LET ME GO / LAISSEZ-MOI (Switzerland)

The film is shot by acclaimed DoP Benoît Dervaux, long-standing collaborator of the Dardenne brothers. Claudine – devoted mother, demanding lover. Every Tuesday, a neighbor takes care of Claudine’s son while she goes to a mountain hotel to meet men passing...

THE ART OF SILENCE showing with MORE THAN A ROLL WITH A HOLE

The first feature documentary about the world-famous mime artist Marcel Marceau. With gestures and facial expressions alone he touched and inspired people around the globe. But the tragic background of his mime acts has long remained hidden. As a teenager, Marceau had...

MADELEINE COLLINS – France (Southern CA Premiere)

  Genre:  Psychological Thriller Run Time:  102 minutes Country:  France/Belgium/Switzerland Language:  French with English subtitles Premiere:  Southern California Director:  Antoine Barraud Principal Cast:  Virginie Efira, Quim Gutierrez, Bruno Salomone &...

BEYOND THE HORIZON / Le Milieu de l’horizon

It’s 1976. A summer of blazing heat and drought has hit the whole of Europe. On his family’s modest farm, Gus – a young, 13-year-old boy – knows only too well that the temperature isn’t only impacting the animals or the crops; it’s also affecting the behaviour...

WHEN HITLER STOLE PINK RABBIT (Germany & Switzerland)

DFS Members will be sent a link on 7/11 to watch this film.  Suppose your country began to change. Suppose that without your noticing it became dangerous for some people to live in your country. Suppose you found, to your complete surprise, that your own father was...

STREAKER / FLITZER (Switzerland)

 STREAKER (FLITZER) by Peter Luisi Strip and Run 1970’s-style streaking is alive and well in Switzerland.  In order to get out of a financial crisis, high school teacher Balz Naef (53) starts an illegal sports betting business, recruiting and training streakers  –...

DARK FORTUNE /Finisteres gluck’ (Switzerland)

COACHELLA VALLEY PREMIERE DARK FORTUNE is the prize-winning adaptation of Lukas Hartmann’s novel about the aftershocks of a family tragedy.  In the midst of a heated argument their car crashes in a mountain tunnel where four out of five family members are killed,...