Anime

Penguin Highway

ペンギン・ハイウェイ

Directed by: Hiroyasu Ishida
2018 / 119 minutes / PG

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Where did all these penguins come from?

Aoyama (Kita Kana) is a young boy confident in his own intelligence and place in the world; he spends his days either observing the world around him or buried in his notebooks. Now that he’s in the fourth grade, surely he knows everything there is to know! So when penguins suddenly appear in his small town far away from any oceans, Aoyama is convinced that this is a mystery only he can solve—with just a little help from his best friend and the woman he has a crush on. But as the mystery slowly unravels, Aoyama begins to suspect that his crush is more connected to these mysterious penguins than it first seemed.

From an adaptation of Tomihiko Morimi’s award-winning sci-fi fantasy novel of the same name comes Studio Colorido’s first feature length animation Penguin Highway, an unforgettable tale about growing up, friendship, and discovering who you really are.

Screened as part of the JFF Fringe 2019.

[More Satellite cities to be announced.]

Winner of the Fantasia International Film Festival's Axis: The Satoshi Kon Award for Excellence in Animation award.

Saturday 21st November
13:00
Concluded

BCC Cinemas Central, Townsville

Sunday 22nd November
10:00
Concluded

English audio

BCC Cinemas Central, Townsville

Saturday 28th November
12:00
Concluded

English audio

Event Cinemas Kotara, Newcastle

Sunday 29th November
12:00
Concluded

Event Cinemas Kotara, Newcastle

Sunday 6th December
10:00
Concluded

Tickets are available from the JFF Info Desk in the cinema foyer 30 minutes prior to screening.

Event Cinemas Robina, Gold Coast

Sunday 6th December
14:00
Concluded

Jetty Memorial Theatre, Coffs Harbour

Friday 11th December
19:00
Concluded

Palace Nova Eastend, Adelaide

Saturday 12th September
14:30
Concluded

English audio

Bunbury Regional Entertainment Centre, Bunbury

Sunday 27th September
14:30
Concluded

English audio

Alice Springs Cinema, Alice Springs

Sunday 15th November
10:00
Concluded

BCC Cinemas Cairns Earlville, Cairns

Saturday 20th February
10:00
Concluded

BCC Cinemas Casuarina, Darwin

Tuesday 23rd February
18:30
Concluded

Village Cinemas Glenorchy, Hobart

Screens in: Townsville, Newcastle, Gold, Coast, Coffs, Harbour, Adelaide, Bunbury, Alice, Springs, Cairns, Darwin and Hobart

Director: Hiroyasu Ishida

Original Story: Tomihiko Morimi

Screenplay: Makoto Ueda

Music: Umitaro Abe

Cast: Kana Kita, Yu Aoi, Gideon Modiset (English Dub) and Erika Harlacher (English Dub)

Genre: Anime

Language(s): In Japanese with English subtitles. English dub (select cities).