Anime News

Tekkon Kinkreet Honored / North American Premiere At MoMA
Date: 2/9/2007
Michael Arias' animated film Tekkon Kinkreet has been chosen as 2006's "BestFilm" by USA art magazine Artforum International. The North American premiere has been scheduled with the movie being screened at The Museum of Modern Art, New York (MoMA) in April. This marks the first time a Japanese work has taken the prize. MoMA museum attendants first saw Tekkon at the Tokyo International Film Festival last October. Sony Pictures plans to screen it there in limited fashion for six days at 8:30PM from April 25th at the museum's theater.
Source: Anime News Service