YOUNG YAKUZA Genre: Drama/Documentary Director: Jean-Pierre Limosin Country: France

Cannes Film Festival Official Seletion. Enter the secret world of the Yakuza. Young Naoki Watanabe gets caught up in the wave of juvenile delinquency. He’s a failure at school, work and in his personal life. His mother, driven by shame and despair, is reunited with an old friend, Mr. Imai, who offers to introduce her son into the ranks of the Yakuza.

His boss Kumagai, confronted by new trends facing Japan, feels that the Yakuza is being edged out of modern society. He takes Naoki under his wing and take him around the city of Shinagawa to show him the realities of the modern Yakuza. Divided by loyalties to his mother and to his new “family,” Naoki will have to choose between the light and the dark.

LIFE TASTES GOOD Genre: Drama Director: Philip Kan Gotanda Cast: Sab Shimono, Julia Nickson, Tamlyn Tomita DVD Release Date: April 10, 2007

The directorial debut of award-winning playwright Philip Kan Gotanda, whose works include "The Wash," "Ballad of Yachiyo," "Sisters Matsumoto," and "Manzanar: An American Story." A quirky tale that brings together a murder, poison mushrooms and a mysterious woman to reveal the ephemeral beauty of life and the unforgiving nature of death. It is the story of a rogue mobster who finds love in the darkest days of his life.

THE EMPTY ACRE Genre: Horror Director: Patrick Rea Cast: Jennifer Plas, John Wilson, Robert Paisley International Territories Available

Set in rural, Kansas, "The Empty Acre" is a dramatic horror film about an unseen force that feeds on a small farming community. The invisible entity reaches out from a lifeless acre of land on a young farm couple's property. One late summer night, the unsuspecting couple's baby is taken by the ominous being.

Inside Irvin Genre: Drama Director: Armin Titizian Country: U.S.A. Cast: Christo Dimassis, Christie Lynn Smith, Francesca Caro

The Walters are agoraphobics, one mentally ill, struggling to coexist without killing themselves or each other. Irvin Walter’s continued attempts to take his own life have failed miserably, and he continues to be frustrated by his ineptitude. His schizophrenic personality reincarnates the past, complete with the Mother he yearns for and his seven-year-old self, who becomes his companion. His tortured existence poses a stark contrast to his wife Ida’s bubbly optimism. Even as Irvin fills various roles in Ida’s fantasies, he struggles with his own skewed sense of reality.

Seclusion Genre: Drama/Thriller Director: Steve Mudd Country: U.S.A. Cast: Missy Crider (Frailty, Mulholland Drive), Christopher Stapleton (NCIS, The X-Files), Chris Gann (xXx), Jefferson Arca (Throttle)

A Congressman's adulterous trip to a secluded mountain cabin is spoiled when his mistress mysteriously disappears and his wife arrives.

To prepare for the biggest speech of his life, Congressman Robert Hamilton (Christopher Stapleton) travels to a secluded mountain retreat with his two top campaign advisors: the beautiful and enigmatic Corin Matthews (Missy Crider) and the uber-efficient Mike Richards (Jefferson Arca). As the night progresses, Corin seduces Rob into a spiral of debauchery that drives Rob beyond his boundaries. The next morning, the trip is spoiled when it appears that Corin has disappeared mysteriously, her husband Glenn (Chris Gann) shows up, and Rob's wife Emily (Catherine Sheehan) arrives.

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The Noah Genre: Drama Director: Daniel Bourla Country: U.S.A. Cast: Robert Strauss, voices of Geoffrey Holder and Sally Kirkland International Territories Available

Noah, the sole remaining survivor on our planet after a nuclear holocaust, finds himself unable to accept his predicament. To cope with his loneliness, he creates an imaginary companion, then a companion for his companion and finally an entire civilization - a world of illusion in which there is no reality but Noah, no rules but those of the extinct world of his memory. This once thought “lost” classic is presented for the first time in the world in a newly remastered Special Edition restored from the newly discovered original 35mm film negatives. Starring Robert Strauss.

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