Studio Ghibli FALL Fest at Naro

3 Screenings: Friday, August 8th at 6pm | Sunday, August 10th at 7:15pm | Wednesday, August 13th at 8:15pm

Young orphan Sheeta and her kidnapper, Col. Muska, are flying to a military prison when their plane is attacked by a gang of air pirates led by the matronly Dola. Escaping from a mid-air collision via a magic crystal around her neck, Sheeta meets fellow orphan Pazu and the pair join forces to discover the mystical floating city of Laputa while pursued by both Muska and the pirates, who lust for the city’s myriad treasures. (1989, PG, 2h 4m)

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Far in the future, after an apocalyptic conflict has devastated much of the world’s ecosystem, the few surviving humans live in scattered semi-hospitable environments within what has become a “toxic jungle.” Young Nausicaä lives in the arid Valley of the Wind and can communicate with the massive insects that populate the dangerous jungle. Under the guidance of the pensive veteran warrior, Lord Yupa, Nausicaä works to bring peace back to the ravaged planet. (1985, 1h 58m)

2 Screenings Saturday, Sept. 28th at 7:30pm  & Wednesday, Oct. 2nd at 8:30pm – Purchase Tickets

In this entrancing tale by renowned Japanese animator Hiyao Miyazaki, World War I flying ace Marco Pagott mysteriously turns from a man into a pig after all his comrades die in battle. Now known as Porco Rosso, the pilot continues fighting air pirates while, on the ground, flirting with a gorgeous club singer. After an attack by a brash American pilot, Porco meets confident Fio, who repairs his plane with her girl mechanics, and sees him for who he really is. (1992, PG, 1h 30m)

2 Screenings Saturday, Sept. 28th at 5:30pm  & Tuesday, Oct. 1st at 8pm – Purchase Tickets

Naro Kids Flicks Series!
Wednesday, July 9th and Thursday, July 10th at 1pm!
Sunday, July 13th at 12noon!

During a forbidden excursion to see the surface world, a goldfish princess encounters a human boy named Sosuke, who gives her the name Ponyo. Ponyo longs to become human, and as her friendship with Sosuke grows, she becomes more humanlike. Ponyo’s father brings her back to their ocean kingdom, but so strong is Ponyo’s wish to live on the surface that she breaks free, and in the process, spills a collection of magical elixirs that endanger Sosuke’s village. From the famed Studio Ghibli in collaboration with Walt Disney Pictures. Directed by Hayao Miyazaki and featuring the voices of Noah Cyrus, Liam Neeson, Cate Blanchett, Matt Damn, and Tina Fey. (2009, G, 1h 40m)

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4 Screenings: Sat., Aug. 9 at 5:45pm | Sun., Aug. 10 at 2pm | Tue., Aug. 12 at 8:30pm | Thu., Aug. 14 at 6pm  

During her family’s move to the suburbs, a sullen 10-year-old girl wanders into a world ruled by gods, witches and spirits, and where humans are changed into beasts. The film that brought Ghibli to mainstream audiences. For a Western world raised on Disney traditions, Spirited Away offered something completely different – bearing an unapologetically-anime visual style and steeped in distinctly Japanese traditions. Just look at its grandiose bathhouse setting, its vibrant array of spirits, Haku’s flying dragon form, and the complex, nuanced approach to morality that’s far more complicated than the traditional good-vs-evil binary. Spirited Away feels truly mysterious and otherworldly with all kinds of unsettling imagery (Chihiro’s transformed piggy parents, and the spectral No-Face spirit in particular), anchored by an accessible coming-of-age core. (PG, 125m)

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When two girls move to the country to be near their ailing mother, they have adventures with the wondrous forest spirits who live nearby. There’s a reason the grand, furry, forest-dwelling Totoro ultimately became Ghibli’s mascot – Miyazaki’s ode to childhood is a thing of wonder. My Neighbour Totoro is a film without a villain, a warm and cosy remembrance of youth, a love letter to rural Japan, and a paean to the magical things that exist just out of sight. Bursting with iconic creations, from its array of fuzzy Totoros, to the googly-eyed Soot Sprites and the fantastical Catbus, the film has a pure spirit that cannot be denied. If there are hints of darkness – the illness of Satsuki and Mei’s mother, hospital-bound for the duration of the film – it remains on the fringes. Ludicrously loveable. (G, 86m)

3 Screenings Friday, Sept. 27th  – Tuesday, Oct. 1st – Showtimes & Tickets