My Neighbor Totoro
Saturday, July 27 at 2pm FAMILY MATINEE My Neighbor Totoro dir. Hayao Miyazaki, Japan, 1988, 35mm, English language version, 86 min.
Studio Ghibli presents a film about the magic of friendship and sisterhood from Academy Award-winning director Hayao Miyazaki( Best Animated Feature, 2001, Spirited Away). Celebrate the 25th anniversary of My Neighbor Totoro – on 35mm film and in English. Follow the adventures of Satsuki and her four-year-old sister Mei as they discover their new neighbor is a mysterious forest spirit named Totoro who can only be seen by the eyes of a child. As Totoro introduces the girls to his extraordinary friends, they embark on the journey of a lifetime. Featuring the voice talents of Tim Daly, Lea Salonga and real-life sisters Dakota and Elle Fanning, My Neighbor Totoro is an amazing animated adventure the whole family will fall in love with.
Special discounted ticket price of $ 5; free to members.
Saturday, July 27 at 7pm Best of the Ottawa International Animation Festival 2012
The Best of Ottawa program showcases many audience favorites and award winners from the OIAF Official Competition. This year’ s highlights include Carlo Vogele’ s tragicomic Una Furtiva Lagrima, Hisko Hulsing’ s stunning grand-prize winner Junkyard and the hilarious crowd-favorite I Am Tom Moody.
RECOMMENDED FOR MATURE AUDIENCES ONLY
Ballpit dir. Kyle Mowat, Canada, 2012, digital, 2 min.
A Morning Stroll dir. Grant Orchard, UK, 2011, digital, 7 min.
The Great Rabbit dir. Atsushi Wada, France, 2012, digital, 7 min.
Sunny Afternoon dir. Thomas Renoldner, Austria, 2012, digital, 7 min.
Rossignols en Décembre( Nightingales in December) dir. Theodore Ushev, Canada, 2011, digital, 3 min.
Rivière au Tonnerre( Thunder River) dir. Pierre Hébert, Canada, 2011, digital, 8 min.
I Am Tom Moody dir. Ainslie Henderson, UK, 2012, digital, 7 min.
Gum dir. Noam Sussman, Canada, 2012, digital, 1 min.
Primus‘ Lee Van Cleef’ dir. Chris Smith, US, 2012, digital, 3 min.
Junkyard dir. Hisko Hulsing, Netherlands, Belgium, 2012, digital, 18 min.
Una Furtiva Lagrima dir. Carlo Vogele, Luxembourg / US, 2011, digital, 3 min.
Total running time: 71 min. ihousephilly. org