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6 Ghibli, Miyazaki Films to Screen in Manila on November 16-17
posted on by Rafael Antonio Pineda
The Japan Foundation, Manila announced on Thursday that it will screen six films by Hayao Miyazaki and Studio Ghibli at the Shangri-La Plaza Red Carpet Cinema on November 16 and 17. The screenings celebrate Miyazaki receiving the Philippines' Ramon Magsaysay Award.
The screenings will include Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind, Castle in the Sky, My Neighbor Totoro, Spirited Away, Howl's Moving Castle, and Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea.
The Ramon Magsaysay Award, named after the Philippines' seventh president, and presented annually every August 31, honors "greatness of spirit shown in service to the peoples of Asia—regardless of race, gender, or religion." In the award citation, the award highlights Miyazaki's "lifelong commitment to the use of art, specifically animation, to illuminate the human condition." Miyazaki is the 33rd Japanese person in the award's history to receive the award.
