In-person Q+A with director Benjamin Massoubre! Over long cafe chats and bistro dinners in Paris, writer René Goscinny and artist Jean-Jacques Sempé solidified their warm friendship. The two shared more than meals, though, as they created the iconic French character of Little Nicolas, a mischievous school boy whose antics have captivated audiences for decades. Little … Little Nicolas
Q&A with director Henry Selick, and Character Designer Pablo Lobato In the almost twenty years since his iconic feature film debut, Henry Selick (The Nightmare Before Christmas) has brought to the screen the perversely macabre worlds of Tim Burton, Roald Dahl, and Neil Gaiman. For his newest film – his first since 2009’s Coraline – … Wendell & Wild
From October 18-20, visit JAPAN HOUSE Library, Level 5 (located in Hollywood & Highland) to see Weathering With You storyboards created by Makoto Shinkai. This exhibit is free, visit www.japanhouse.jp/losangeles for more details.
Weathering With You is the highly-anticipated new film from director Makoto Shinkai and producer Genki Kawamura, the creative team behind the critically-acclaimed, global smash hit Your Name. The summer of his high school freshman year, Hodaka runs away from his remote island home to Tokyo, and quickly finds himself pushed to his financial and personal … Weathering With You: Screening #2
Featuring an introduction and a Q&A after the showing with Director Makoto Shinkai.
INTRO & Q+A w/ DIRECTOR ANCA DAMIAN
INTRO & Q+A w/ DIRECTOR AYUMU WATANABE
Q+A with Filmmaker
OPENING NIGHT FILM Q+A with director Mamoru Hosoda AIF 2018 opens with the latest from acclaimed director Mamoru Hosoda – whose The Girl Who Leapt Through Time, Summer Wars, Wolf Children and Boy and the Beast are also playing the festival. Mirai is a daringly original story of love passed down through generations and brings … Mirai: Screening #1
OPENING NIGHT FILM Q+A w/director Mamoru Hosoda In Japanese with English Subtitles AIF 2018 opens with the latest from acclaimed director Mamoru Hosoda – whose The Girl Who Leapt Through Time, Summer Wars, Wolf Children and Boy and the Beast are also playing the festival.
POST SCREENING SKYPE Q&A WITH DIRECTOR Acclaimed anime director Masaaki Yuasa, took a decade off directing feature animation only to return with two remarkable features in the same year – both selections in the festival, alongside his midnight classic Mind Game.
DIRECTOR IN PERSON!
WITH DIRECTOR Q&A Animation is Film is thrilled to present the highly-anticipated new film from executive producer Angelina Jolie and the creators of Academy Award®-nominated The Secret of Kells and Song of the Sea, and based on Deborah Ellis’ best-selling novel.