STUDIO GHIBLI FILM SERIES July-Dec 2025
Schedule
Sat Dec 13 2025 at 11:00 am to 01:00 pm
UTC-05:00Location
The Carolina Theatre of Durham | Durham, NC
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STUDIO GHIBLI FILM SERIESWednesdays at 7pm in Cinema One | Saturdays at 1100am in Cinema One
STUDIO GHIBLI FILM SERIES $12.00 per Single Feature | $10.00 children 12 and under
The Japanese language version of each film plays on Wednesdays at 7pm followed by the English dubbed versions on Saturday mornings at 1130am.
July 30 | August 2
Goro Miyazaki’s FROM UP ON POPPY HILL
(PG, 2011, 91 min)
Gentle and nostalgic, “From Up on Poppy Hill” is one of Studio Ghibli's sweeter efforts. The time is Yokohama, 1963. Japan is picking itself up from the devastation of World War II and preparing to host the Olympics. Against this backdrop of hope and change, a friendship begins to blossom between high school students Umi and Shun – but a buried secret from their past emerges to cast a shadow on the future and pull them apart. From a screenplay by Academy Award® winner Hayao Miyazaki.
In Japanese with English Subtitles on Wednesday| English dubbed on Saturday morning
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August 27 | August 30
Hayao Miyazaki’s NAUSICAA OF THE VALLEY OF THE WIND
(PG, 1984, 116 minutes)
The debut film from Hayao Miyazaki, “Nausicaa” is considered by many to be his masterwork — and there are few films, animated or otherwise, of such sweeping scope and grandeur. Set in a devastated future world decimated by atmospheric poisons and swarming with gigantic insects, “Nausicaa” is the story of a young princess, whose love for all living things and passionate determination to understand the processes of nature lead her into terrible danger, sacrifice, and eventual triumph.
In Japanese with English Subtitles on Wednesday| English dubbed on Saturday morning
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October 1 |October 4
Hayao Miyazaki’s KIKI’S DELIVERY SERVICE
(G, 1989, 102 Minutes)
Here is the beloved story of a resourceful young witch who uses her broom to create a delivery service, only to lose her gift of flight in a moment of self-doubt. It is tradition for all young witches to leave their families on the night of a full moon and set out into the wide world to learn their craft. When that night comes for Kiki, she embarks on her life journey with her chatty black cat, Jiji, landing the next morning in a sea-side village, where a bakery owner hires her to make deliveries.
In Japanese with English Subtitles on Wednesday| English dubbed on Saturday morning
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October 29 | November 1
Hayao Miyazaki’s PRINCESS MONONOKE
(PG-13, 1997, 134 min)
While defending his village from a demonic boar-god, the young warrior Ashitaka becomes afflicted with a curse that grants him super-human power in battle but will eventually take his life. Traveling west to find a cure, he journeys deep into sacred depths of the Great Forest where he meets San (Princess Mononoke), a girl raised by wolf-gods who is waging battle against the human outpost of Iron Town.
In Japanese with English Subtitles on Wednesday| English dubbed on Saturday morning
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November 26 | November 29
Hayao Miyazaki’s PONYO
(G, 2008, 101 min)
Perfect for audiences of all ages, Ponyo centers on the friendship between five-year-old Sosuke and a magical goldfish named Ponyo, the young daughter of a sorcerer father and a sea-goddess mother. After a chance encounter, Ponyo yearns to become a human so she can be with Sosuke. As to be expected with Miyazaki, the film is awash in pure unbridled imagination and visual wonder — but it is the tender love, humor, and devotion exhibited by Ponyo and Sosuke that form the emotional heart of the film.
In Japanese with English Subtitles on Wednesday| English dubbed on Saturday morning
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December 10 | December 13
Hayao Miyazaki’s HOWL’S MOVING CASTLE
(PG, 2004, 114 minutes)
Sophie, an average teenage girl working in a hat shop, finds her life thrown into turmoil when she is literally swept off her feet by a handsome but mysterious wizard named Howl. But after this chance meeting, the young girl is turned into a 90-year-old woman by the vain and conniving Witch of the Waste. Embarking on an incredible adventure to lift the curse, she finds refuge in Howl’s magical moving castle.
In Japanese with English Subtitles on Wednesday| English dubbed on Saturday morning
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