To mark the release of Naoko Yamada’s latest film, The Colours Within, we’re delighted to welcome Michael Leader and Jake Cunningham of Ghibliotheque to host this very special double bill that celebrates the work of one of world animation’s rising stars.
A SILENT VOICE
Shoya Ishida starts bullying the new girl in class, Shoko Nishimiya, because she is deaf. But as the teasing continues, the rest of the class starts to turn on Shoya for his lack of compassion. When they leave elementary school, Shoko and Shoya do not speak to each other again… until an older, wiser Shoya, tormented by his past behaviour, decides he must see Shoko once more. He wants to atone for his sins, but is it already too late…?
LIZ AND THE BLUE BIRD
Students and best friends Mizore Yoroizuka and Nozomi Kasaki prepare to play a complex musical duet, ‘Liz and the Blue Bird’, for oboe and flute. Though they play beautifully together and have been friends since childhood, Mizore and Nozomi find that with graduation looming and the duet proving difficult, their friendship begins to buckle under the pressure.
This double bill will be introduced by Michael Leader and Jake Cunningham, co-hosts of the animation-focused podcast Ghibliotheque and authors of books on animation including The Ghibliotheque Anime Movie Guide, which takes readers on a journey through Japanese feature-length animation from Akira to Your Name and beyond.
