Anime News Network reports that Mamoru Oshii’s The Sky Crawlers is being screened in Los Angeles since December 5, a full week before the official New York premiere of the film this Friday. According to the report, Sony Pictures is co-hosting the New York premiere with Stage 6 Films, Production I.G, New York–Tokyo, and the Film Society of Lincoln Center. The film will be shown twice on December 12 at 7:00 p.m. and 9:30 p.m. with a special video introduction by Oshii. The Sky Crawlers received its world premiere at the 65th Venice Film Festival in September. It was nominated for the Golden Lion and eventually won a Future Film Festival Digital Award at the festival. The film has also been submitted for Best Animated Feature category at Oscars.