THE BOY AND THE HERON

HIFF is honored to present THE BOY AND THE HERON, the highly anticipated new film from the legendary Academy Award-winning Hayao Miyazaki, co-founder of Japan''s celebrated animation house, Studio Ghibli, as this year''s Closing Night Film. Mahito, a young 12-year-old boy, struggles to settle in a new town after his mother''s death. However, when a talking heron informs Mahito that his mother is still alive, he enters an abandoned tower in search of her, which takes him to another world.