March 9, 2:30 PM
As part of the Coastline Children’s Film Festival, enjoy a free screening of Mirai (100 min), an animated fantasy film by acclaimed director Mamoru Hosoda.
MIRAI
Japan 2018 100 min in English Ages 9 and up
Academy Award Nomination for Best Animated Feature
FREE & OPEN TO THE PUBLICS
From acclaimed director Mamoru Hosoda (Summer Wars, Wolf Children) and Japan’s Studio Chizu comes MIRAI, a daringly original story of love passed down through generations. When four-year-old Kun meets his new baby sister, his world is turned upside down. Named Mirai (meaning “future”), the baby quickly wins the hearts of Kun’s entire family. As his mother returns to work, and his father struggles to run the household, Kun becomes increasingly jealous of baby Mirai… until one day he storms off into the garden, where he encounters strange guests from the past and future – including his sister Mirai, as a teenager. Together, Kun and teenage Mirai go on a journey through time and space, uncovering their family’s incredible story. But why did Mirai come from the future? An official selection at Cannes Directors’ Fortnight, and the epic capstone of director Mamoru Hosoda’s career, Mirai is a sumptuous, magical, and emotionally soaring adventure about the ties that bring families together and make us who we are.
“A CHARMING, RESONANT WORK!
The complex, sometimes fraught relationship between older
and younger siblings is mapped with kindness, imagination and wit in MIRAI.”
A WORK OF HEART-SWELLING BEAUTY AND CONSIDERABLE CHARM.”
– Screen Daily