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NY Int'l Children's Film Fest Shows Children Who Chase Lost Voices Again
posted on by Justin Sevakis
The New York International Children's Film Festival announced that it added a screening of Makoto Shinkai's Children Who Chase Lost Voices, for Sunday, March 4 at 10:50 a.m. at the IFC Center. A screening on March 24 at 5:30 p.m. at Asia Society is also still available at press time, but the March 10 screening at IFC Center has sold out.
Children Who Chase Lost Voices from Deep Below centers on Asuna, a girl who spends her solitary days listening to the mysterious music emanating from the crystal radio she received from her father as a memento. However, she embarks on a journey of adventure to find a mysterious boy she just met, and thus comes to know the cruelty and beauty of the world, as well as loss.
The film is the latest work by Shinkai, the creator of Voices of a Distant Star, The Place Promised in Our Early Days, and 5 Centimeters Per Second. Takayo Nishimura (5 Centimeters Per Second, Before Green Gables) designed the characters and oversaw the animation process. Takumi Tanji (5 Centimeters Per Second, The Place Promised in Our Early Days) directed the art, and musical composer Tenmon (5 Centimeters Per Second, The Place Promised in Our Early Days, Voices of a Distant Star) collaborated with Shinkai again on this project. The film held its North American premiere at Otakon in July.
