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The Boy and the Heron

Kimitachi wa Dō Ikiru ka

Tokyo, near the end of World War II in the Pacific. 11-year-old Mahito loses his mother in a fire, and takes refuge with his father in his mother’s hometown. They move into an old mansion on a large estate, which also includes a secluded tower that has become a nesting spot for a gray heron. Mahito struggles with complex feelings toward his father, who runs a factory supplying the war effort, and his new stepmother Natsuko, who happens to be his mother’s younger sister. To make matters worse, he becomes alienated at school.

2h 4min

Release Date: 22.12.2023

JAFF 2015: The Kingdom of Dreams and Madness

JAFF 2015: Hullumeelsuse ja unistuste kuningriik

About Hayao Miyazaki's life and Studio Ghibli.

1h 58min

Release Date: 12.04.2015

JAFF 2015: Howl's Moving Castle

JAFF 2015: Howli liikuv kindlus

When an unconfident young woman is cursed with an old body by a spiteful witch, her only chance of breaking the spell lies with a self-indulgent yet insecure young wizard and his companions in his legged, walking home.

1h 59min

Release Date: 11.04.2015

JAFF 2015: Spirited Away

JAFF 2015: Vaimudest viidud

During her family's move to the suburbs, a sullen 10-year-old girl wanders into a world ruled by gods, witches, and monsters, and where humans are changed into beasts.

2h 5min

Release Date: 10.04.2015

The Wind Rises

Kaze tachinu

„The Wind Rises“ is the latest and will be the last work of legendary director Hayao Miyazaki. It was the highest-grossing Japanese film in Japan in 2013. Protagonist Jiro dreams of flying and designing beautiful airplanes, inspired by the famous Italian aeronautical designer Caproni. Nearsighted from a young age and unable to be a pilot, Jiro joins a major Japanese engineering company in 1927 and becomes one of the world's most innovative and accomplished airplane designers.

2h 6min

Release Date: 16.05.2014

JAFF 2014: Porco Rosso

During the beginning years of the Great Depression, life in the Mediterranean has become difficult. Aerial pirate raids are gaining in frequency, thus requiring the need for capable "bodyguards". One of the best is a pig known as Porco Rosso. Once a human and an ace pilot during World War I, he now freelances his services to those in distress. The fascist regime that has taken over the Italian Air Force has grown tiresome of his exploits and places a bounty on his head.

1h 34min

Release Date: 16.04.2014

JAFF 2014: Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind

In the post-apocalyptic future, large parts of the world have been swallowed up by forests of poisonous fungi. The remaining humans live near the fungus and its monstrous insectoid inhabitants, trying to prevent its spread. One of the human kingdoms, the peaceful Valley of Wind, loves its gentle Princess Nausicaä and her father the king, but their peace is about to be broken, as they are swallowed up in the machinations of their larger, warmongering neighbours. However, Nausicaä has hidden potential, and may yet change the fate of the world. Japan 1984

1h 52min

Release Date: 16.04.2014

JAFF 2014: Castle in the Sky

JAFF 2014: Laputa: Castle in the Sky

A young girl, Sheeta, is kidnapped by secret agents working for a government. Rescued by the boy Pazu, together they must try to reach the legendary floating island Laputa, while avoiding both the pirates and the army. The film is inspired by Jonathan Swift's Gulliver's Travels.

2h 4min

Release Date: 15.04.2014

JAFF 2014: The Wind Rises

„The Wind Rises“ is the latest and will be the last work of legendary director Hayao Miyazaki. It was the highest-grossing Japanese film in Japan in 2013. Protagonist Jiro dreams of flying and designing beautiful airplanes, inspired by the famous Italian aeronautical designer Caproni. Nearsighted from a young age and unable to be a pilot, Jiro joins a major Japanese engineering company in 1927 and becomes one of the world's most innovative and accomplished airplane designers.

2h 6min

Release Date: 11.04.2014

JAFF 2013: Animation Maestro Gisaburo

It is very rare to see any type of documentary film or TV program dedicated to one Japanese anime creator, probably except Hayao Miyazaki. Seventy one year old Gisaburo Sugii is one of the founding fathers of Japanese animation. He is a wonderful human being and a great artist who has always driven himself to surpass his earlier work and has never allowed himself to be fettered by conventions. His work includes some of the great masterpieces of Japanese animation, including Astro Boy, Dororo, Japanese Fairy Tales and Tatchi.

1h 32min

Release Date: 06.05.2013