How do you stay close to someone when you live in different cities, different times or even different worlds? Join Leon, a psychologist and cinephile, for a Watch & Talk on how we overcome distance in love, told through selected scenes from Makoto Shinkai’s animated films. Shinkai makes longing visible through glowing skies, train windows and the tiny details of everyday life. Then he bends time or lets worlds cross, turning a familiar feeling. like missing someone, into an adventure where even finding each other can feel like a small miracle.

With Leon, we’ll explore what it takes to stay connected when you can’t share the ordinary parts of your day. Can distance make us better at paying attention to each other, or does it give us more room to fall in love with an imagined version of someone? And why can two people sitting right next to each other sometimes feel worlds apart? We’ll compare our readings of the scenes, talk about the little things that keep people close and have some fun with the film’s bigger what-ifs: if you could send one message across time, what would you say? No familiarity with Shinkai or anime is needed; Leon will introduce each scene as we go.

Let's sit back with good friends in comfy chairs, watch scenes from the films of a director who gives people a whole new way of seeing things we've been looking at for years. And, of course, let's have a beautiful, deep, and intelligent discussion about our mutual journeys.

当你们住在不同的城市、不同的时间，甚至不同的世界，怎么才能跟一个人保持亲近？跟着 Leon 来一场观影聊片吧。他是心理学家，也是影迷。这次我们通过新海诚动画电影里的精选片段，聊我们在爱里怎么跨越距离。新海诚用发光的天空、列车车窗和日常生活里的小细节，把“想念”变得看得见。然后他会弯折时间，或者让世界交错，把一个很熟悉的感觉——比如想一个人——变成一场冒险，连找到彼此都像一个小奇迹。

跟着 Leon，我们会探索，当你没法跟对方分享一天里那些普通的部分时，要保持连接需要什么。距离是让我们更会注意彼此，还是给了我们更多空间去爱上一个想象出来的人？而为什么两个人明明坐得很近，有时候却感觉隔了好几个世界？我们会比较各自对片段的解读，聊聊那些让人保持亲近的小事，也会玩玩电影里那些更大的“如果”：如果你能穿越时间发一条消息，你会说什么？不需要了解新海诚或动漫；Leon 会一边放一边介绍每个片段。

大家一起窝在舒服的椅子里，跟好朋友一起看一位导演的电影片段，他给了人们一种全新的方式，去看那些我们已经看了很多年的东西。当然，也少不了围绕我们共同经历的那些事儿，来一场美好、深入又聪明的聊天。