Settle in for a showcase of scene-stealing stars! These thrilling thespians will subject you to a spectrum of sentiments. Powerful and passionate performances promise that this program will be a hit! This screening may not be suitable for all ages.

The clock is ticking for a foreigner, an immigrant faced with the coldblooded bureaucracy of a foreign country, as he tries to prove he is related to his younger sister and prevent separation. Nobody hears their voices, lost in translation.

THE STAMP

A young man proposes to his girlfriend on a magical summer evening, but doesn't end up getting the answer he initially expected.

Backwater

Virginia, a psychic living in a petrol station, doesn't want her son to leave home - an old memory of a fire haunts her and starts to re-surface as a tragic flashback.

Virginia

In a grief-stricken Japan that is unable to cope, one man takes it upon himself to help it heal. He builds a telephone booth that leads to nowhere, but carries voices through the wind. The story is based on true events and follows one man’s journey as he helps different families deal with loss.

Hymn to Otsuchi

Living in a dysfunctional home, Kate finds comfort in playing piano with her caring neighbor, Alan. However, when she needs him most, he is taken away from her.

For Kate

Days before his 18th birthday, Abel (Ethan Herisse, "When They See Us") finds himself about to age out of his orphanage and leave his younger brother, Kiya, behind. But when a prospective adopting couple threatens to break their relationship apart, the brothers wrestle with the reality of never being adopted. Inspired by a true story.

The Other Side

A conversation with filmmakers from the "Palpable Performances" screening.

Q&A: Palpable Performances

Palpable Performances

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