Studio Ghibli Animation

2024/12/5

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Children need to be under adult supervision at all times. Films will be shown in English. / No Booking Required. On a first come first served basis.

10:30am	2:00pm
Pioneer Women's Hall (Upstairs)
The Secret World of Arrietty	The Boy and the Heron
Hiromasa Yonebayashi / 2010 / 94min / G	Hayao Miyazaki / 2023 / 124min / PG

© 2010 Studio Ghibli – NDHDMTW	© 2023 Studio Ghibli
Discover THE SECRET WORLD OF ARRIETTY where imagination comes to life! The studio Ghibili delivers a heartwarming tale of friendship and courage in beautiful animation! In a secret world hidden beneath the floorboards, little people called Borrowers live quietly among us. But when tenacious and tiny Arrietty is discovered by Shawn, a human boy, their secret and forbidden friendship blossoms into an extraordinary adventure. THE SECRET WORLD OF ARRIETTY will delight families of all sizes!	From the legendary Studio Ghibli and Academy Award®-winning director Hayao Miyazaki comes a new critically-acclaimed fantasy adventure. After losing his mother during the war, young Mahito moves to his family's estate in the countryside. There, a series of mysterious events lead him to a secluded and ancient tower, home to a mischievous gray heron. A semi-autobiographical fantasy about life, death, and creation, in tribute to friendship,from the mind of Hayao Miyazaki.

About Studio Ghibli

Studio Ghibli was founded in 1985 by animated film directors Isao Takahata and Hayao Miyazaki, and has produced twenty-two feature-length films. Most Studio Ghibli films ranked number one at the box office in Japan in the year in which they were released. SPIRITED AWAY, directed by Hayao Miyazaki and released in 2001, is the all-time highest grossing film in Japan, earning over 30 billion yen at the box office.

Studio Ghibli films have garnered numerous awards and critical acclaim from film critics and animation specialists around the world. SPIRITED AWAY was awarded the Golden Bear as the Best Feature Film at the 2002 Berlin International Film Festival and won the 2002 Academy Award for Best Animated Feature Film. In October 2001, Studio Ghibli, in conjunction with The Tokuma Memorial Cultural Foundation for Animation, founded the Ghibli Museum, Mitaka, designed by Hayao Miyazaki.

It seems like only yesterday Hayao Miyazaki was announcing his retirement, but it turns out it was 10 years ago. But happily for fans of Japanese animation, legendary filmmaker Hayao Miyazaki was not finished yet, and now he’s back to present his first feature-length film since 2013’s The Wind Rises.

His latest film THE BOY AND THE HERON arrived in New Zealand cinemas on 7th December 2023.

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