Screening and discussion of one of Studio Ghibli's most unconventional and underrated works: Tomomi Mochizuki's Ocean Waves (1993). This was the studio's first film directed by neither Hayao Miyazaki nor Isao Takahata, and their first made-for-television release. A story focused on first love and teenage alienation, it stands as Ghibli's most untypical yet quintessentially anime production. Art critic Sona Arsenyan leads the discussion exploring why the film departed so sharply from the studio's signature style and why Ghibli abandoned similar experiments afterward. Registration via the form at lancoworking.am.