Cinematheque: Tokyo Now - Contemporary Japanese Cinema

Produced by the animation team responsible for the wildly successful Paprika and directed by Mamoru Hosoda, The Girl Who Leapt Through Time follows young Makoto Konno as she learns to negotiate high school's social hierarchies—and also travel through time. But her frivolous use of the power nearly kills one of her friends, and may permanently separate her from her true love. Winner of the 2007 Japan Academy Prize for Best Animation.