The Tel Aviv Cinematheque’s Cinema Tokyo series, which presents Japanese films with introductory talks, screens Studio Ghibli’s The Secret World of Arrietty (借りぐらしのアリエッティ, known in Hebrew as HaLakkhanim) on Thursday, June 11, 2026, at 19:00.
The film#
The Secret World of Arrietty (2010) was directed by Hiromasa Yonebayashi from a screenplay by Hayao Miyazaki and Keiko Niwa, based on Mary Norton’s 1952 children’s novel The Borrowers. It follows Arrietty, a tiny “borrower” who lives beneath the floorboards of a house and quietly takes the small things humans won’t miss, and the friendship she forms with a boy staying there. It is a gentle, detail-rich entry in the Ghibli catalogue and works well on a cinema screen.
Screening and lecture#
The evening pairs the film with a lecture by Omri Nagari, in keeping with the Cinema Tokyo format of giving each screening cultural and cinematic context before the lights go down. The talk is delivered in Hebrew.
Details#
- What: The Secret World of Arrietty screening + lecture (Cinema Tokyo series)
- When: Thursday, June 11, 2026, 19:00
- Where: Tel Aviv Cinematheque, 2 Sprinzak St., Tel Aviv
- Tickets: Book on the Tel Aviv Cinematheque event page. A discount code, אמאי30, was circulated with the announcement.
For anyone with an interest in Japanese animation or Ghibli specifically, the screening-plus-lecture format is a good way to see a familiar film with added context. Confirm the date, time and price directly with the cinematheque before booking, as programmes can change.
Source: Japanese Studies Center (המרכז ללימודי יפנית) announcement.
