Michael Arias

Tekkonkinkreet

Michael Arias

Kazunari Ninomiya, Yusuke Iseya

Two penniless orphans, Black and White, struggle to survive on the mean streets of Treasure Town. When a megacorporation threatens to tear down the town to build an amusement park, Black and White engage in the fight of their life.

Scrolls to Screen: A Brief History of Anime

Josh Oreck

Yoshiaki Kawajiri, Peter Chung

A short documentary on Japanese animation featured on the DVD for The Animatrix (2003).

The People vs. George Lucas

Alexandre O. Philippe

Mark A. Altman, John Barger

The passion the original Star Wars trilogy inspires in its fans is unparalleled; but when it comes to George Lucas himself, many have found their ardor has cooled into a complicated love-hate relationship. This hilarious, heartfelt documentary delves deep into Lucas’s cultural legacy, asking all the tough questions. Has Lucas betrayed his masterwork? Should he just have left the original trilogy alone? Is The Phantom Menace so bad it should carry a health warning? Utilizing interviews taken from over 600 hours of footage, and peppered with extraordinary Star Wars and Indiana Jones recreations lovingly immortalized in song, needlepoint, Lego, claymation, puppets and paper-mâché, above all this film asks the question: who truly owns that galaxy far, far away—the man who created it, or the fans who worship it?

Swordfish

Dominic Sena

John Travolta, Hugh Jackman

Rogue agent Gabriel Shear is determined to get his mitts on $9 billion stashed in a secret Drug Enforcement Administration account. He wants the cash to fight terrorism, but lacks the computer skills necessary to hack into the government mainframe. Enter Stanley Jobson, a n'er-do-well encryption expert who can log into anything.

アニ＊クリ15

Shoji Kawamori, Yasufumi Soejima

Aika Kanda, Toshio Watanabe

15 one-minute shorts created by various people from Japan's animation industry. The title of the collection, Ani*Kuri15, is abbreviated from the words "anime" and "creators".

ヘブンズ・ドア

Michael Arias

Tomoya Nagase, Mayuko Fukuda

A young man Tomoya Nagase and a girl Mayuko Fukuda both learn that they have an untreatable illness and are nearing death. When one reveals that they have never been to the ocean, they embark on a comical adventure to see the sea.

Harmony

Takashi Nakamura, Michael Arias

Miyuki Sawashiro, Reina Ueda

Set in a future world. Japan has created a great medical technology that controls ethics, health, and social interaction to create a perfect world. Three young girls attempt to stand up to this by committing suicide, but it doesn't work. Years later, Tuan, one of the girls who attempted suicide must prevent a crisis that threatens this "perfect" world.

おっかけっこ

Michael Arias

A group of children run across fields and play with a giant scary robot.

Ueno Juri to Itsutsu no Kaban

Nobuhiro Yamashita, Koji Hagiuda

Juri Ueno

The series features Ueno taking on five roles in five episodes. As the title suggests, each episode involves a bag of some kind, such as a guitar case or a mysterious delivery package.