JCC CINEMA MOVIE SCREENING & SHARING SESSION

Princess Mononoke

Saturday, 21 April 2012
2:00pm to 5:00pm
(Registration starts at 1:30pm)

The Japan Creative Centre invites you to join us at our JCC film screening and creative session. As part of JCC's creative program, we will be screening exciting Japanese movies at the end of every month. The screening will then be followed by an informative sharing session where guest speakers will share their thoughts and insights on all things Japan!

For our tenth session, we will be screening Princess Mononoke, the epic historical fantasy anime film by Hayao Miyazaki from Studio Ghibli. The 1997 award-winning classic is a tale about the struggle between the supernatural guardians of a forest and the humans of Iron Town who are consuming the forest's resources, slowly leading to its death and destruction. This month's screening will coincide with Greenery Day on 4 May in Japan, where we celebrate the beauty of nature and remember the importance of protecting our environment.

The screening will be followed by a sharing session by Mr. David Kwok, founder and CEO of Tiny Island Productions, who will shed light on the Singapore animation industry and compare the differences between traditional 2D Japanese animation and the rising popularity of 3D animation in Singapore.

Synopsis of Film

Director: Hayao Miyazaki
Voice Actors: Yoji Matsuda (Ashitaka), Yuriko Ishida (San), Akihiro Miwa (Moro)

Ashitaka, a confident young warrior, is infected with an incurable disease by a boar-demon when it attacks an Emishi village. He is to die unless he can find a cure to rid the curse from his body. Under the advice of a wandering monk, he travels in search of help from the forest spirit of a mountain range populated by giant animal-gods. When he arrives to seek help from the deer god, he finds himself in the middle of a battle between the animal inhabitants of the forest and an iron mining town that is exploiting and killing the forest. Leading the forest animals in the battle is a human raised by wolves, Princess Mononoke.

About the Speaker



Mr. David Kwok is the founder and CEO of Tiny Island Productions. Besides Tiny Island Productions, he has also founded CG Protege, a leading 3D Animation and Visual Effects School in Singapore. Tiny Island Productions is Singapore’s leading Stereoscopic 3D CG animation production company. Established in 2002 and based in cosmopolitan Singapore, the company creates, manages and markets quality content for the global CG animation market. Currently the company is working on the new Ben 10 CGI Telemovie in stereoscopic 3D for Cartoon Network.


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