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Birmingham Anime Film Festival Will Run From Thursday

The 2024 Birmingham Anime Film Festival will begin on Thursday September 19 and run to October 6.

Several more films have been added to the film in recent days, including Josee, The Tiger and the Fish, Lonely Castle in the Mirror (both September 22), The End of Evangelion (September 27), Children Who Chase Lost Voices from Deep Below (September 29) and The Tunnel to Summer, the Exit of Goodbyes (October 6).

Some of the festival's films will be screened at the Mockingbird cinema (directions), while others will be at the MAC Birmingham cinema (directions).

Thursday September 19

7.45 p.m. - Mind Game, directed by Masaaki Yuasa (MAC Birmingham)

Friday September 20

6 p.m. - Jujutsu Kaisen 0, directed by Sunghoo Park, pictured left. (Mockingbird)

8.10 p.m. - Redline directed by Takeshi Koike, plus "Never Seen" podcast. (Mockingbird)

Saturday September 21

12.30 p.m. - Blue Thermal, directed by Masaki Tachibana (Mockingbird)

3.15 p.m. - Metropolis, directed by Rintarō (Mockingbird)

5.30 p.m. - Cowboy Bebop: The Movie, directed by Shinichiro Watanabe (Mockingbird)

Sunday September 22

10.30 a.m. - Josee, The Tiger and the Fish, directed by Kotaro Tamura (Mockingbird)

12.45 p.m. - Lonely Castle in the Mirror, directed by Keiichi Hara (Mockingbird)

3.15 p.m. - The Wings of Honneamise, directed by Hiroyuki Yamaga (Mockingbird)

5.45 p.m. - Sword of the Stranger, directed by Masahiro Andō (Mockingbird)

8 p.m. - Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children, directed by Isao Nakajima and Tetsuya Nomura, pictured right. (Mockingbird)

Thursday September 26

7 p.m. - Pompo: The Cinéphile, directed by Takayuki Hirao (MAC Birmingham)

Friday September 27

8 p.m. - The End of Evangelion, directed by Hideaki Anno (Mockingbird)

Saturday September 28

3.30 p.m. - Dragon Ball Z: Resurrection 'F', directed by Tadayoshi Yamamuro (Mockingbird)

5.30 p.m - Dragon Ball Super: Super Hero, directed by Tetsuro Kodama (Mockingbird)

Sunday September 29

11.30 a.m - Penguin Highway, directed by Hiroyasu Ishida (Mockingbird)

2 p.m. - BELLE, directed by Mamoru Hosoda (Mockingbird)

4.30 p.m. - Children Who Chase Lost Voices from Deep Below (aka Journey to Agartha), directed by Makoto Shinkai (Mockingbird), pictured left.

7 p.m. - your name., direccted by Makoto Shinkai (Mockingbird)

Thursday October 3

7.30 p.m. - JUNK HEAD, stop-motion film directed by Takahide Hori (MAC Birmingham)

Friday October 4

7.30 p.m. - Perfect Blue, directed by Satoshi Kon, plus 'The Evolution of Horror Podcast' (Mockingbird)

Saturday October 5

5 p.m. - ON-GAKU: Our Sound, directed by Kenji Iwaisawa (MAC Birmingham)

7.30 p.m. - A Silent Voice, directed by Naoko Yamada (MAC Birmingham)

Sunday October 6

4 p.m. - The Tunnel to Summer, the Exit of Goodbyes, directed by Tomohisa Taguchi (Mockingbird)

6 p.m. - Psycho-Pass Providence, directed by Naoyoshi Shiotani (Mockingbird)

8.30 p.m. - Memories, an anthology film with segments directed by Kōji Morimoto, Tensai Okamura and Katsuhiro Ōtomo