Palpable Performances

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Friday, October 25, 2019
3:30 PM
SIFF Cinema Uptown 1
*This screening may not be suitable for all ages.

ADULT: $13 | YOUTH: $12 | GROUP: $11

And the award for most palpable performance by a performer in a leading role goes to...you decide! We've rounded up the most scintillating scene-stealers to showcase the sacred theatrics of tried-and-true thespians. Thuffering thuccotash! (snapping is widely encouraged)

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My Boy

Charlotte Regan - 24, Hazel Sington - 23
United Kingdom

Daniel is a father desperately looking for his son - as he contacts a scattered group of family and friends, telling stories and jokes where he possibly can, we realize that a heartbreaking reality lies at the root of his search.

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The Chef

Hao Zheng - 24
California

In a time when work is done by robots, a traditional Chinese chef is forced to train a Caucasian humanoid to cook Chinese food, but a former protégé of the chef makes this harder by joining an anti-robot riot group.

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When She Speaks

Jacqueline Xerri - 21, Millicent Louise Jenkins - 22, Stephen Musumeci - 23, Raymond Knudsen - 23
New York

A complicated childbirth is only the first affliction to strain the marriage of a faithful wife and her distinguished husband in this riveting true story.

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See How They Run

Lauren Meyering - 24, Alexa Cha - 21, Evan Black - 24, Kit Meyering - 24, Aaron Wesselman - 24
California

A reckless girl and her ragtag gang of boys divulge in a night of antics, until a home-invasion goes south, forcing up memories of her past resulting in a choice to turn around or flee the scene.

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STAGE READY

Raymond Knudsen - 23, Tyler Knutt - 22, Stephen Musumeci - 22, Jacqueline Xerri - 21
Florida

An obsessed bodybuilder who struggles with personal demons and his family’s lack of support soon learns that achieving perfection is all he has left.

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Trucker's Atlas

Dan Thorburn - 23, Sarah Palmer - 23, Jack Sherratt - 22, Max Graham - 22
United Kingdom

A working relationship between two power-line repair man is put under pressure when one returns to work after a family bereavement. This film explores emotional repression and outdated ideals of masculinity within working class men.

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Crohnie

Derek Mari - 23, Halley Albert - 23, Cullum Andrews - 23
California

While deflecting concerns about his Crohn's disease, a young man receives an unexpected announcement from his parents in their backyard swimming pool.

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