Studio Ghibli 15 Film Retrospective Launches in Toronto This Month

By Pietro Filipponi
Published: March 10, 2012 - 9:36am

Discover (or re-discover) such classics as Princess Mononoke, Spirited Away, My Neighbor Totoro and many others in this fifteen-film retrospective that begins today, March 20th, and runs until April 13th.

All fifteen Studio Ghibli feature films produced between 1984 and 2008 will be presented, including Hayao Miyazaki’s Academy Award® winning Spirited Away, Princess Mononoke, My Neighbor Totoro, Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind, Castle in the Sky, Ponyo, Howl’s Moving Castle, and Kiki’s Delivery Service along with lesser known properties that did not garner North American release. Films will be shown in both the subtitled and English dubbed versions.

The retrospective is being hosted at the TIFF Bell Lightbox, a breathtaking five-story complex located in downtown Toronto (located in Reitman Square - 350 King Street West, Toronto, ON M5V 3X5).

Screening Schedule:

(S = subtitles, D = dubbed)

Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (Kaze no Tani no Naushika) (1984)
March 10, 10:30 a.m. (D)
March 12, 2 p.m. (D)
March 15, 3:30 p.m. (D)
March 17, 7 p.m. (S)
April 8, 6 p.m. (S)
April 13, 6:30 p.m. (S)

Castle in the Sky (Tenku no shiro Rapyuta) (1986)
March 10, 7 p.m. (S)
March 31, 5 p.m. (S)
April 7, 6 p.m. (S)

Only Yesterday (Omohide Poro Poro) (1991)
March 11, 7:30 p.m. (S)
March 15, 9 p.m. (S)
April 3, 8:45 p.m. (S)

Ponyo (Gake no Ue no Ponyo) (2008)
March 12, 10:30 a.m. (D)

My Neighbor Totoro (Tonari no Totoro) (1988)
March 13, 10:30 a.m. (D)
March 14, 2 p.m. (D), 6:30 p.m. (S)
March 17, 1 p.m. (D)
April 8, 12:30 p.m. (D)
April 9, 6:30 p.m. (S)

Whisper of the Heart (Mimi wo Sumaseba) (1995)
March 13, 8:45 p.m. (S)
March 14, 10:30 a.m. (D)

Porco Rosso (Kurenai no Buta) (1992)
March 15, 10:30 a.m. (D)
March 16, 2 p.m. (D)
March 22, 6:30 p.m. (S)

Kiki's Delivery Service (Majo no Takkyubin) (1989)
March 15, 1 p.m. (D)
March 17, 10:30 a.m. (D)
March 19, 6:30 p.m. (S)
April 7, 10:30 a.m. (D), 4 p.m. (S)

Princess Mononoke (Mononoke-hime) (1997)
March 13, 2 p.m. (D)
March 16, 6:30 p.m. (S)
April 6, 6:30 p.m. (S)
April 8, 3 p.m. (D)

The Ocean Waves (Umi ga Kikoeru) (1993)
March 18, 7 p.m. (S)
April 5, 9 p.m. (S)

The Cat Returns (Neko no Onagaeshi) (2002)
March 16, 10:30 a.m. (D)
March 23, 6:30 p.m. (S)
March 24, 10:30 a.m. (D)

My Neighbors the Yamadas (Hohokekyo Tonari Yamada-kun) (1999)
March 24, 7 p.m.

PomPoko (Heisei Tanuki Gassen Ponpoko) (1994)
March 25, 4 p.m. (D)
March 27, 9 p.m. (S)
April 21, 6:30 p.m. (S)

Spirited Away (Sen to Chihiro no Kamikakushi) (2001)
March 25, 7 p.m. (S)
April 1, 7 p.m. (S)
April 7, 1 p.m. (D)

Howl's Moving Castle (Hauru no Ugoku Shiro) (2004)
March 31, 10:30 a.m. (D)