Cinematheque‧Passion brings the exciting World Animation Festival from September 21 to October 6. Kicking off the festival is César Awards’ Best Animated Film winner Dilili in Paris, unveiling the enchanting scenery of La Belle Époque in Paris. “Family Fun” session presents delightful adaptations and adventurous pieces. “Japanese Animation” unites the works of top Japanese animators including Yuasa Masaaki and Kitarō Kōsaka. “World Horizon” investigates cultural and social issues from different parts of the world in unique animation styles. Closing film The Tower is a moving illustration of the life of Palestinian refugees. Local animator Pundusina is invited to lead two workshops for children of different ages in creating their first animation set and props.
The opening film is French animation master Michel Ocelot’s recent work Dilili in Paris, which kicked off Annecy International Animation Film Festival last year and scooped the prize for Best Animation Film at the César Awards in France. Mixing clay motion and 2D techniques and based on interviews with Palestinian refugees in Lebanon, the closing film The Tower portrays a bittersweet tale of four generations of refugees in exile, longing to return to their true homeland.
“Family Fun” presents five fun-packed animations for all to enjoy! Tito and the Birds is a journey into a fantasy world created by mixing oil-painting brushstrokes with digital tools to paint an exhilarating story of a young boy’s quest to save the planet from fear. Adapted from popular fiction, The Great Detective Sherlock Holmes – The Greatest Jail-Breaker invites all the family to a gripping detective story. Directors attend the screening and share anecdotes of its production. The Oddsockeaters brings us sock characters who tell a delightful tale after seven years of production.
Movie still from Dilili in Paris
Jacob, Mimmi and the Talking Dogs follows a pack of talking dogs and two brave kids in their adventure to save their town from destruction. Based on the book series by Ulf Nilsson and Gitte Spee, the delightful Gordon & Paddy features the voice of famous Swedish actor Stellan Skarsgård. “Japanese Animation” brings together top Japanese animators’ works Yuasa Masaaki’s Ride Your Wave is a real eye-opener. This second piece of his ocean series is refreshing and distinctive. Directed by Kitarō Kōsaka, the supervising animation director of Spirited Away and Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea, Okko’s Inn follows young girl Okko, who moves into her grandmother’s traditional hot spring inn and discovers her ability to communicate with spirits. Adapted from “Night is Short, Walk on Girl”, author Tomihiko Morimi’s best-selling novel, and voiced by some of Japanese cinema’s biggest names, Penguin Highway takes you on a fantastical summer adventure like no other!
“World Horizon” ignites and delights with four compelling stories Ruben Brandt, Collector invites the audience to explore reality and dreams through thirteen famous paintings. It is full of surprises. Riveting Funan won the Cristal Award at Annecy International Animation Film Festival 2018. This remarkable work follows a young woman whose life is suddenly upturned by the arrival of the Khmer Rouge regime in Cambodia. Produced in France and Japan, the gripping Mutafukaz reveals the mysterious side of the Dark Meat City. Selected in Cannes Critics’ Week and the Annecy International Animation Film Festival, Tehran Taboo follows the bitter life of three women in Iran.
Popular local animator Pundusina leads two workshops one for five to seven-year-olds and the other for eight to 10-year-olds. Kids will learn the magic behind animation and how to transform toilet paper rolls and paper cups into decorations and sets for animation.
When: September 21–October 6, 2019
Where: Cinematheque Passion, 13 Travessa da Paixão, Macau
How much: Workshop – MOP $100 per person
Movie sessions – MOP $60 per person
Full-time students and senior citizens age 65 or above can enjoy 50% discount on ticketing
For more information, call +853 2852 2585, check their brochure online or their official website
