CFD 25 Youth|Mirai

Screenings for Children and Youth
Mirai (Κ)
98', 2018, Japan

A young boy named Kun feels forgotten by his family when his little sister, Mirai, arrives. Running away from home, Kun stumbles upon a magical garden that serves as a time-traveling gateway where he encounters his mother as a little girl and has a series of adventures with his baby sister, who is all grown up, opening a new perspective on his world.

Mamoru Hosoda was born in 1967 in Toyama. After graduating from Kanazawa College of Art, he joined Toei Doga studio and began his career as an animator. In 1999, he directed his first 20-minute short film, Digimon Adventure, which was released in theatres. In 2000, he directed a forty-minute sequel, Digimon Adventure: Our War Game!!!, attracting critical attention. He became independent shortly afterward and directed The Girl Who Leapt Through Time in 2006, an adaptation of the well-known novel by Yasutaka Tsutsui. The film was released in numerous countries, including France, where audiences discovered Hosoda’s work on the big screen. In 2009, he directed his first original work, Summer Wars. In 2011, with Yuichiro Saito, he created his own animation studio, Studio Chizu, and spearheaded a new movement in theatrical animation. The studio’s first production, Wolf Children (2012), followed by The Boy & The Beast (2015), cemented Hosoda’s popularity in Japan and abroad, particularly in France.

Directed by Mamoru Hosoda
Screenplay Mamoru Hosoda
Animation Hiroyuki Aoyama, Ayako Hata
Editing Shigeru Nishiyama
Production design Anri Jojo, Makoto Tanijiri, tupera tupera, Yoshitaka Kameda, Reio Ono
Music Masakatsu Takagi
With the voices of Moka Kamishiraishi, Haru Kuroki, Gen Hoshino, Kumiko Aso, Mitsuo Yoshihara, Yoshiko Miyazaki, Koji Yakusho
Producers Nozomu Takahashi, Yuichiro Saito / Takuya Ito, Yuichi Adachi, Genki Kawamura
Production company Studio Chizu

Filmography
2018 Mirai
2015 The Boy & the Beast
2012 Wolf Children
2009 Summer Wards
2006 The Girl who Leapt Through Time

Selected Awards
Nominated for Best Animated Feature Film, Academy Awards, USA, 2019.
Nominated for Best Motion Picture, Golden Globes, 2019, USA.
Best Animated Independent Feature, Annie Awards, 2019.
Best Feature-Length Film, Sitges – Catalonian International Film Festival, Spain, 2018.