Based on a true story, HULA GIRLS is a heartwarming comedy about coal miners' daughters who take a once-in-a-lifetime chance to escape their monotonous lives, and become unwitting heroes in their depressed mining town and the whole of Japan. It is 1965, old mining towns began their long slow decline as the country started to shift from coal to oil. A small town way up north comes up with an idea to develop Japan's first Hawaiian Village. And what's a Hawaiian Village without a troupe of Hula dancers? The only problem is, no one knows how to do the dance, or even knows what the Hula is! In this hilariously touching comedy, the skepticism and conservatism of the locals is gradually overcome as their daughters fall under the spell of one talented and determined dance instructor from the big city of Tokyo.

• WINNER Best Picture, Best Director, Best Supporting Actress & Best ScreenPlay - 30th Japan Academy Awards

A parody on the making of an independent movie and its cast, who become victims of the dreaded awards buzz. A debut feature, director Jay Berman steers cast and crew through a typically tumultuous independent film "Home for Purim," an intimate period drama about a Jewish family's turbulent reunion on the occasion of the dying matriarch's favorite holiday. When Internet-generated rumors begin circulating that three of the film's stars may be perpetrating Award-worthy performances, a rumble of excitement rattles the cast.

• WINNER Best Supporting Actress (Catherine O' Hara) National Board of Review 2006

From France’s celebrated director, Michel Ocelot comes a story of magical adventure. Once upon a time, there were two children who had the same nanny: Azur, blonde and blue-eyed son of the lord of the castle, and Asmar, dark-skinned and black-eyed, the nurse's child. Brought up like brothers, the children are suddenly torn apart. But Azur, haunted by the legend of the Djinn the nanny use to tell him, intends to find it in lands beyond the seas. When they grow up, the two foster brothers each go their separate ways in search of the fairy. Daring rivals, they find magic lands in a medieval Maghreb, full of dangers and enchantments.

Maxi is youngest child of widower, and like nearly everyone in their Manila slum, survives outside of the legal economic grid by selling stolen cell phones, placing bets, etc. Occasionally teased but mostly accepted as a girl in a boy's body, super-femme Maxi dropped out of school to be surrogate "wife," cooking, cleaning and fussing over everyone. He falls in love with handsome policeman Victor, who takes him under his wing platonically, though vibe is near-romantic at times. When Maxi's friend Boy kills a student during a bungled robbery, however, Maxi is caught between protecting his kin and Victor.

• WINNER International Jury Prize - Berlin International Film Festival
• WINNER Best Film - Asian festival of First Films

Censorship, Uncensored. A breakthrough exposé about the American movie ratings board film ratings system and its profound effect on American culture. The film asks whether Hollywood movies and independent films are rated equally for comparable content; whether sexual content in gay-themed movies is given harsher ratings penalties than their heterosexual counterparts; whether it makes sense that extreme violence is given an R rating while sexuality is banished to the cutting room floor; whether Hollywood studios receive detailed directions as to how to change an NC-17 film into an R, while independent film producers are left guessing; and finally, whether keeping the raters and the rating process secret leaves the MPAA entirely unaccountable for its decisions.

This docu-film “The Kallang Wave” explores the pride and passion of Singapore society through its football history, tracing the nation’s life and character through its relationship with the Beautiful game. Significant voices from Singapore’s football fraternity, public, press and intelligentsia mingle with historical footage and news reports to form a comprehensive commentary on the state of the sport and of the nation. “The Kallang Wave” takes you through a period of Singapore’s meteoric economic growth to its current position as a world-class economy, and from its heritage as one of Asia’s oldest footballing nations to the present struggle of the local leagues.