Anime Auteurs: Akira

Akira Film Talk

February 18, 2025

“Akira’s strangeness is very startling and sometimes bewildering. But there is a thanatonic rapture to its vision of a whole world ending and being reborn as something else.”—Peter Bradshaw, The Guardian

Join instructor Isabella Von Ghoul as we deep dive into Katushiro Otomo’s Akira.

This Film Talk is associated with a screening of Akira on February 16, 2025 at SIFF Uptown.

Streaming Tickets grant access to the film talk virtually, live-streamed via Zoom from 7-9:00pm PT. Access to the recording is not provided after the live session.

SIFF year-round passes and vouchers are not valid for this event.

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CLASS SPECIFICS

Tuesday, February 18, 2025
7:00–9:00pm PT
SIFF Film Center (live) + Streamed via Zoom Webinar
$27 Sustainer | $22 Regular | $17 SIFF Member

Isabella Price

About the Instructor:

Isabella Von Ghoul is a local artist and activist who has made Seattle her home since 2015. She has worked as a programmer for organizations including the Northwest Film Forum, Seattle International Film Festival, and Blanket Fort Films, and has served for multiple years on the board of Women in Film Seattle, the advisory board of KVRU Community Radio, and the Executive Film Advisory Board for Harbor Island Studios.