On April 17, France's Cannes Film Festival announced that it would award the 77th Honorary Palme d'Or to Japan's Studio Ghibli in recognition of all members of Studio Ghibli. This is the first time in the history of the Cannes Film Festival that the Palme d'Or has been awarded to a team.
The Cannes Film Festival mentioned in a statement that Studio Ghibli has won over audiences through works full of poetry, humanism and ecological conviction. The president of the Cannes Film Festival said that Ghibli makes Japanese animation a great adventure between tradition and modernity.
The movie " My Neighbor Totoro " produced by Studio Ghibli. Picture/Studio Ghibli official website
When receiving the award, Studio Ghibli Chairman Toshio Suzuki recalled the process of founding Ghibli with Hayao Miyazaki and Isao Takahata 40 years ago. Their original intention was to provide services for all ages. Segments for children and adults offer high-quality animations.
"Today, audiences around the world can see our films, and many visitors come to the Ghibli Museum and Ghibli Park to explore the world of our films for themselves. Studio Ghibli has become so important that we have It has come a long way. Although Hayao Miyazaki and I are old, I believe that Studio Ghibli will continue to meet new challenges under the leadership of a team that inherits the spirit of the company. If you continue to look forward to our new works. , I would be very happy," said Toshio Suzuki.
Studio Ghibli was founded in 1985 by Hayao Miyazaki, Isao Takahata, Toshio Suzuki, Yasukai Tokuma and others. Its representative works include "My Neighbor Totoro", " Spirited Away ", "Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind", etc. . "Ghibli" was named by Hayao Miyazaki, which means the seasonal hot wind in the Sahara Desert.
Recently, " What kind of life do you want to live " produced by Studio Ghibli was released in theaters and became the best-selling movie during the Qingming Festival.
The film was directed and written by Hayao Miyazaki, and was dubbed by Masaki Sugata, Satoma Yamatoki and others. It won the 96th Academy Award for Best Animated Feature Film. The film tells the story of a young man, Makoto, who forms a new family with his father and stepmother after his mother dies in a sea of fire. In an accident, he followed a talking heron into an abandoned mysterious tower, but unexpectedly entered the fantasy "world of the dead" and began a life adventure.
"What kind of life do you want to live?" Picture/movie poster
The film was officially released in the mainland on April 3, and the box office of the film exceeded 600 million on April 13. According to Beacon Professional Edition, the film broke the box office record for Qingming films in Chinese film history. As of 13:00 on April 18, the film's box office was 687 million yuan.
Jiupai News reporter Wan Xuan
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[Source: Jiupai News]
