FRI FEB 16, 2024 7:30 PM THE BOY AND THE HERON / THE WIND RISES Free Ticket prices for paid events include a $2.00 online booking fee. Booking fees do not apply to free RSVP events. Aero Theatre | Q&A with supervising animator Takeshi Honda and Studio Ghibli Vice President Junichi Nishioka ‘Hayao Miyazaki in Five Films: An American Cinematheque Tribute’ Checking Event Status... *This is an RSVP which means first come first served. This RSVP does not guarantee a seat. Not a Member? Join Today. Already a Member? Be sure you are logged in to your account. Your RSVP is being held for 1 minute, please select the quantity and fill out your contact info to complete the RSVP First Name Last Name Email Quantity Subscribe to our newsletter FINISH
ABOUT THE FILMS: THE BOY AND THE HERON, 2023, Dir. Hayao Miyazaki, 124 Min, GKIDS, Japan Presented in English. THE BOY AND THE HERON is a semi-autobiographical fantasy adventure inspired by the personal experiences of Hayao Miyazaki. Near the end of World War II, eleven-year-old Mahito loses his mother in a tragic fire in Tokyo. He moves to the countryside where a peculiar gray heron lives on his family’s estate in a mysterious tower. When Mahito’s new stepmother disappears, he follows the gray heron into the tower, and enters a fantastic world shared by the living and the dead. As he embarks on an epic journey with the heron as his guide, Mahito must uncover the secrets of this world, and the truth about himself. FORMAT: DCP THE WIND RISES, 2013, Dir. Hayao Miyazaki, 126 Min, GKIDS, Japan In Japenese with English subtitles. Jiro dreams of flying and designing beautiful airplanes, inspired by the famous Italian aeronautical designer Caproni. Nearsighted and unable to be a pilot, he becomes one of the world’s most accomplished airplane designers, experiencing key historical events in an epic tale of love, perseverance and the challenges of living and making choices in a turbulent world. FORMAT: DCP