Studio Ghibli To Be Feted With Honorary Palme D’Or At 77th Cannes Film Festival
deadline.comStudio Ghibli, the Japanese animation studio co-founded by Hayao Miyazaki, will be feted with the Honorary Palme d’Or at the 77th Cannes Film Festival.
This marks the first time Cannes has handed its Honorary Palme d’Or to a collective. “I am truly honored and delighted that the studio is awarded the Honorary Palme d’Or,” said Toshio Suzuki, co-founder of Studio Ghibli. “I would like to thank the Festival de Cannes from the bottom of my heart.
Forty years ago, Hayao Miyazaki, Isao Takahata and I established Studio Ghibli with the desire to bring high-level, high-quality animation to children and adults of all ages.
Today, our films are watched by people all over the world, and many visitors come to the Ghibli Museum, Mitaka, and Ghibli Park to experience the world of our films for themselves.” Suzuki added: “We have truly come a long way for Studio Ghibli to become such a big organization.
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