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Studio Ghibli To Be Feted With Honorary Palme D’Or At 77th Cannes Film Festival


Star Wars filmmaker George Lucas will also receive an Honorary Palme d’Or at the closing on May 25.

Forty years ago, Hayao Miyazaki, Isao Takahata and I established Studio Ghibli with the desire to bring high-level, high-quality animation to children and adults of all ages. Although Miyazaki and I have aged considerably, I am sure that Studio Ghibli will continue to take on new challenges, led by the staff who will carry on the spirit of the company. Launched following the success of Miyazaki’s Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind in 1984, Studio Ghibli began financing its own feature films in 1992 with Porco Rosso.

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