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Kotatsu Festival Announces Cardiff Screenings on September 26 and 27
posted on by Andrew Osmond
The Welsh 'Kotatsu' festival has confirmed its line-up of films at Cardiff on Saturday September 26 and Sunday September 27, below.
The venue is the Chapter cinema in Canton, Cardiff. (There will also be a programme of films at Aberystwyth Arts Centre from October 16 to 18, though the details of this programme are TBC.)
2026 is the fifteenth anniversary of the Kotatsu festival.
The Cardiff line-up at the Chapter cinema is as follows:
Saturday September 26
11 a.m. - Children of the Sea, directed by Ayumu Watanabe, pictured right.
1,25 p.m. - Masterclass by CGI Artist Masaya Inaba (12). "Anime and CGI: How 2D and CGI Work Together. How is Japanese anime actually made?"
3.30 p.m. - All You Need Is Kill, directed by Kenichiro Akimoto
6.30 p.m. - Performance by heavy metal musician/composer Jero11, accompanied by a screening of Dojoji Temple, a 19-minute stop-motion film from 1976 directed by Kihachiro Kawamoto.
8.15 p.m. - Akira, directed by Katsuhiro Ōtomo
Sunday September 27
11:30 a.m. - Lupin III: The Castle of Cagliostro, directed by Hayao Miyazaki, pictured left.
1.35 p.m. - A collection of 15 short animated films by Japanese University students.
3.30 p.m. - Lupin the IIIrd: The Immortal Bloodline, directed by Takeshi Koike
