15 January 2026

Touch (2024)

Based on the bestselling novel by Ólafur Jóhann Ólafsson, Touch follows one widower’s emotional journey to find his first love, who disappeared 50 years ago, before his time runs out.

Selected as Iceland’s Oscar entry, Touch has won 11 awards and has a 93% critics’ rating on Rotten Tomatoes.

Variety calls the film “a weepie filled with humanity and hope… a uniquely powerful, humane film about people rebounding from the rubble of devastating losses, choosing courage and love to overcome grief.”

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