Cinematheque‧Passion brings the exciting World Animation Festival from 21 September to 6 October. 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.
Glamourous opening, moving closing
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. Ocelot shares, “I found myself confronted with a small problem regarding the representation of Paris during the Belle Époque: there were only white people… So Dilili is of mixed race, another group that has suffered, rejected by both sides.” Mixing clay motion and 2D techniques and based on interviews with Palestinian refugees in Lebanon, 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 will 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. 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 surprise. 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, Terhan Taboo follows the bitter life of three women in Iran.
Pundusina’s Family Animation Workshop
Popular local animator Pundusina is going to lead two workshops – one for 5-7 year olds and the other for 8-10 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. Workshop fee is MOP$100. For more information, please visit www.cinematheque-passion.mo
Tickets are available from 10am on Saturday 31 August online and at Cinematheque．Passion ticket office. Ticket price is MOP$60. Full-time students and senior citizens age 65 or above can enjoy 50% discount. Each purchase of 10 regular tickets or more can also enjoy 20% discount.
Cinematheque．Passion is located at Travessa da Paixão No. 13. The ticket office is open from Tuesday to Sunday, from 10am to 11:30pm. (Closed on Mondays. Also open on public holidays) For enquiries, please call at 2852 2585.
About Cinematheque．Passion
Adjacent to Macao’s renowned and iconic world heritage listed Ruins of St. Paul’s, Cinematheque．Passion, located at Travessa da Paixão No. 13, is a three-storey multifunctional building offering film screening, local video archive, as well as film journals and book reading services. The ticket office, screening room and control room are located on the ground floor of the Cinematheque. Local film materials and videos, periodicals and magazines are available for residents in the film information room on the first floor.
As an interactive and exchange platform for audience and filmmakers, the Cinematheque is taking the role of promoting film culture and Macao films, cultivating the artistic sense of Macao people and film lovers. Locals and tourists can make good use of the Cinematheque and enjoy more high-quality films from different parts of the world.
CUT Ltd. will be responsible for the programming and operation of the Cinematheque. The ticket office is open from Tuesday to Sunday, from 10am to 11:30pm; while the film information room is open from 10am to 8pm. The Cinematheque is also open during public holidays but is closed on Mondays.
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