We present the list of Asian film festivals that will take place on September 2019.
11th Seoul International Extreme-Short Image &Film Festival
Place: Seoul, Korea
Date: Sep 3rd – 8th, 2019
Website: http://www.sesiff.org
Screens: Short Films
Opening Films: The Lost Child by Lee Dongju (Korea), Audition on the Subway by Son Heunisong (Korea), Walk along the Saetgang by Na Younghee (Korea), Savana Swift by Benoit Parias, Theo Pierrel, Lucie Bonzom, Pauline Gregoire (France) and Discipline by Christophe M. Saber (Switzerland).
24th Aichi International Women´s Film Festival
Place: Aichi, Japan
Date: September 4th – 8th, 2019
Website: http://www.aiwff.com
Screens: Feature and Short Films made or related to women.
9th Wathann Film Festival
Place: Yangon, Myanmar
Date: September 4th – 9th, 2019
Website: http://www.wathannfilmfestival.com
Screens: Short Films from Southern Asia.
4th Ulju Mountain Film Festival
Place: Ulsan, Korea
Date: September 6th – 10th, 2019
Website: http://umff.kr/eng
Screens: Feature Films related to alpinism.
Opening Film: Piano to Zanskar by Michal Sulima (UK).
5th Seoul International Food Film Festival
Place: Seoul, Korea
Date: Septemebr 6th – 11th, 2019
Website: http://www.sifff.kr
Screens: Feature and Short Films related to Gastronomy.
Opening Film: Food Fighter by Dan Goldberg (Australia)
10th Kota Kinabalu International Film Festival
Place: Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia
Date: September 7th -15th, 2019
Website: http://www.kkiff.com
Screens: Feature & Short Films
Opening Film: Brio (Le Brio) by Yvan Attal (France, Belgium)
41st PIA Film Festival
Place: Tokyo, Japan
Date: September 7th – 21st, 2019
Website: https://pff.jp/41st/ (Only in Japanese)
Screens: Feature Films
30th Hong Kong Lesbian and Gay Film Festival
Place: Hong Kong
Date: September 7th – 21st, 2019
Website: http://www.hklgff.hk
Screens: Feature and Short Films related to LGTBQ+ topics
Opening Films: How I felt when I saw that girl by Shelly Chopra Dhar (India) and The Shiny Shrimps Maxime Govare, Cèdric Le Gallo (France).
3rd Pista ng Pelikulang Pilipino
Place: Philippines
Date: September 13th – 19th, 2019
Website: https://pistangpelikulangpilipino.ph
Screens: Filipino Feature & Short Films.
Note: Nationwide Festival
Focus on Asia International Film Festival Fukuoka
Place: Fukuoka, Japan
Date: September 13th – 19th, 2019
Website: http://www.focus-on-asia.com/en
Screens: Feature Films
Opening Film: Fukuoka by Zhang Lu (Korea)
33rd Image Forum Festival Tokyo
Place: Tokyo, Japan
Date: Sep. 14th – 23rd, 2019
Website: http://www.imageforumfestival.com/bosyu2019/
Screens: Short Films
15th Korea Independent Animation Film Festival – Indie-Anifest
Place: Seoul, Korea
Date: September 19th – 24th, 2019
Website: http://ianifest.org
Screens: Short and Feature Animations
Opening Film: Away by Gints Zilbalodis (Latvia)
11th DMZ Korean International Documentary Film Festival
Place: Goyang, Korea
Date: September 20th – 27th, 2019
Website: http://dmzdocs.com/kor/default.asp (only in Korean for now)
Screens: Feature and Short Documentaries
Opening Doc: Let’s Peace! By Park Sohyeon
Freedom Film Fest
Place: Petaling Jaya, Malaysia
Date: September 20th – 28th, 2019
Website: https://freedomfilm.my
Screens: Feature and Short Films
13th Kansai Queer Film Festival
Place: Kansai, Japan
Date: September 21st – 23rd, 2019 | October 18th – 20th, 2019
Website: https://kansai-qff.org
Screens: Feature and Short Films related to LGTBQ+ topics
Opening Film: Rafiki by Wanuri Kahiu (Kenya)
Cebu International Film Festival
Place: Cebu City, Philippines
Date: September 24th – 28th, 2019
Website: http://www.cidff.org
Screens: Feature and Short Films
Pending programme
Bali International Film Festival
Place: Bali, Indonesia
Date: September 24th – 29th, 2019
Website: http://www.balinale.com
Pending programme
Nabunturan Independent Film Exhibition
Place: Nabunturan, Philippines
Date: September 26th – 29th, 2019
Website: https://www.facebook.com/NABIFILMEX
Screens: Short Films
Short + Sweet Film Festival in Manila
Place: Manila, Philippines
Date: September 28th – October 10th, 2019
Website: https://www.facebook.com/ShortSweetFilmManila
Screens: Short Films
Pending programme
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