January 29, 2010

Shinsuke Sato's Oblivion Island: Haruka and the Magic Mirror has been selected for the official programme of the New York International Children's Film Festival 2010 (NYICFF 2010), to be held in New York, USA from February 26 to March 21, 2010. The screening at NYICFF 2010 marks the movie's USA premiere.

NYICFF was founded in 1997 to promote intelligent, passionate, provocative cinematic works for ages 3-18 and to help define a more compelling film for kids. Since its launch, the event has grown to become the largest festival for children and teens in North America, with a paid audience of over 20,000 attending the most recent event. Since 2000, all screenings have sold out in advance.

"The creators of Ghost in the Shell mix exquisitely detailed 2D backgrounds with modern 3D character designs in a dazzling animated adventure that plays like Alice's fall through the rabbit hole into a world of topsy-turvy, anime dream logic." (from the festival's website)

Screening Schedule at NYICFF 2010:

Date: February 27th (Sat)
Time: 10:30am
Place: Cantor Film Center

Date: March 6th (Sat)
Time: 04:30pm
Place: Symphony

NYICFF 2010 official website:
http://www.gkids.com/

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