In celebration of the 2014 Nihongo Fiesta, the first ever Film Mania will be held on the 22nd and 23rd of February 2014, at the Premiere Theater and Cinema 1 of the Shang Cineplex, Shangri-La Plaza Mall, Mandaluyong City. Admission to the event is for free!

The 2014 Nihongo Fiesta Film Mania will be a 2-day festival featuring the following films: Miyazaki Hayao’s Howl’s Moving Castle, Koichi Chigira’s Brave Story, Kazuyoshi Katayama’s King of Thorn, Makoto Shinkai’s Voices of a Distant Star, and Shinobu Yaguchi’s ROBO-G.

Screening Schedules

22 February 2014 (Saturday)

11:00 AM – Howl’s Moving Castle (Shang Cineplex, Premiere Theater)
13:30 PM – Howl’s Moving Castle (Shang Cineplex, Premiere Theater)
16:00 PM – Howl’s Moving Castle (Shang Cineplex, Premiere Theater)
19:00 PM – ROBO-G (Shang Cineplex, Cinema 1)

23 February 2014 (Sunday)

13:00 PM – Voices of a Distant Star (Shang Cineplex, Cinema 1)
14:00 PM – Brave Story (Shang Cineplex, Cinema 1)
16:30 PM – King of Thorn (Shang Cineplex, Cinema 1)
19:00 PM – ROBO-G (Shang Cineplex, Cinema 1)

Please queue outside the cinema at least thirty minutes before the scheduled screening time; guests will be accommodated on a first-come, first-served basis.

The 2013 Nihongo Fiesta is supported by the Shangri-La Plaza Mall, the Shang Cineplex, the Film Development Council of the Philippines (FDCP), the Embassy of Japan, the Japanese Chamber of Commerce and Industry in the Philippines, Inc. (JCCIPI), the Japanese Association Manila (JAMI), the Japan Overseas Enterprises Association (JOEA), the Association of Filipino Nihongo Teachers (AFINITE), the Nihon Kenyu Kai (NKK) of the De La Salle University Manila, and the Bunka Koryu Kai (BKK) of the Adamson University.