I am also looking forward to the other films under the New Crowned Hope banner, especially, Apichatpong's Syndromes and a Century. Friends of a friend, who saw it, say that it tops their 2006 list 

M

P.S. My boss met Garin Nugroho at a non-profit Asian network meeting in Kyoto before the Kerala festival. I have raved and ranted about Opera Jawa since I got back from Kerala and finally coerced him to write to Garin for a copy of the film