PEACE BY CHOCOLATE – Ukraine Fundraiser

Jonathan Keijser’s narrative feature film debut, PEACE BY CHOCOLATE, is based on an inspiring true story of a family who immigrated to Canada after their chocolate factory was bombed in the Syrian war.  It had its world premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival in 2021....

FILM, THE LIVING RECORD OF OUR MEMORY (Canada/Spain)

Why are we still able to watch moving images captured over 125 years ago? As we move ever further into the digital age, our audiovisual heritage seems to be taken increasingly for granted. However, much of our filmed history and cinema has already been lost forever....

YOU WILL REMEMBER ME (Canada)

Edouard (Remy Girard, Les Invasion Barbares), a public figure and retired History teacher, is slowly starting to lose his memory. Accustomed to speaking on all the stands, he must make himself more discreet, even if he believes he still has a lot to say. Edouard’s...

THE PICTURE OF HIS LIFE (Israel, U.S., Canada)

Environmentalist, explorer, “soldier of Mother Nature” and one of the greatest underwater photographers of all time, Amos Nachoum’s work has been featured in  National Geographic, Time and The New York Times, among other media. His unique approach has put him...

WHITE LIE (Canada)

WHITE LIE a character-driven psychological thriller film from the promising new Toronto-based directors Yonah Lewis and Calvin Thomas. A troubled young woman traps herself in a dangerous spiral of deception in WHITE LIE, fabricating a cancer diagnosis in order to...

SECOND TIME AROUND (Canada) Showing with THE FINAL SHOW (USA)

Katherine Mitchell wasn’t looking for love a second time, not at her age, and certainly not with the cranky Isaac Shapiro.  Despite the nosy bunch of seniors in the residence where Katherine convalesces after breaking her hip, she and Isaac warm to each other over...

THE NEW LIFE OF PAUL SNEIJDER (Québec, Canada)

WEST COAST PREMIERE Paul needs a dramatic change and quits his steady job.  During his many walks and encounters in the city parks, he becomes a dog walker.  If Paul can survive the wacky canines and their equally crazy owners, the cold Canadian winter and his wife’s...

REEL INJUN – Native American Festival – Invite

Native American Film Fest invites Desert Film Society members as their complimentary guests at a  9:30AM screening.  SPECIAL GUEST:  N. Bird Runningwater Director, Native American and Indigenous Program – Sundance Institute Born of the Cheyenne and Mescalero Apache...

GREENWICH VILLAGE: MUSIC THAT DEFINED A GENERATION (Canada)

West Coast Premiere – One Time Screening Explore the music scene in Greenwich Village in the 60′s and early 70′s.  A film about a new generation of singers and songwriters, including Bob Dylan, Arlo Guthrie, Pete Seeger, Don McLean, Carly Simon and others who helped...

THE STURGEON QUEENS (USA), GUS (USA) and IN BED AT 10 PM (Israel)

COACHELLA VALLEY PREMIERES STURGEON QUEENS: 100-year-old Hattie Russ Gold and her sister, 92-year-old Anne Russ Federman, have life stories that hit all the key notes of the New York Jewish immigrant experience: hardwork, humor, romance, and a little tsuris. Hattie...