herself unemployed with the sudden death of her long-time collaborated director. Out of prospects and out of luck, she moves into a bargain room in a shoddy neighborhood. But something doesn't seem quite right with her new elderly landlady.
- DirectorNorris WongStarsStephy TangPak Hon ChuHee Ching PawA story on a woman struggling on whether to enter into a marriage or not.
- DirectorTian-yi YangStarsLei HaoElaine JinJunxi QuJournalist Guo lives together with her mother and daughter in the same residence. The relation of three generations looks placid but there is actually a fierce undercurrent of rebellion and resistance.
- DirectorMariko BobrikStarsThang Long DoLena NguyenAleksandra DomanskaA Warsaw-based Vietnamese cook struggles to fit into the European culture, which his ten-year-old daughter has already embraced as her own. A story about love, misunderstanding and food.
- DirectorSunjoo ParkStarsWoo-yun HanYeom Hye-ranYoo Jae-myungJeong-won has been living in denial about being raped 10 years ago, keeping it a secret. When she is suddenly called by the police, her life turns upside down.
- DirectorMing LiangStarsXingchen LüXiaoliang WuJiajia WangGu Xi is about to lose her job because of undocumented citizenship status. While making use of all her connections in her effort to get official registration papers, she also tries to getting along with her brother's new girlfriend.
- DirectorCrisanto AquinoStarsMiles OcampoRocco NacinoJoem BasconIt centers on two writers with different styles who must work together to write a romantic film.
- DirectorKuang-Hui LiuStarsEdward ChenJing-Hua TsengLeon DaiIn 1987, as martial law ends in Taiwan, Jia-han and Birdy fall in love amid family pressure, homophobia and social stigma.
- DirectorKhyentse NorbuStarsOrgyen Tobgyal RinpocheTsering Tashi GyalthangTulku KungzangWhen a series of visions send a skeptical entrepreneur to seek spiritual advice, an eccentric Buddhist monk predicts his imminent death, unless he can locate an elusive lady with fangs.
- DirectorSharipa UrazbayevaStarsMeruert SabbusinovaHamza KoksebekAlmas BektibayevIn Zhanash, a far-away village nestled on the Kazakh Steppe, 400 kilometers away from Almaty - and another three kilometers by foot on a dirt path off the main road - Mariam (Meruert Sabbusinova) lives with her husband and four young children in a home without light and water. One winter day, her husband disappears without a trace. Because there is no body, he cannot be officially declared dead. As a result, Mariam cannot receive state financial support. A very reserved person who buries her emotions deep inside, Mariam, alone, must take survival into her own hands. The experience changes her. Then, just as everything has begun to fall into place, her husband suddenly returns as if nothing has happened and expects life to continue as before.
- DirectorTannishtha ChatterjeeStarsNawazuddin SiddiquiTannishtha ChatterjeeValentina CortiRaj (played by Nawazuddin Siddique) goes to Rome in search of his missing sister. In his search he meets some magical characters who take him through his own journey of self realization. Does he find his sister in the end?
- DirectorJade CastroStarsKhalil RamosGabbi GarciaTuesday VargasSara and Zak, an aspiring musician and a yearning son find themselves in a series of almost-but-not-quite romantic encounters as they follow an upcoming indie-folk band. The two are struggling dreamers in their 20s who discover what it means to grow up as they experience the joy and pain of love and loss accompanied by the music of Ben and Ben.
- DirectorJ.E. TiglaoStarsGold AceronIana BernardezDylan Ray TalonAdam was raised like a normal boy until he bled his first menstrual period. Adam was born with two genitals, an intersex person who finds himself in a painful transformation that takes him into the ambiguities of fate and desires.
- DirectorDaisuke MiyazakiStarsSumire AshinaTomona HirotaShûgo OshinariA film which looks at the modern implications of technology and the Internet and video in particular. When a person's personal video recording leaks online and becomes widely available without authorization the person experiences a severe phobia with many repercussions. The video's dissemination sends the person into hiding and agoraphobia.