THREE WORLDS (France)
One Time Screening Al, a young man from a modest background, is ten days away from marrying the daughter of his boss, along with succeeding him as the head of the car dealership where Al has been working for most of his life. Coming back drunk from his...
FIREWORKS WEDNESDAY (Iran)
Coachella Valley Premiere – One Time ScreeningAll of Tehran is preparing to celebrate Chaharshanbe-Soori, or the festival of fire, which falls on the last Tuesday night before...
MY BEST ENEMY (Austria)
One Time Screening Suspense, betrayal, romance and...
LITTLE ROSE (Poland)
One Time ScreeningA true story about divided loyalties and misguided love play out against a...
THE DAY I WAS NOT BORN (Germany)
Coachella Valley Premiere – One Time ScreeningIn Buenos Aires, 31-year-old Maria runs up against a long-kept family secret whose origins go back to the time of the Argentinean...
MELTING AWAY (Israel)
Coachella Valley Premiere -One Time...
THE END IS MY BEGINNING (Germany)
U.S. PREMIERE – One Time ScreeningA father, a son and the great journey of life. Tiziano Terzani, long-time Spiegel...
TEDDY BEAR (Denmark)
Coachella Valley Premiere – One Time Screening Dennis, a 38-year-old bodybuilder, would really like to find true...
A QUIET LIFE / Una Vita Tranquilla (Germany)
West Coast Premiere – One Time ScreeningChef Rosario seems to live his life as a restaurant owner with a new wife and a little son in Germany but is...
BREATHING (Austria)
One Time ScreeningMasterful directorial debut from Austrian...
TONY CURTIS: DRIVEN TO STARDOM (France)
Coachella Valley Premiere – One Time ScreeningA true rags-to-riches story! This fitting tribute to one of the 20th century’s most iconic leading men spans from Curtis’s tough and humble...
NATURAL SELECTION (USA)
Coachella Valley Premiere – One Time ScreeningLinda (Rachel Harris), a barren Christian housewife, leads a sheltered existence. Her world is turned upside-down when she discovers that...
KADDISH FOR MY FRIEND (Germany)
Coachella Valley Premiere – One Time ScreeningMuslim teen Ali Messalam and his family move into Berlin’s Kreuzberg area, where he is pressured by his friends to vandalize the...
GOD’S FIDDLER: JASCHA HEIFETZ (USA)
Coachella Valley Premiere – One Time ScreeningNot since Paganini had...
FREE MEN (France)
West Coast Premiere – One Time Screening In German-occupied Paris, a young unemployed Algerian named Younes...
THE CHRISTIAN LICORICE STORE (USA)
West Coast Premiere – One Time Screening Special Guest: James Frawley, award...
ELENA (Russia)
One Time Screening Elena and Vladimir are an older couple, they come from different backgrounds. Vladimir is a wealthy and cold man, Elena comes from a modest milieu and is a docile wife. They have met late in life and each one has children from previous marriages....
HOSPITALITE / Kantai (Japan) + short film MISTFORTUNE
West Coast Premiere – One Time Screening Mikio Kobayashi lives quietly with his wife, daughter, and divorced sister in downtown Tokyo, where xenophobic neighbors insist on them participating in community meetings, and the most exciting thing to happen is the...
REMEMBRANCE / Die Verlorene Zeit (Germany)
Coachella Valley Premiere – One Time Screening Inspired by actual events, REMEMBRANCE depicts a remarkable love story that blossomed in the terror and squalor of a Nazi...
CHARLOTTE RAMPLING: THE LOOK (Germany/France)
Coachella Valley Premiere – One Time Screening A biographical study of legendary actress Charlotte Rampling, told through her own conversations with artist friends and collaborators, including Peter Lindbergh, Paul Auster, and Juergen Teller. Intercut with...
VINCENT WANTS TO SEA (Germany)
Coachella Valley Premiere – One Time Screening Vincent (Florian David Fitz) suffers from Tourette’s Syndrome and, after his mother’s death, is...Donate Today!
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