

# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Film Screening | FAMILIAR TOUCH
- **Event Start and End Date**: Thu, 08 Jan, 2026 at 06:30 pm – Thu, 08 Jan, 2026 at 08:00 pm
- **Event Description**: FAMILIAR TOUCH
Dir. Sarah Friedland | USA | 2024 | 91 mins
starring Kathleen Chalfant, Carolyn Michelle Smith, Andy McQueen

Ruth Goldman, an elderly woman suffering from dementia, lives in assisted accommodation. There, she needs to deal with different people, routines and environments while her identity and desires transform. This is a sensitive drama that challenges cultural narratives about ageing by portraying agency and selfhood persisting amid cognitive decline.

Winner, Best New Director, São Paulo International Film Festival
Winner, New Direction, Cleveland International Film Festival

★★★★★ 
‘Friedland’s film, as sharp as it is soft, conveys both the terror of losing the life you recognize, and the intermittent, fragmented joy of finding it again.’ — Guy Lodge, Variety

★★★★★ 
‘In the end, Familiar Touch reveals itself to be less about the agonies of change than in the concessions we make to feel closer to our loved ones and ourselves.’ — Beatrice Loayza, New York Times

Screenings and refreshments | RM15
Advanced booking is essential

Hikayat
226 Lebuh Pantai
George Town
10300 Penang
T: 04 261 9001 (Hikayat)
E: info@hikayat.asia
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/george-town/film-screening-|-familiar-touch/200029450814747
- **Event Categories**: entertainment, festivals, performances, art, theatre
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 2

## Ticket Details

- **Ticket URL**: http://facebook.com/200029450814747?utm_source=AllEvents.in&utm_medium=event-discovery-platform&utm_campaign=george+town-events

## Event venue details

- **city**: George Town
- **state**: PG
- **country**: Malaysia
- **location**: Hikayat
- **lat**: 5.41506
- **long**: 100.33885
- **full address**: Hikayat, 226 Lebuh Pantai,George Town, Malaysia

## Event Organizer details

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- **organizer**: Hikayat (https://allevents.in/org/hikayat/26059440)

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When is the event happening?
  - **A:** Thu, 08 Jan, 2026 at 06:30 pm
- **Q**: Where is the event happening?
  - **A:** Hikayat, 226 Lebuh Pantai,George Town, Malaysia
- **Q**: Who is organizing the event?
  - **A:** Hikayat
- **Q**: What type of event is this?
  - **A:** entertainment, festivals, performances, art, theatre
- **Q**: Where can I find ticket details about Film Screening | FAMILIAR TOUCH ?
  - **A:** You can find ticket details about this event on AllEvents.

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