GKIDS Celebrates 5-Year Anniversary with NYC Retrospective

GKIDS, the New York-based distributor of independent and foreign animation for children and families has announced a fifth anniversary retrospective—An Animated World: Celebrating Five Years of GKIDs Classics—that will run at the IFC Center in Manhattan between December 20th and January 2nd.

Among the eighteen animated features in the program, there are two sneak peeks (Ernest and Celestine and A Letter to Momo, both 2013 Oscar hopefuls) and three U.S. theatrical premieres (Eleanor’s Secret, Nocturna, Welcome to the Space Show), as well as a 25th anniversary double-bill of Studio Ghibli’s My Neighbor Totoro and Grave of the Fireflies. Here’s the complete lineup:

Azur and Asmar (2006)
A Cat in Paris (2010)
Chico and Rita (2010)
Eleanor’s Secret (2009)
Ernest & Celestine (2012)
From up on Poppy Hill (2011)
Grave of the Fireflies (1988)
A Letter to Momo (2011)
Mia and the Migoo (2008)
My Neighbor Totoro (1988)
Nocturna (2007)
The Painting (2011)
The Rabbi’s Cat (2011)
The Secret of Kells (2009)
Sita Sings the Blues (2008)
Summer Wars (2009)
Tales of the Night (2011)
Welcome to the Space Show (2010)