Film screenings: Bilbao Anime Festival

Enjoy a day of anime cinema with the 10th edition of FAB, the Bilbao Anime Festival, curated by Blanca Oria.

Two films will be screened at the Museum, inviting reflection on pressing contemporary issues through the colorful, seemingly childlike aesthetics of animation.

Activity organized in collaboration with the Bilbao Anime Festival as part of the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao’s TopARTE program.

Original versions with Spanish subtitles.
Activity subject to change.

Program

12:00 pm – The Flame of Hope
Original title: Chun Tae-Il / A Flame That Lives On
Director: Hong Jun-Pyo
Screenplay: Sim Hyeong-Seop
Music: Lee Ji-soo
Genre: Animation
Country: South Korea
Distributor: Jonu Media
Year: 2021
Duration: 100 min
Rating: Ages 10+
Synopsis: Chun Tae-il, a young Korean who has dreamed of becoming a tailor since childhood, takes a job in a workshop only to discover his coworkers’ harsh working conditions. At 22, he decides to denounce the situation, becoming a symbol of labor activism in South Korea. Based on real events, the film portrays a historic figure and was awarded at the Annecy International Animation Festival.

5:30 pm – Hiroshima
Original title: はだしのゲン (Hadashi no Gen / Barefoot Gen)
Director: Mori Masaki
Screenplay: Based on the autobiographical manga by Keiji Nakazawa
Music: Kentaro Haneda
Genre: Animation
Country: Japan
Studios: Madhouse, Gen Productions
Distributor: Jonu Media
Year: 1983
Duration: 85 min
Rating: Ages 13+
Synopsis: Gen Nakaoka is a boy living in Hiroshima at the end of World War II. On August 6, 1945, the atomic bomb devastates the city, and Gen witnesses the destruction of everything around him and the loss of his loved ones. His childhood and innocence vanish, giving way to a world of despair. A moving testimony that stands as an anti-war manifesto on the 80th anniversary of the tragedy.