Special Notice:
Effective 04/10/2023
Covid Guidelines: Seating is socially distanced so please allow a two-seat buffer between parties and do not sit directly behind anyone.
Masks are no longer required, but recommended,
Free to DFS members. Guests pay $15 cash at the door. Movie begins promptly at 10:00 AM. Doors unlock at 9:30
ALL FILMS ARE PRESENTED AT THE HISTORIC CAMELOT THEATRE IIN THE PALM SPRINGS CULTURAL CENTER
2300 E. Baristo Road @ Farrell, Palm Springs, CA 92262
Our Mission
Desert Film Society
The Desert Film Society promotes the appreciation of film in the Coachella Valley by providing Society members an unique opportunity to view the latest in art, international & cutting-edge independent cinema and educating members by providing a platform for discussion of the art of film and film craft. Since 2002, Desert Film Society has presented one-time screenings of award winning films from global festivals.
Events
Upcoming Screenings
THREE NIGHTS A WEEK (France) / Trois nuits par semaine
Presented by Desert Film Society and the Palm Springs Cultural Center – Cinema Diverse.
A CUP OF COFFEE AND NEW SHOES ON (Albania)
An emotional drama about identical deaf-mute twin brothers who discover they suffer from a genetic disease that will also progressively and irreversibly make them blind. They are confronted with their changing relationship to the world. Based upon a true story. The three leads, as well as the producer Blerina Hankollari, spent six months learning Albanian sign...
MOTHER VALLEY / LA NUIT DU VERRE D’EAU
Lebanon, 1958. A civil war rages. A young mother and model wife, Layla, spends the summer with her family in a remote village in the Christian mountains. It’s wedding season but her two younger sisters, Eva and Nada, have no desire to follow in Layla’s footsteps by accepting an arranged marriage organized by their father, a broke feudal aristocrat. This summer, an...
I CAN’T GIVE YOU ANYTHING BUT LOVE: The Jimmy McHugh Story
OCT 21, 2023 ::: I CAN’T GIVE YOU ANYTHING BUT LOVE – THE JIMMY MCHUGH STORY : showing with MOTHER VALLEY