Anime Fest at the Modern 2025
Schedule
Fri, 22 Aug, 2025 at 07:00 pm to Sun, 24 Aug, 2025 at 03:00 pm
UTC-05:00Location
3200 Darnell Street, Fort Worth, TX, United States, Texas 76107 | Fort Worth, TX
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Welcome to Anime Fest at the Modern! Presented August 22–24, featuring: Millennium Actress (2001) - August 22 at 7 pm
A Silent Voice (2016) - August 23 at 1 pm
The Colors Within (2024) - August 23 at 4:30 pm
Ghost Cat Anzu (2024) - August 24 at 12:30 pm
The Place Promised in Our Early Days (2004) - August 24 at 3 pm
All film screenings will be held in the Modern's auditorium. Tickets are $10 ($7 for all Modern members). Cinephiles who plan to enjoy the weekend’s entire selection of films will receive a discount for pre-purchasing all of their tickets at once.
Dr. Marc Hairston, a research scientist at the University of Texas at Dallas, will introduce each film. A professional space physicist, part-time anime scholar, and Fort Worth native, Hairston has hosted annual Japanese animation festivals at the Modern since 2012. He is one of the founding editors of Mechademia, the first academic journal focused on anime and manga studies, and has written numerous scholarly articles about anime. With Dr. Pamela Gossin, also at UT Dallas, he has co-authored two books about anime and manga aimed at high-school-age readers, Cultural Guide to Anime and Manga (2023) and Exploring Anime and Manga (World of Art) (2024).
See here for tickets for individual films as well as a discounted weekend film pass: https://www.themodern.org/?keyword=films
Need help with navigating online film tickets?
For an individual film ticket, click on the date of the film on the calendar. To purchase the discounted weekend film pass, click on "films" for a dropdown to purchase. All member discounts can be accessed through a member login at the link provided.
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Where is it happening?
3200 Darnell Street, Fort Worth, TX, United States, Texas 76107Event Location & Nearby Stays:
