Description: American Blend, revolves around the Chadha family-Californians on the outside and Indians deep within.Raj Chadha (Anupam Kher) has two loves-food and Bollywood. Quite naturally, he runs Bollywood Cafe, his very own restaurant, with great panache, dishing out delicious meals sprinkled with Bollywood masala. Raj has two children-Nikita (Niki) and Brijesh (BJ). After his wife dies, Raj marries Jayme (Dee Wallace Stone), a Caucasian American who has a daughter, Maya. While all three children thrive on the American lifestyle, their moral values are rooted in Indian tradition. Life in the Chadha home sails by smoothly... until lightning strikes without warning, and unearths a secret that has lain buried for years. With its straight-from-the-heart story, foot-tapping music, and rich blend of Indian and American cultures, American Blend gives the viewer a lot to take home.

Description: In order to finally bring to an end a story his father has kept hidden in a faded old notebook, Matthias Silcher researches the story of his grandfather Robert, who died in 1937 in Lakehurst as a crew member on the Hindenburg. His investigation leads him to the Zeppelin Museum in Friedrichshafen to one of Robert’s former colleagues, Karl Semmle. But the old man rejects Matthias and first wants to know why he is so curious before he breaks his silence. The bizarre circumstances of Robert’s death and the lives of his surviving family members thereafter does not come to light until 2004 with the help of Karl Semmle, the only witness of the time who really knows what happened and what drove Robert to sacrifice his own life to save the airship industry – a decision that would go on to haunt the lives of three generations.

Description: This mocumentary follows a filmmaker shooting a documentary on several unusual characters who are obsessed with finding Bigfoot.

Description: Borrowed brides were trainers hired to prepare young boys for marriage. The film tells the story of a woman, who gets caught up in her emotions, and defies the borrowed bridesâ code. Emine, while waiting for her lover to be released from prison, is offered the job of preparing the son of an Aegean townâs mayor, Ali, for marriage. She accepts the offer, but as she tutors the young man, they fall in love.

Description: In this, only the second animated feature to come from Mexico in over 40 years, Yxxxxx is a snobbish space parasite confined to a space insane asylum. He forces three other inmates to escape with him to aid in his plans to conquer the universe. Their destination: the third planet of a solar system where they might find the most powerful element in the entire galaxy, IMAGINUM. Their mission: to stop a boy who uses huge amounts of IMAGINUM to transform common objects into incredible machines with which he can confront Yxxxxx. Fun for all ages.

Description: Set in Mexico City, SANTOS PEREGRINOS is a comedic look at how lives can change when a sudden financial upturn occurs. The occupiers of an apartment block make a startling discovery when they find three religious figurines belonging to a deceased resident of the building are carved from solid gold. Chaos breaks out, as greed and tension runs rife throughout the minds of the occupants, who suddenly realize they could have a chance to make a fortune. A remake of Alex De La Iglesia's LA COMUNIDAD, SANTOS PEREGRINOS is lighter in tone than Iglesia's dark comedy, providing plenty of mirthful moments as the story gently winds to its conclusion.

Description: Between 11:50 and 12:00 noon, a crime is committed. In the same ten minute period, we follow the lives of the ten people, all connected to this crime. As we see each person's point of view, we are propelled closer and closer to the truth of what exactly happened...and why. A jet-lagged Larry Taylor awakens to find two strangers in his bedroom, and over the next ten minutes, will experience the most terrifying and possibly final moments of his life. But who these strangers are, and what they want, can only be determined by events occurring elsewhere and at the same time.

Description: Somewhere in the rugged terrains of a foreign land, a man schemed, plotted and carried out a hideous and cowardly act that changed our world forever. Somewhere in the heart of America, a simple man living a righteous, pious life, raising his family with the fear of God in his heart, pays the consequences.

Description: Ten-year-old Reid (Jordan Anderson) is spending the summer of 1983 far from home, stuck at a remote roadside motel with his parents (Elise Robertson, Robert Wesley). Fending off boredom is second nature to loners like him; but when a captivating girl (Gina DeVivo) checks in with her family, Reid suddenly finds he has way more than enough on his mind.

Description: A confessed murderer, a professional student agitator and a handicapped former drug abuser are the troubled characters of 1973, Mexican director Antonino Isordiaâs debut documentary. Shot in a disconcerting, noisy, aggressive style, the documentary is very effective in portraying a generation marked by urban violence and disappointment.

Description: Speaks to the world to give the African youth a chance to fair trade rather than donations. The talent/raw materials are available. The hip-hop culture is one of the mediums that can provide FAIR TRADE. Kenya is not just about Lions, giraffes and fast running men, itâs also about Studios and Hip-Hop!

Description: Crafted from the testimonies of Beirutis' love for Lebanon's quintessential diva, Fairouz, We Loved Each Other So Much is a poignant examination of the lingering trauma of the countryâs civil war, with its tapestry of pluralities and contradictions. Through the music and the myths that grew around Fairouz, Beirutis tell their life stories and narrate the tragic, stirring history of their city. Their reminiscences, combined with Fairouz's songs and legacy, all come together to render a spontaneous and insightful document of postwar Lebanese society.

