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FACETS ANIME CLUB x CICFF40 PRESENT:
ANIMATION PARTY + METROPOLIS
Screening November 9, 2023
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Showtimes
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 9
6:30pm – CICFF40 Shorts Program
8:00pm – Filmmaker Q&A
8:45pm – Metropolis
Ticketing
$12 /General Admission
FREE /FACETS Members
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SPECIAL EVENT PRESENTED IN PARTNERSHIP WITH CICFF40!
On Thursday, November 9th, FACETS Anime Club is partnering with the 40th Annual Chicago International Children’s Film Festival to present a double feature celebrating animation from around the world for ages 14+. At 6:30pm, watch an expertly curated CICFF40 animated shorts program Cineaste: Animation Party! followed by a filmmaker Q&A. At 8:45pm, Anime Club presents Rintaro’s cyberpunk drama, Metropolis (2001).
NOTE: A ticket purchased for Cineaste: Animation Party! grants admission to both films and you will receive a link via email to reserve your 2 free tickets for Metropolis. FACETS Members get into both for free.
CINEASTE: ANIMATION PARTY! (Ages 14+) – 6:30pm
Watch 11 short films from around the world celebrating the power of animation! Featuring shorts from the United States, Canada, France, South Korea, Argentina, Italy and Portugal. The films in this program use different styles of animation to explore themes like facing one’s fears, LGBTQ+ stories, daring to dream, and intergenerational relationships.
This screening will be followed by a post-show Q&A with the filmmaker behind the short film Kintsugi. Learn more about the individual films in this program here.
METROPOLIS (2001) – 8:45pm
Based on the classic comic created by Osamu Tezuka (Astro Boy), written by Japanese anime legend Katsuhiro Otomo (Akira) and directed by Rintaro (Galaxy Express 999), Metropolis is a spectacular film featuring stunning imagery and unforgettable characters.
In the industrial, tri-level world of Metropolis, Duke Red is a powerful leader with plans to unveil a highly advanced robot named Tima. But Duke Red’s violent son Rock distrusts robots and intends to find and destroy Tima. Lost in the confusing labyrinth beneath Metropolis, Tima is beginning a friendship with the young nephew of a Japanese detective. But when Duke Red separates the two innocents, Tima’s life – and the fate of the universe – is dangerously at stake.
Rintaro, Japan, 2001, PG-13, 113 minutes. In Japanese with English subtitles.
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40TH ANNUAL CHICAGO INTERNATIONAL CHILDREN’S FILM FESTIVAL
FACETS presents the 40th Annual Chicago International Children’s Film Festival (CICFF) from November 3-19, 2023. Tickets & passes are on sale now. CICFF is the largest children’s film festival in the world and an Oscar®-qualifying children’s film festival. Learn more at facets.org/cicff
