The Island Closest to Heaven w/SLIP Penelope Spheeris From Oscar-winning director Guy Nattiv

From Oscar-winning director Guy Nattiv comes this galvanizing story of transformation inspired by true events

she must sprint to a snowy mountaintop to light a warning signal — a thrilling sequence reminiscent of Gish’s legendary ice floe scene from D

the actor and composer Ivor Novello (Jeremy Northam)

an unforgettable story of love and devotion

Optional English subtitles for the Japanese soundtracks and optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing for the English soundtracks

The Island Closest to Heaven w/SLIP Penelope Spheeris From Oscar-winning director Guy NattivBookish teen Mari (Tomoyo Harada) ventures solo to a paradise laden archipelago in search of the mythic locale, in this coming of age tale. Based on Katsura Morimura's 1966 best selling travelogue, Obayashi's paradise laden coming of age tale is an island retreat to the white sands of New Caledonia. Fulfilling her late father's (YMO's Yukihiro Takahashi) dream to take her to "the island closest to heaven," bookish teen Mari (Tomoyo Harada) ventures