Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea set for UK release in April’09
Paul •
Running from 27 August to 6 September was the prestigious Venice Film Festival, the oldest film festival in the world.
Hayao Miyazaki with his film ‘Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea‘ and Mamoru Oshii with his film ‘The Sky Crawlers‘ were both in the running for the festival’s principal award, the Golden Lion. Although, ultimately, neither film won the Golden Lion (this prize was picked up by director Darren Aronofsky’s ‘The Wrestler‘), ‘The Sky Crawlers‘ did win the ‘Future Film Festival Digital Award’ for its use of innovative digital technologies.
During the film festival, the BBC were profiling the films and directors in attendance, including an interview with the legendary anime director Hayao Miyazaki; an article which reveals in-passing that ‘Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea‘ “will be released in the UK in April next year” (2009). No information was provided as to who the distributor may be, though Optimum Releasing with their history of releasing Studio Ghibli movies in the UK are no doubt favourites.
