Montreal's Festival Du Nouveau Cinema will screen Mamoru Hosoda's Ōkami Kodomo no Ame to Yuki (Wolf Children) film as part of "The Temps Ø" lineup at the event. The festival will also screen Outrage Beyond from Takeshi Kitano ( The Blind Swordsman: Zatoichi , Fireworks ), Penance (Shokuzai) from Kiyoshi Kurasowa ( Tokyo Sonata , Pulse ), and The Millennial Rapture from Koji Wakamatsu ( Caterpillar ).
Wolf Children will run at 2:45 p.m. on October 14. Montreal's Festival Du Nouveau Cinema runs from October 10 to October21.
The film has grossed 4 billion yen (about US$51 million) in the nine weeks since its opening on July 21. The film already screened at the Hong Kong Film Fest in August and will premiere in the United States at the Hawaii International Film Fest on October 17. Hosoda's other acclaimed films include The Girl Who Leapt Through Time and Summer Wars.