Beginning with the opening film Muen and Rid, starring Jintara Sukhapat, a popular actress from Thailand who played the non-fictional role of a woman who fought for women's right in her country, 36 films were exhibited at our festival, including motion pictures shown under the categories of sponsored events and special programs.
The festival put on a feature of Sri Lankan Films in 1994. Seven Sri Lankan motion pictures, both new and old, were shown including The Line of Destiny, a film considered to have changed the history of Sinhalese films. Ten film industry related guests from Sri Lanka were invited to Fukuoka including Lester J. Peries, director of The Line of Destiny. A forum was held under the theme of "Sri Lankan Cinema and Culture", which introduced the culture of Sri Lanka including its literature and films.

　Mercedes, Mon Amour from Turkey, a bittersweet comedy, enjoyed a favorable reception. The story of one's hometown depicted through the eyes of a Turkish migrant in Germany, explored a different aspect of Turkey than that of Yilmaz Guney, another Turkish film director. Two feature films, one from Laos and the other from Myanmar, recalled the eve of national liberation, and depicted respectfully in a warm manner, the relationship between a father and his children. Films from these countries are rarely introduced in Japan.
Every year, Chinese language films attract large crowds. Drawn to the charm of Anita Yuen, audiences waited in long lines to see C'est la Vie, Mon Che‰ri. Looking confident after seeing the audience reaction in Fukuoka, the film director and starring actress, Anita Yuen, left for Tokyo a day later to promote the motion picture. In addition to new films in the likes of Eat Drink Man Woman by Lee Ang and Red Firecracker, Green Firecracker from China, new wave pictures such as Tsui Hark's Shanghai Blues and Dust of Angels saw their premier in Fukuoka by being programmed in the sponsored event section of the festival, thus helping promote the introduction of even more Chinese language motion pictures.

　As one of the sponsored events, the Asian Film Directors' Conference was held where Asian filmmakers such as Hou Hsiao-Hsien and Toru Kawashima debated Asian cinemas.