October 31, 2014

Mizuho Nishikubo's new animated feature film, Giovanni's Island was greeted with the Jury Award for Best Feature Film at the 5th Scotland Loves Animation Festival (SLA 2014), held in Glasgow and Edinburgh, Scotland from October 10th to 19th, 2014. The screening at SLA 2014 marked the movie's Scottish premiere, attended by director Mizuho Nishikubo.

Scotland Loves Animation is a Scotland based film festival, dedicated to animation, which began in 2010 with a primary focus on Japanese animation. It promotes animation worldwide with a core selection of events running in October each year. Based across two of Scotland's cultural hubs: Glasgow and Edinburgh, Scotland Loves Animation offers premiere screenings, exhibitions, workshops and international guests.

Screening schedule:
Date: October 12, 2014 (Sun)
Time: 5:30pm
Place: Glasgow Film Theatre
Followed by Q&A session with director Mizuho Nishikubo

Date: October 18, 2014 (Sat)
Time: 1:00pm
Place: Edinburgh Filmhouse

Scotland Loves Animation 2014 official website:
http://www.lovesanimation.com/

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