Documentary about Japanese film company Studio Ghibli and three of the men behind its success - directors Hayao Miyazaki and Isao Takahata and producer Toshio Suzuki. The film provides insight into the studio's success by following the men at work for a year during the production of Miyazaki's The Wind Rises (2013) and Takahata's The Tale of Princess Kaguya (2013). Mami Sunada establishes Ghibli as an enchantingly old-fashioned workshop. Wearing a craftsman's apron at the office, Miyazaki toils on meticulous drawings that he times out with an analogue stopwatch. To watch Miyazaki, Takahata, and Suzuki in conversation with their teams is to begin to understand the success of Studio Ghibli. No detail escapes their attention. The Ghibli team exhibits a patient, truly inspiring dedication to excellence.

This program screened as part of Haff 2015