New York's celebration of upcoming voices in cinema runs from April 2 to April 13. It will open with Familiar Touch.

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Lurker
A retail employee infiltrates the inner circle of an artist on the verge of stardom. As he gets closer to the budding music star, access and proximity become a matter of life and death.
The Virgin Of The Quarry Lake
In 2001, three teenagers from the outskirts of Buenos Aires all fall in love with Diego. Natalia has always had the most chemistry with him, but when it seems inevitable that their friendship will turn into something more, the older and more experienced Silvia appears and soon captures Diego’s attention.
Invention
In the aftermath of a conspiracy-minded father’s unexpected death, his daughter receives his patent for an experimental healing device.
Drowning Dry
Two familes try to cope with trauma after a weekend getaway turns sour.
Familiar Touch
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.
Holy Electricity
When young Gonga and his uncle Bart stumble upon a case of rusty crosses in a scrapyard, they repurpose them into neon crucifixes and start selling them in their neighbourhood.
Kyuka Before Summer's End
A dad and his twin kids go on a boat holiday filled with unexpected encounters.

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'It’s like the supernatural leaks through the cracks of reality'
Director Laura Casabé on bringing The Virgin Of The Quarry Lake to the screen
Family ties and trauma
Laurynas Bareisa on relationship dynamics in award-winning drama Drowning Dry
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