FREE | Registration Required

For youth ages 13–18.

Location: Charlotte Mecklenburg Library – University City Regional (5528 Waters Edge Vlg Dr, Charlotte, NC 28262)

Five stories, five maestros, five styles and one common denominator: maximum creativity. From the groundbreaking animation studio Studio 4°C, creators of MFKZ and Children of the Sea, comes an extraordinary anthology project built on a simple yet ambitious vision: to bring together some of the most acclaimed animators working in Japanese animation and give each complete creative freedom to tell a unique short story. That goes from Mahiro Maeda’s classic anime, to Kazuto Nakazawa’s intricate urban sketches, Shinya Ohira’s bedlam of color and Tatsuyuki Tanaka’s animated cyberpunk. And as if that wasn’t enough, Koji Morimoto, the studio big boss, is charge of putting the icing on the cake with fantafabulous piece of abstract poetry that would make a VJ die of ecstasy. The party of the year.

The result is Genius Party and Genius Party Beyond, two animated anthology films bursting with imagination, inventive storytelling, fantastical worlds, and strikingly diverse visual styles that showcase the limitless possibilities of animation.

This Indie on Wheels screening is are supported by Culture Blocks — a community partnership between ASC, Charlotte Mecklenburg Library and Mecklenburg County Park and Recreation to bring arts and cultural experiences closer to where residents live. Culture Blocks is funded by Mecklenburg County.