After confirm that the film will join the lineup for the 2023 London Film Festival, Studio Ghibli has now dropped our first look at footage from The Boy and the Heron. The film marks the first film in 10 years from Academy Award®-Winner Hayao Miyazaki.
Tickets for the London Film Festival screening will go on sale to the public on Tuesday 12 September 2023 at 10:00 BST. Tickets can be purchase directly from the BFI website here.
Watch the film’s teaser trailer in the player below:
The teaser marks the first time footage from the film has been shown outside of Japanese theaters. In an unprecedented decision by Studio Ghibli, no images, trailers, synopses, advertisements, or other information about the film were made available to the public prior to its release in theaters in Japan on July 14th. First look images were recently revealed by Studio Ghibli in celebration of the film’s ongoing theatrical release in Japan. Last week, GKIDS released an English language “pre-teaser,” which officially introduced the film’s story.
The hand-drawn, animated feature – director Miyazaki’s first feature film in 10 years – is an original story written and directed by Studio Ghibli co-founder Hayao Miyazaki, produced by co-founder Toshio Suzuki, and featuring a musical score from Miyazaki’s long-time collaborator Joe Hisaishi. Its theme song, “Spinning Globe,” was penned and performed by global J-pop superstar Kenshi Yonezu.
The film makes its international premiere at the 48th Toronto International Film Festival on September 7 as the Opening Night Gala. Tickets to all TIFF screenings sold out in record time. This fall, the film makes its U.S. premiere at the New York Film Festival, its European Premiere as the Opening Night of San Sebastian International Film Festival, all before reaching UK shores for LFF.
