What You Need to Know:
- GKIDS' MIRAI, which is directed and written by the talented Mamoru Hosoda, was nominated this morning for an Academy Award for "Best Animated Feature" by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. It marks a historic 11th Oscar nod for the studio since earning its first in 2010, the most nominations for an independent company in this category.
- The critically-acclaimed MIRAI world premiered at last year's Cannes Film Festival in Directors' Fortnight, a rare honor for a Japanese animated film. MIRAI marks the first Japanese animated feature outside of the famed Studio Ghibli to receive an Oscar nomination. The director Mamoru Hosoda's previous four features have all been awarded the Japan Academy Prize for "Animation of the Year," of which MIRAI is currently a nominee.
- To date, it has garnered two Annie Award nominations including "Best Animated Feature - Independent," and previously earned Critics Choice and Golden Globe Award nominations. MIRAI is currently playing in select theaters nationwide.
- Over the past nine years, GKIDS has scored an astounding 11 Best Animated Feature Oscar nominations with The Secret of Kells in 2010, A Cat in Paris and Chico & Rita in 2012, Ernest & Celestine in 2014, The Tale of The Princess Kaguya and Song of the Sea in 2015, Boy and the World and When Marnie Was There in 2016, My Life as a Zucchini in 2017, The Breadwinner in 2018, and now MIRAI in 2019.
Source: Official Press Release
This movie really touches the soul. It allows us to feel vulnerable and accept ourselves for who we are.
It teaches us a lot about relationships as well which is a positive.
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