Studio Ghibli Fest 2025 is officially back, celebrating 40 years of Japan’s most beloved animation studio and its timeless storytelling.
In partnership with GKIDS and Fathom Events, this year’s festival features eight iconic films hand-picked from the Ghibli vault. The lineup includes Isao Takahata’s heartbreaking anti-war masterpiece Grave of the Fireflies and Hayao Miyazaki’s Oscar®-winning The Boy and the Heron, which joins the Fest lineup for the first time since its global theatrical release.
The event doubles as a tribute to the studio’s founding visionaries — Isao Takahata and Hayao Miyazaki — and spotlights the next generation through Hiromasa Yonebayashi’s The Secret World of Arrietty, now marking its 15th anniversary.
Up next on the big screen:
Spirited Away
A young girl stumbles into a mysterious spirit world where gods, monsters, and memories collide. Every frame feels alive — a dazzling blend of wonder and melancholy that captures what it means to grow up and find courage in the unfamiliar. It’s not just a movie; it’s an experience that forever changed what animation could be.
The Boy and the Heron
Miyazaki’s long-awaited return is part fantasy, part farewell — a surreal, deeply personal story about grief, rebirth, and the search for meaning. Guided by a mischievous heron, a boy journeys through a dreamlike world that mirrors the pain and beauty of life itself. It’s reflective, haunting, and utterly transcendent.
Check some hilarious Asian mythology or folklore here.
Each screening will include exclusive behind-the-scenes footage, interviews, and commemorative visuals, allowing fans to experience Ghibli’s artistry on the big screen as it was meant to be seen.
For full schedules and tickets, visit gkids.com
More than just a movie marathon, Studio Ghibli Fest is a celebration of the imagination — a reminder that the worlds we dream can still move us, heal us, and quietly change the way we see our own.
