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The Kingdom of Dreams and Madness
Fri, Dec 24 | 7:30pm | TMT Sat, Dec 25 | 2pm & 7:30pm | TMT
Tue, Dec 28 | 3pm | TMT Wed, Dec 29 | 3pm | TMT
Documentarian Mami Sunada was granted rare access to the inner workings of Studio Ghibli for a momentous year in the company’s history. Sunada’s film focuses on the anima- tion studio’s three key partners—directors Hayao Miyazaki and Isao Takahata and producer Toshio Suzuki—as well as the production of Miyazaki’s The Wind Rises (2013) and Takahata’s The Tale of The Princess Kaguya (2013), providing insight both into the craft of animation as well as the personalities of these masters.
DIRECTOR: Mami Sunada.
2013. 118 min. Japan. Color. Japanese (English subtitles). DCP.
Never-Ending Man: Hayao Miyazaki
Fri, Dec 31 | 2pm & 7:30pm | TMT Sat, Jan 1 | 2pm & 7:30pm | TMT
This revealing look at Hayao Miyazaki focus- es on a transitional time in the filmmaker’s life, covering a two-year period following his official retirement when, after a multi-decade career devoted to traditional animation, he decided to make an unexpected venture into computer- generated animation for the short film Boro the Caterpillar (2018), which was created to screen at the Ghibli Museum.
DIRECTOR: Kaku Arakawa.
2017. 69 min. Japan. Color. Japanese (English subtitles). DCP.
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