We present the list of Asian films that will be screened at the Venice International Film Festival (Italy) which will take place from August 30 until September 9, 2023.

Note: Please bear in mind we cover South, East, and Southeast Asian countries only.

Venice Competition
Evil Does Not Exist by Ryusuke Hamaguchi – Japan | 2023 – 106 minutes

Out of Competition
Ryuichi Sakamoto – Opus by Neo Sora – Japan | 2023 – 103 minutes
Snow Leopard by Pema Tseden – China | 2023 – 109 minutes

Orizzonti – Features
City of Wind by Lkhagvadulam Purev-Ochir – France, Mongolia, Portugal, Netherlands, Germany, Qatar | 2023 – 104 minutes
Shadow of Fire by Shinya Tsukamoto – Japan | 2023 – 95 minutes
The Red Suitcase by Fidel Devkota – Nepal, Sri Lanka | 2023 – 87 minutes

Orizzonti – Shorts
Cross My Heart and Hope To Die by Sam Manacsa – Philippines | 2023 – 18 minutes
Short Story by Lang Wu – China | 2023 – 12 minutes

Orizzonti Extra
Stolen by Karan Tejpal – India | 2023 – 92 minutes

Venice Classics
Bugis Street by Yonfan Yon – Singapore | 1995 – 101 minutes
Moving by Shinji Somai – Japan | 1993 – 125 minutes
There Was A Father by Yasujirō Ozu – Japan | 1942 – 94 minutes

Venice Immersive
BEYOND A BIT – 想像のちょっと先へ by EstyOctoberù
Chen Xiang VR by Yuejun Liu, Nanni Wu, Tao Shi, Jingqju Xu – China | 45 minutes
Comfortless by Gina Kim – Korea, USA | 15 minutes
CYBERLOVE OKINAWA ˸˸˸ 沖縄 by Artsy Glitch
Exhibition/Little Traitors by Haruki Haru
My Name is 090 by Siyeon Kim – Korea | 14 minutes
Oneroom-Babel by Sanghee Lee – Korea | 15 minutes
Sen by Keisuke Itoh – Japan | 15 minutes
Syuhasuu (Frequency) by Ellie Omiya – Japan | 25 minutes

For more information please visit: https://www.labiennale.org/en/cinema/2023