Selected 5 Filipino films screened in this year’s Osaka Asian Film Festival (OAFF)

A selection of five Filipino films will be screened in this year’s Osaka Asian Film Festival . Crisanto Aquino’s Write About Love and Rae Red’s Babae at Baril will screen in the Osaka Asian Film Festival’s official competition section. Babae at Baril participated in the ‘First Cut Story Development Lab’ in FDCP’s 2019 ‘First Cut Lab. The film has seen success since its premiere and director Rae Red bagged the ‘Best Director Award’ from the QCinema International Film Festival in 2019. 

The festival’s “Special Program: New Action! Southeast Asia” highlights new movements in Southeast Asian cinema and features a wide variety of films from the region. Write About Love has been successful as well having won various awards from the Metro Manila Film Festival including the Special Jury Prize for the feature films category. 

Under this program, LSS and Metamorphosis will make their international premieres and Sunshine Family will make its Japan Premiere. FDCP Chairperson and CEO Liza Diño expressed joy for the films selected. The OAFF runs this year from March 6 to 15. 

This is the 15th edition of OAFF as it continues to “facilitate human resources development and exchange, invigorate the Osaka economy, and promote Osaka as a gateway for Asian films.” The Osaka Asian Film Festival has consistently screened several Filipino films in previous iterations. Last year, the festival had a selection of five Filipino movies that included: (The Girl in the Orange Dress, Tanabata’s Wife, Gusto Kita with All My Hypothalamus, Billie & Emma, and The Eternity Between Seconds).