Rated PG-13   124 minutes; in Japanese with subtitles;  Directed by: Hayao Miyazaki
Starring: Soma Santoki, Masaki Suda, Kô Shibasaki
Nominated for Best Animated Feature at the Golden Globes and from Academy Award winning director Hayao  Miyazaki, The Boy and the Heron follows Mahito, who after losing his mother during the war moves to his family's estate in the countryside. There, a series of mysterious events lead him to a secluded tower, home to a  mischievous gray heron. Mahito follows the gray heron into the tower, and enters a fantastic world shared by the living and the dead. As he embarks on an epic journey with the heron as his guide, Mahito must uncover  the  secrets of this world, and the truth about himself.