Description: The film documents the life of the man who was perhaps the single most important person in the equation between MacArthur's GHQ to the South and the Philippine destination: a middle-aged Manila businessman and Naval Reserve officer, Charles ãChickä Parsons, who first had to engineer a daring escape for himself and his family from Japanese-held Manila; and then who joined MacArthur and became his liaison with the guerrillas and resupply man in the Philippines. How he managed to enter and re-enter the islands on numerous occasions, bringing much-needed supplies and radios to set up coast watches.

Description: Inspired by "Field of Dreams," independent filmmaker Robert Cochrane combines his love of baseball with his love for his father, who has Parkinson disease. He and his dad visited 30 major league ballparks and documented their adventures ö a 20,000 mile over the period of one summer. A inspiring tale of family closeness. Both father and son plan to attend the showing of this film.

Description: The Last Atomic Bomb profiles a Nagasaki survivor and two college students dedicated to making sure that the survivor's story will never be forgotten. As it documents their lives it interweaves the still controversial decision by the US to use nuclear weapons in Japan, censorship in Japan of the bomb and its effects, discrimination against survivors by other Japanese, the buildup of nuclear weapons during the Cold War, the antinuclear movement, and todayâs nuclear proliferation crisis.

Description: Documentary about the art of film editing. Clips are shown from many groundbreaking films with innovative editing styles.

Description: Blossoms of Fire shows the women of Juchit‡n, Oaxaca, Mexico as bright, colorful business women, with skill in dazzling floral embroidery. They are rooted in Zapotec culture and demonstrate a strong work ethic, personal and political independence, and an unusually high acceptance for homosexuality.

Description: Expiration Date is a comedy about Charlie Silver Cloud III (Robert A. Guthrie), a young man with a deadline. His father and grandfather were killed by milk trucks on their 25th birthdays and he's about to turn 25. No level of precaution or heightened awareness can protect him from this unfortunate family curse.death by milk truck. With his fate sealed Charlie Silvercloud III begins preparations: he breaks things off with his girlfriend, reserves a grave site, picks out a coffin, returns his library books. But just when his life and death are in order, he meets a girl who won't let him die in peace.

Description: Roy is a professional conman, who has raised his work to the level of an art. The only true thing he has is his love for Simmi - someone who is so rooted, honest and sincere, that he can't bring himself to tell her the reality of who he is. But when his past catches up with him, she cannot forgive him for the deceit their relationship is built on. That's when Dittu enters the picture···.he is the counterpoint to everything that Roy is ö except for one thing in common - he is a conman too. Despite himself Roy agrees to teach Dittu the rules of the game. That's when his world is spun upside down - he is forced to face facts that push him into a corner from where there is no exit. For a man who wears so many masks, he is now left with no alternative but to take them all off and finally reveal himself - if he is still there.

Description: R-POINT is a psychological horror movie with the focus firmly on the psychological. The South Korean brass freak out when they start receiving radio transmissions from a patrol that went into R-Point a long time ago, and never came out. The freaky factor gets more intense when the transmissions start coming in French. Before you can say, "I love the smell of ectoplasm in the morning!" they've saddled up a shell-shocked commanding officer (Gam Woo-Sung) and sent him into misty, murky, Charlie-infested R-Point to find out just what the hell is going on. Turns out: hell is exactly what's going on as war's legacy of rape and torture gets worked out on the soldiers in gory fashion.

Description: The city of Calcutta -1962. A city so vibrant, so alive, so stylish, it was referred to as ÎThe Paris of the East.â This exotic backdrop serves as the perfect locale for the tender, immortal love story about to unfold.

Description: KANG Min, a TV network producer of "Mystery Theater," gets severely injured in a car accident near Spider Forest. Fortunately, he is rescued at once and receives brain surgery. Upon recovering from a coma in a couple of weeks, he strongly insists on going back to Spider Forest and asks to make a call to the police, since he saw two dead bodies (Jong-pil and Soo-young) there. Though he tries to remember what happened in the forest, everything remains shrouded in mystery. His only clue is a blue key and the picture of his late wife...

Description: Professor Uttam Chaudhary (Anupam Kher) is a retired Hindi teacher who lives with his daughter (Urmila Matondkar) and young son in the city of Mumbai. He is suffering from what is laughingly called 'old son', brief periods of forgetfulness, blanks in memory. Little does anyone realize that the problems are much deeper, and that this is just the beginning of a journey that will end in a man becoming a prisoner of his mind? As his memories start to fade, a childhood trauma surfaces, the memory of being accused of murdering Gandhi. In the middle of this, professor Chaudhary's daughter is the positive force. A single woman, working not only to support the family monetarily, but is also the only lifeline that can save her father from drowning in the universe his mind is creating.

Description: Taxi driver has concussion with partial memory loss tries to help boy avoid circumcision.

