US Screenings of Tekkon Kinkreet

Michael Arias, director of Studio4°C’s Tekkon Kinkreet, recently commented on a Cartoon Brew post about upcoming theatrical screenings of his film in the United States. In addition to the previously mentioned NYC screenings, he mentions a couple theatrical screenings coming up in LA and Honolulu. I’ve posted complete screening details below.

I’m glad that these festival screenings make it available on the bigscreen, though it begs the question: why is a studio like 4°C, which is consistently producing some of the most innovative animation today, unable to secure stateside distribution for its films like Mind Game and Tekkon Kinkreet. I’m sure the reasons are complicated but it’s still a huge failure on the part of the US film distributors to not make quality foreign animation like this available to the public.

SCREENING INFO
NEW YORK
MoMA – The Museum of Modern Art
Roy and Nita Titus Theaters 1 & 2
Wed 4/25 (T1), Thurs 4/26 (T2), Fri 4/27 (T2) – 8:30 pm
Sat 4/28 (T2), Sun 4/29 (T2) – 2:00 pm
Mon 4/30 (T2) – 8:30 pm
Screening info here
Ticket info here

LOS ANGELES
Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival
Laemmle’s Sunset 5
Sunday, May 6 – 5:00 pm
Tickets available here

HONOLULU
Hawaii International Film Festival
Dole Cannery
Thursday, April 26 – 8:45 pm
Tickets available here