The 2025 Anime at the Modern Film Festival celebrates the Japanese anime genre with films that are visually stunning, richly imaginative, and poetic in their storytelling.
The festival will feature two films by Naoko Yamada, one of Japan’s leading anime directors, including the award-winning classic, A Silent Voice (2016), and her newest feature film, The Colors Within (2024). Three additional films - Satoshi Kon and Kô Matsuo’s Millennium Actress (2001), Yôko Kuno and Nobuhiro Yamashita’s Ghost Cat Anzu (2024), and Makoto Shinkai and Yoko Suzuki’s The Place Promised in Our Early Days (2004) - highlight the range and depth of 21st-century anime.
Dr. Marc Hairston, a research scientist at the University of Texas at Dallas, will introduce each film.
Schedule of events
- August 22: Millennium Actress
- August 23: A Silent Voice (1 pm) and The Colors Within (4:30 pm)
- August 24: Ghost Cat Anzu (12:30 pm) and The Place Promised in Our Early Days (3 pm)
The 2025 Anime at the Modern Film Festival celebrates the Japanese anime genre with films that are visually stunning, richly imaginative, and poetic in their storytelling.
The festival will feature two films by Naoko Yamada, one of Japan’s leading anime directors, including the award-winning classic, A Silent Voice (2016), and her newest feature film, The Colors Within (2024). Three additional films - Satoshi Kon and Kô Matsuo’s Millennium Actress (2001), Yôko Kuno and Nobuhiro Yamashita’s Ghost Cat Anzu (2024), and Makoto Shinkai and Yoko Suzuki’s The Place Promised in Our Early Days (2004) - highlight the range and depth of 21st-century anime.
Dr. Marc Hairston, a research scientist at the University of Texas at Dallas, will introduce each film.
Schedule of events
- August 22: Millennium Actress
- August 23: A Silent Voice (1 pm) and The Colors Within (4:30 pm)
- August 24: Ghost Cat Anzu (12:30 pm) and The Place Promised in Our Early Days (3 pm)
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$7-$10
