OMSI hosts Studio Ghibli Film Festival, March 3-April 2

Experience eighteen adventures from Studio Ghibli at the Oregon Museum of Science and Industry’s annual Studio Ghibli Film Festival. Running March 3 to April 2, the festival includes favorites such as “My Neighbor Totoro,” “Kiki’s Delivery Service,” “Spirited Away,” “Howl’s Moving Castle,” “Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind” and “Princess Mononoke.” This year’s festival includes daily screenings, special guest speakers and an opening night celebration focused on the 10th anniversary of Hayao Miyazaki’s historical biography “The Wind Rises,” the animated story of Japanese aviation engineer Jiro Horikoshi. Special guests will give short introductions before several of this year’s Studio Ghibli films. Movies will be shown in OMSI’s Empirical Theater at 1945 S.E. Water Ave., Portland. Tickets are $7.50 for adults, $6 for youth and $6.50 for seniors. For more information, including a complete schedule of films and events, visit omsi.edu or call 503-797-4000.