PRINCESS MONONOKE

Friday, June 12, 6:00 p.m. & Saturday, June 13, 8:00 p.m. | In Miyazaki’s beautifully constructed and dark PRINCESS MONONOKE, the young warrior Prince Ashitaka kills a gigantic animal god to protect his village resulting in a cursed wound that will not heal. Determined to find a cure, he embarks on a quest and stumbles into a bitter conflict between Lady Eboshi, the leader of the ore-refining Iron Town; and the mysterious Princess Mononoke, a young girl raised by wolves, who will stop at nothing to prevent the humans from destroying her home. As the conflict between humans, animals, and gods intensifies, Ashitaka attempts to forge peace. In PRINCESS MONONOKE, Miyazaki layers visceral violence and devastating destruction of nature into his signature fantastical-world building acknowledging that some things once lost can never be replaced.

Awards & Nominations

Winner - Best Film, Award of the Japanese Academy
Nominee - Outstanding Individual Achievement for Directing in an Animated Feature Production, Annie Awards

Bleak Week (Animated!) | June 12–17, 2026

In partnership with the American Cinematheque and Music Box Theatre, we are thrilled to participate in Bleak Week: Cinema of Despair. Given animation’s limitless potential to inscribe the darkest of worlds, the Siskel's iteration of Bleak Week focuses on animated films. Join us for this very special showcase of six movies from around the globe featuring a broad range of animation techniques for a communal (and hopefully cathartic) movie-watching experience like no other. 

The Film Center is ADA accessible. This presentation will be projected without open captions. The theater is hearing-loop equipped. For accessibility requests, please email filmcenter@saic.edu