Description: In this hilarious comedy we meet Della, who wants the perfect life: A springtime wedding, a trailer full of kids, and a husband...any husband. Unfortunately, her best friend Rayanne has a habit of "accidentally" murdering Della's fiances. While trying to bury the latest groom the two women discover it's hard to keep a bad man down.

Description: Alternately comedic and introspective, India Spiceland is about love and cultural identity in a foreign land.

Description: Tenny Bell, a successful but superficial cartoonist, doesn’t do the basic dating homework of looking before she leaps. Her sister Marla and Marla’s husband Russ try to point Tenny in the right direction, but she continues to only date the beautiful women, with disastrous results. When Tenny meets the perfect woman at an out-of-town bridal shower, a phone-sex and Internet dating storm brews as she tries to do it right. But there are a few surprises in store for Tenny and she’s about to learn how to truly “get to know” someone.

Description: In this short film, an American soldier in 1972 Viet Nam is visited by a young monk on Christmas Eve. The boy looks for empty beverage cans to turn into lanterns until the soldier sees him in the weeds and chases him back to the Buddhist temple. Ultimately, the two learn how to communicate and appreciate the beauty and peace of one anotherâs company in the spirit of the holiday.

Description: Jonas pulls us into the mind of a narcolept, a man doomed to a tedious job as a number-crunching analyst because only if heâs bored can he stay awake. Too much excitement and he falls asleep, which really complicates things when he meets an interesting young woman.

Description: This silent, impressionistic Russian black and white short is inspired by the story ãThe Master and Margarita,ä by Mikhail Bulgakov.

Description: A secretive womanâs intimate relationship to her brother is threatened when an unexpected guest shows up for dinner at their eccentric motherâs house.

Description: Set in the present day south, this story follows the lives of young brothers Robbie and Benji as they spend their summer days in the magic and beauty of the wheat fields near their small town. Raised on very little by their uncaring grandmother, these boys discover a world of imagination and glory in their 'honey fields', until the forces of life and reality threatens their fragile dreams.

Description: In this touching and upbeat drama, an independent homeless man seeks the love of an equally independent homeless woman.

Description: Music and memory tell the story of Guy and Candie Carawan, activists and folk singers who have carried their work from the deep south of the Civil Rights Movement into today's daunting struggle for peace. Interweaving past and present, the filmmaker integrates her own reflections on growing up in a rich musical and political landscape with her parents' views on race relations, community organizing, and the sustaining power of song.

While the Carawans made their home in east Tennessee, they are southern California natives. Candie is a graduate of Pomona College (1961) and Guy Carawan taught at Pitzer College in the 1960s and '70s

Description: Twelve-year old Ken loves more than his rifle is his older sister. When her boyfriend intrudes on their night alone, Kenâs frustrations mount to a final act of shocking violence.

Description: The circus ring is the character that allows so many people to manifest themselves. The ring is a kind of mirror to our desires, to ourselves. This film is not about the ring and its endless delivery of spectacle, but about us, the people looking to watching.

Description: This documentary, subtitled ãand other stupidity we'll have to explain to our grandchildren,ä addresses the roles Americans were recently encouraged to take in support of our troops abroad, such as renaming fast foods, shopping more, and visiting Disney World.

Description: The 16-year-old creator of this film centered it on the Plato quote ãThose who have loved or are loved will not walk in darkness,ä as we see the last 18 minutes in a number of lives before the sun is extinguished.

Description: This unique darkly comic dance film addresses life and lifelessness, set to songs by Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds. ãLove & Murderä is a sort of Canterbury Tales in a hospital for the criminally insane ö where the characters take turns spinning the story of their misdeeds through dance.

Description: Fat Cake is the story of two South African musicians, Sparks and Lemmy, who try to make a living with their music. The film was shot during the height of Apartheid in South Africa (ca. 1978), and one of its subjects was under house arrest for 10 years for having a political point of view. Fear of retribution delayed any consideration of showing the film until the fury surrounding the social events of Apartheid had ebbed.

Description: According to Navajo beliefs, dogs are spiritual people and have their jobs and roles in the community, but their overpopulation on the Arizona reservation is leading to complex problems. Dina Huntinghorse is a Wichita jeweler who grew up in Oklahoma, who one day hopes to raise enough money to build a shelter for reservation animals.

Description: The complexity of the relationship between two brothers only becomes richer over time.

Description: Two cops on an early shift... and the next few minutes could change their day.

Description: Alternately seductive and jarring, Eugenio Pogolvsky's riveting film is a prime example of the new wave of contemporary observational cinema. With stunning imagery that at times rivals the best nature photography and human portraiture, this unforgettable film presents the people and desert habitat of one of the poorest areas of the world, Mexico's San Luis Potosi region, and depicts the daily existence of a community whose subsistence depends on hunting and gathering snakes, birds and cacti to eat and sell at the tourist-frequented roadside. There is nearly no dialogue; instead, a quiet intensity marks the clash between a respectful realization of the Spartan existence of its human subjects and the stark pictorial beauty of their environment.