The Franco-German culture channel ARTE aired a short report on Studio Ghibli’s latest film Karigurashi no Arrietty (The Borrowers) including some never before seen scenes and a short interview with director Hiromasa Yonebayashi who got a thumbs-up from Hayao Miyazaki himself after the first screening. The video is only available in German and French, but I guess you can enjoy the footage even if you don’t understand a word…

[Thanks to Sven for the heads-up!]

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Fans of Studio Ghibli’s very own Hayao Miyazaki that understand German or French should mark some dates for next month as ARTE has appointed April to a long overdue “Hayao Miyazaki Month”.
The Franco-German station will show six of Miyazaki’s masterworks starting on April 5th with Spirited Away and also air Yves Montmayeur’s 2004 documentation Ghibli et le mystère Miyazaki that focuses on Miyazaki’s work at the Ghibli Studio.
Spirited Away – April 5th 20:15; April 7th 14:45; April 13th 14:45
My Neigbour Totoro – April 8th 20:15; April 15th 14:45
Ghibli et le mystère Miyazaki – April 8th 21:40
Howl’s Moving Castle – April 12th 20:15; April 14th 14:45
Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind – April 15th 20:15
Princess Mononoke – April 19th 20:15
Laputa: Castle in the Sky – April 22nd 20:15
[via Catsuka]

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The French/German culture channel Arte is airing Yakuza Eiga: A Secret Story of Japanese Cinema, a documentation about the history of Japanese mafia cinema on February 12th, 2009 at 22:25. French filmmaker Yves Montmayeur shows the genre’s roots in the 60s, the most important works, directors, actors and the influence on the world of cinema. The documentary was filmed in 2008 and runs for 60 minutes.
[via Michael from Wildgrounds]

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Heute Abend um 23:15 Uhr gibt es auf ARTE in der Sendung TRACKS ein Interview mit dem, in letzter Zeit ziemlich oft hier erwähnten, Regisseur Satoshi Kon.

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