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Guillermo del Toro to Hold 'Master Class' on Miyazaki in Toronto

The Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) is hosting a Studio Ghibli retrospective from December 13-January 3, and director Guillermo del Toro (Pacific Rim, Pan's Labyrinth) will kick off the event by hosting a Master Class session on December 12. The class will "consider [Hayao Miyazaki's] artistry with an extended introduction and post-screening discussion of Castle in the Sky."

The Master Class is currently sold out, but a limited number of tickets will be available 10 minutes before the screening starts.

The retrospective will also include screenings of the following films:

• My Neighbor Totoro (subtitled and dubbed)
• Howl's Moving Castle (subtitled and dubbed)
• Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (subtitled and dubbed)
• Only Yesterday (subtitled)
• Porco Rosso (subtitled and dubbed)
• Kiki's Delivery Service (subtitled and dubbed)
• Grave of the Fireflies (subtitled)
• Spirited Away (subtitled and dubbed)
• Pom Poko (subtitled and dubbed)
• The Cat Returns (subtitled and dubbed)
• Whisper of the Heart (subtitled and dubbed)
• Princess Mononoke (subtitled and dubbed)
• From Up On Poppy Hill (subtitled)
• The Secret World of Arrietty (dubbed)
• Ponyo (dubbed)
• Ocean Waves (subtitled)
• My Neighbors the Yamadas (subtitled)

Tickets go on sale for the screenings on December 4 for TIFF Members and on December 11 for the general public. The screenings will be held at the TIFF Bell Lightbox.

Del Toro is developing a live-action television adaptation of Naoki Urasawa's suspense manga Monster, and he already outlined the first season's episodes so Urasawa can review it before giving permission.