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Touchscreen

Country: USA, Language: English, 15 mins

  • Director: Arthur Halpern
  • Writer: Kelly Miller
  • Producer: Kelly Miller

CGiii Comment

An astonishing piece of work.

Beautifully shot and played...but, it is the inert sadness that propels it forward. Now, that's clever!


Watch...

Touchscreen - directed by Arthur Halpern (screener) from Ruben O'Malley on Vimeo.

The(ir) Blurb...

After an unusual online encounter, a lonely man is challenged to step out from behind his computer screen and shatter long-lived inhibitions to claim the touch of another human being.

Cast & Characters

Gameela Wright as Manager
Kelly Miller as Brian
Waltrudis Buck as Grandmother
Charles S. Frank as Father
Jake Dynabursky as Young Brian
Barbara Christie as Mother
Aaron Bradshaw as Boy
P.J. Brennan as Seth
Jose Joaquin Perez as Dom