That's not to say that there's zero Asian representation. In competition this year is Eyad Zahra's The Tacqwacores [1], a debut feature narrative on the Muslim-Hindu punk rock movement which is getting its own press as of late [2]. Adapted from the novel by Michael Muhammad Knight, the film follows a young Pakistani American man who befriends a group of "misfits" all in the Tacqwacore Muslim punk scene.

In the Shorts program, Samina Akbari's The Visitors [3] follows an Asian/White interracial couple living in a rat-infested dwelling. Other Asian filmmakers appear in the World Competition, including Lim Woo-Seong's Vegetarian [4], Anusha Rizvi's Peepli Live [5], and Lixin Fan's Last Train Home [6].

[7]Good luck to all of the films in competition and may many of you get picked up for distribution so we have some alternatives to the Transformers franchise in 2010.