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
Sylvain Chomet France/UK · 2010 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.
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.
Lotte Reiniger Germany · 1926 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.