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Schedule : World Cinema

Last Update: April 20, 2021

Main Index | Tidbits | Retrospective: Japan | World Cinema

Our World Cinema series offers some of the planet's best feature-length animated films.
Regions represented include: Hong Kong, Korea, Japan, United States, and France.

World Cinema
	Korea Wonderful Days 2003, 90 minutes Dialogue: Korean \| Subtitles: English \| Rated 14A [ English Site Here ]
Quick Overview - Wonderful Days A futuristic (but very timely) story about war, humanity, environmentalism, and love. An amazing story that will put Korea's animation industry on the map. [ Pop Up: More Info ]
	Korea Mari Iyagi 2002, 80 minutes Dialogue: Korean \| Subtitles: English \| Rated PG
Quick Overview - Mari Iyagi: My Beautiful Girl, Mari A touching story about fantasy, innocence, love, and what really matters in life. [ Pop Up: More Info ] // The 2002 ANNECY Grand Prix winner.
	Hong Kong My Life as McDull 2001, 90 minutes Dialogue: Cantonese \| Subtitles: English \| Rated PG
Quick Overview - My Life as McDull McDull, a piglet, grows up in a world of cute animals and humans. Delightfully funny and satirical on the surface, but complicated and acidic underneath. [ Pop Up: More Info ] // 26th Hong Kong International Film Festival: FIPRESCI Prize
	Japan WXIII Patlabor 2002, 100 minutes Dialogue: Japanese \| Subtitles: English \| Rated 18A
Quick Overview - Wasted 13 / WXIII Patlabor A dark and moody urban mystery. Art imitates life, as special forces unit fights an incompetent Japanese government, rogue genetic research, and biological weapons. An stylish blend of daikaiju eiga, conspiracy thriller, and science fiction. [ Pop Up: More Info ]
	France Princes and Princesses 2000, 70 minutes Dialogue: French \| Subtitles: English \| Rated PG
Quick Overview - Princes and Princesses With the help of a wise theatre stagehand and some magic, a boy and a girl cast themselves into the stories they create, of rulers and heroes, princes and princesses. A delightfully postmodern look at fairy tales, and those who tell them. [ Pop Up: More Info ] // CICFF Adult Jury Prize - Feature Film or Video - Animation 1st Prize
	United States Missing Persons + Officer Down 2001, 85 minutes 2000, 12 minutes Dialogue: English \| Subtitles: None \| Rated 18A
Quick Overview - Missing Persons + Officer Down At Coney Island's 60th Precinct, the lives of four lost souls intersect in strange ways. An exciting cell-shaded 3-D animation. [ Pop Up: More Info ]
	Japan Princess Arete 2002, 105 minutes Dialogue: Japanese \| Subtitles: English \| Rated PG
Quick Overview - Princess Arete Deeming his daughter Arete too clever and thoughtful, the King has ordered for her to be kept inside the castle until she marries, fearing that no man would want such an inquisitive wife. To choose her husband, he orders a quest for magical artefacts, ancient remnants of long-gone wizards and witches. He who brought back the best artefact would win Arete's hand in marriage. Then one day, a real live wizard comes and demands her hand in marriage... [ Pop Up: More Info ]
	France Corto Maltese 2002, 90 minutes Dialogue: French \| Subtitles: English, German \| Rated 14A
Quick Overview - Corto Maltese Against the backdrop of revolutions that have felled the Chinese and Russian empires, Corto Maltese hunts for a train loaded with the gold of the czars, and finds himself facing a lunatic with dreams of reviving imperial glories. [ Pop Up: More Info ]