narrative feature film, 90 minutes, 2024
World Premiere at the Venice Film Festival in the Orizzonti Competition
FAMILIAR TOUCH is a coming of (old) age film. It follows an octogenarian woman's transition to life in assisted living as she contends with her conflicting relationship to herself and her caregivers amidst her shifting memory, age identity, and desires.
WRITER/DIRECTOR SARAH FRIEDLAND
PRODUCERS ALEXANDRA BYER, SARAH FRIEDLAND, MATTHEW THURM
PRINCIPAL CAST KATHLEEN CHALFANT, CAROLYN MICHELLE, ANDY MCQUEEN with H. JON BENJAMIN
CINEMATOGRAPHER GABE C. ELDER
PRODUCTION DESIGNER STEPHANIE OSIN COHEN
EDITOR AACHAREE “OHM” UNGSRIWONG
ADDITIONAL EDITOR KATE ABERNATHY
CASTING DIRECTOR BETSY FIPPINGER
SOUND DESIGNER ELI COHN
CREATIVE ADVISOR AND FOOD CONSULTANT MOLLIE KATZEN
COUNTRY USA
YEAR 2024
RUNTIME 90 MINUTES
LANGUAGE ENGLISH
SHOOTING LOCATIONS PASADENA & ALTADENA, CALIFORNIA
