The glorious anomaly of deaf music virtuoso Evelyn Glennie comes to life in Thomas Riedelsheimer's "Touch the Sound." This vibrantly tactile kaleidoscope of sound, sight, silence and humanity at its most affecting is due at the SF International Film Festival, Sunday afternoon, April 24, in the Castro Theater. Riedelsheimer (of "Rivers and Tides," http://tinyurl.com/brb5a) travels the world with the charismatic, disarmingly honest Glennie, from her native Scotland to the Santa Cruz surfing scene, Japan, England, New York... Not quite to the extent of the struggle Thomas Quasthoff had to win on his way to improbable success, Glennie had her own tough challenges, and - like Quasthoff - never shows the slightest sign of self-pity. She and the film are all about music, passion, and joy - and yet nothing is sugar-coated. Glennie - who has performed in San Francisco several times, and will return to Herbst Theater on May 15 (http://tinyurl.com/dxccr) - is seen and heard in the film in preparation and performance of strange and wondrous works with Bay Area guitar virtuoso Fred Frith (who had provided the soundtrack to "Rivers and Tides"). Japan, England, California and New York. A propos the SF film festival, here's yet another reminder that the Brazilian documentary "Nelson Freire" will be shown in the Kabuki Theater, Apr. 24, May 1 and 3 (http://tinyurl.com/bswn2), and - plugging a non-music-related, but must-see film here - Arnaud Desplechin's "Kings and Queen" (http://tinyurl.com/9v5d6) is coming to the Kabuki on April 22, and to the PFA on April 24. Janos Gereben/SF www.sfcv.org [log in to unmask]