And Your Bird Can Sing preceded by August 8th

Director: Sho Miyake

2018 / 119min / DCP

“Among Sho Miyake's most quietly luminous works, And Your Bird Can Sing is a tender and deeply felt portrait of youth poised between freedom and uncertainty. Adapted from Yasushi Sato's novel and set in the port city of Hakodate, the film follows three young adults drifting through work, friendship, and desire as summer gives way to an uncertain future. With its naturalistic performances, loose rhythms, and extraordinary sensitivity to time, place, and everyday gestures, Miyake finds profound emotional resonance in the ordinary, affirming his distinctive voice in contemporary Japanese cinema.” —Shun Inoue, Japan Foundation

And Your Bird Can Sing screens with August 8th, a short companion piece of sorts to And Your Bird Can Sing starring Shizuka Ishibashi.

August 8th (Sho Miyake, 2016, 13 mins)

And Your Bird Can Sing (Sho Miyake, 2018, 106 mins)

Distributor: Several Futures

Part of Unspoken Gestures: The Films of Sho Miyake