* Based on Diana Wynne Jones' Earwig and the Witch novel. Not every orphan would love living at St. Morwald's Home for Children, but Earwig does. She gets whatever she wants, whenever she wants it, and it's been that way since she was dropped on the orphanage doorstep as a baby. But all that changes the day Bella Yaga and the Mandrake come to St. Morwald's, disguised as foster parents. Earwig is whisked off to their mysterious house full of invisible rooms, potions, and spell books, with magic around every corner. Most children would run in terror from a house like that...but not Earwig. Using her own cleverness—with a lot of help from a talking cat—she decides to show the witch who's boss. Source: HarperCollins Publishers Note: It was scheduled to have an early screening at the Cannes Film Festival in May 2020, which was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Instead, it received an early screening at the Lumiere Film Festival on 18 October 2020 in Lyon Metropolis, France. It aired on NHK General on 30 December 2020. The regular theatrical run, originally scheduled to start on 29 April 2021, was pushed to 27 August 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.