Catch select Studio Ghibli films on the big screen this September
Get ready for a Studio Ghibli marathon! If you're as big a fan as we are, be sure to save the date.
SM Supermalls announced that it will host the Studio Ghibli Film Festival as it returns for its second year.
Six iconic films helmed by the esteemed Japanese animator and filmmaker Hayao Miyazaki will be screened at SM Cinemas from Sept. 10 to 16.
These are Princess Mononoke (1997), Spirited Away (2001), My Neighbor Totoro (1988), Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind (1984), The Wind Rises (2013), and Ponyo (2008).
Below are the SM branches where you can watch the films:
- SM Aura (w/IMAX)
- SM City Bacolod
- SM City Bacoor
- SM City Baguio
- SM City Baliwag
- SM City Batangas
- SM BF Paranaque
- SM City Bicutan
- SM City Butuan
- SM City Cabanatuan
- SM City Calamba
- SM City Cauayan
- SM CDO Downtown
- SM City Cebu (w/IMAX)
- SM City Clark (w/IMAX)
- SM City Dasmarinas
- SM City East Ortigas
- SM City Fairview
- SM City Grand Central
- SM City Ilollo (w/IMAX)
- SM J Mall
- SM City Lanang (w/IMAX)
- SM City Laoag
- SM City Legazpi
- SM City Lipa
- SM City Lucena
- SM Mall of Asia (w/IMAX)
- SM Manila
- SM City Marikina
- SM City Marilao
- SM City Masinag
- SM Megamall (w/IMAX)
- SM City Naga
- SM North Edsa (w/IMAX)
- SM Olongapo Central
- SM City Pampanga
- SM City Puerto Princesa
- SM Roxas
- SM City San Jose Del Monte
- SM City San Mateo
- SM City San Pablo
- SM City Seaside Cebu
- SM City Southmall
- SM City Sta Mesa
- SM City Sta Rosa
- SM City Sucat
- SM City Tanza
- SM City Tarlac
- SM City Telabastagan
- SM City Valenzuela
Ticket prices for the films have yet to be announced.
Studio Ghibli was established in 1985 by Miyazaki and fellow visionary director Isao Takahata in Japan.
Over the years, the studio has established a strong presence in the animation industry through award-winning films. Among the studio's highest-grossing films are Princess Mononoke, Spirited Away, Howl's Moving Castle, Ponyo, and The Boy and the Heron.
