25 years of Studio Ghibli

Tribute to the Japanese animation film studio Ghibli, founded by Hayao Miyazaki, who has bid farewell to the cinema, and to Isao Takahata. Including the premiere of the new and final Miyazaki film, The Wind Rises...

The Wind Rises  by Hayao Miyazaki (Kaze Tachinu, 2013, 2:06) - FILM PREVIEW
Miyazaki bids farewell to the cinema through the story of a Japanese engineer, Jiro Horikoshi, the inventor of the airplane fighter who bombed Pearl Harbor. One of his most personal films. Visually dazzling.
Institut Lumière Sat. 7:15pm

My Neighbor Totoro  by Hayao Miyazaki (Tonari no Totoro, 1988, 1:26)
Comœdia Sat. 11am

Grave of the Fireflies  by Isao Takahata (Hotaru no haka, 1988, 1:28)
A little boy watches over his sick sister during World War II in Japan. Isao Takahata, a big name in animation, produces a heartwrenching and beautiful work in this universal statement about sacrificed childhood.
Comœdia Thu. 11am | Pathé Bellecour Sat. 2pm

Princess Mononoke  by Hayao Miyazaki (Mononoke Hime, 1997, 2:15)
Prince Ashitaka is stricken with a curse after having killed a boar god who has become an evil spirit. A wonderful ecological fable of wild poetry by the master of Japanese animation, Miyazaki.
Décines Sat. 4:30 p.m. | Pathé Bellecour Sun. 10:30am