12-year-old Mahito lives with his parents in 1940s Tokyo. When tragedy strikes, he travels with his father to the countryside where he struggles to fit in and is pestered by a local heron. The revelation that the heron has the ability to speak begins a fantastic adventure wherein Mahito travels to a magical world and, in the process, confronts his grief.

Miyazaki’s triumphant return to feature films is a vibrant, colourful and moving piece of work, full of imagination and creativity. It feels like the culmination of a life’s dedication to his craft.

The English dub version features one of the strongest voice cast to date for a Studio Ghibli release, including Christian Bale, Dave Bautista, Gemma Chan, Willem Dafoe, Karen Fukuhara, Mark Hamill, Robert Pattinson and Florence Pugh.

Baby Pictures 

Baby Pictures is open to carers and little ones of twelve months and under. As everyone in the cinema is a parent or carer, there’s no need to worry if it gets a little noisy. Everyone understands. Customers not accompanying a baby will be turned away.

The lights are turned up a little bit and the sound is a little softer to create a peaceful environment for you and the baby. It’s just for carers (Mum, Dad, Granny, Granda, whoever it is it looking after the tot) and babies. Up to two adults can come with a baby. Please note: we cannot allow babies over the age of 12 months to come to Baby Pictures.  

If you have any questions about Baby Pictures, please get in touch on qftmanager@qub.ac.uk.

Baby Pictures is supported by Film Hub NI.