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ANIMATION SHOWCASE

​From the first animated feature ever made to more recent classics
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Akira
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Otomo Katsuhiro
Japan  ·   1988

​A secret military project endangers Neo-Tokyo in Otomo’s groundbreaking anime – as striking now as it was 30 years ago.  “One of the most impressive feats of animation ever committed to the screen.”
– Film School Rejects

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Screenings, reviews and trailer >>

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The Illusionist L’illusionniste

Sylvain Chomet
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France/UK  ·   2010
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Based on a script by Jacques Tati, this animated feature from the director of The Triplets of Belleville is the sweet and funny tale of a magician travelling in Scotland and the impressionable young girl who adopts him as her dad.

Screenings, reviews and trailer >>

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Fantastic Planet
La planète sauvage

Rene Laloux
France/Czechoslovakia  ·  1973 

René Laloux’s mesmerising psychedelic feature prefigures the fantastical worlds of Miyazaki and Studio Ghibli with its surrealistic planet ruled by blue giants who keep human-like Ooms as their pets.
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​Screenings, reviews and trailer >>

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The Adventures of Prince Achmed  ​
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Die Abenteuer des Prinzen Achmed

Lotte Reiniger
Germany  ·  1926
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This enchanting film exploits the exotic tales of The Arabian Nights to display Reiniger’s delicate hand-cut silhouette animation. 
Presented in co-operation with the Goethe Institut. 

​Screenings, reviews and trailer >>

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  • Home
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  • SOCIETIES
    • AUCKLAND
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  • 2018 SEASON
    • ANIMATION SHOWCASE
    • ARCHITECTURE IN FILM
    • BEAUTIFUL CREATURES
    • RITA!
    • SE ASIAN CLASSICS
    • CULT & CLASSIC
    • FRENCH CONNECTIONS
    • GERMAN CINEMA
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