2018 - Screenings
KING OF PEKING (China)
Historic Camelot Theatre @ the Palm Springs Cultural Center 2300 E Baristo Road, Palm Springs, CA, United StatesCOACHELLA VALLEY PREMIERE A Comedy/Drama set in 1998. Big Wong and Little Wong are a close-knit father-son duo. Together, they travel with their mobile cinema, projecting Hollywood movies to local villagers, but easy money comes with its own price tag. KING OF PEKiNG explores father and son relationships, morality, and what it means to be […]
INSYRIATED / IN SYRIA (Lebanon)
Historic Camelot Theatre @ the Palm Springs Cultural Center 2300 E Baristo Road, Palm Springs, CA, United StatesTrapped inside her house in a city under siege, Oum Yazan, mother of three, turned her flat into a safe harbor for her family and neighbors, trying to protect them from the war outside. When bombs threaten to destroy the building, when snipers turn the courtyards into deadly zones, and burglars break in to claim their dreadful bounties, maintaining […]
BIG SONIA (USA)
Historic Camelot Theatre @ the Palm Springs Cultural Center 2300 E Baristo Road, Palm Springs, CA, United StatesFor years, Sonia Warshawski (91) has been an inspirational public speaker at schools and prisons, where her stories of surviving the Holocaust as a teenager have inspired countless people. When Sonia is served an eviction notice for her iconic tailor shop, she's confronted with an agonizing decision: either open up a new shop, or relocate. […]
AN ACT OF DEFIANCE (South Africa)
Historic Camelot Theatre @ the Palm Springs Cultural Center 2300 E Baristo Road, Palm Springs, CA, United StatesCOACHELLA VALLEY PREMIERE Dutch filmmaker Jean van de Velde captures a dark period in South Africa's recent history, skillfully balancing a nail-biting political thriller with spectacular courtroom intrigue, while paying tribute to the legendary figures who fought to end segregation and corruption in their country. In apartheid-ruled South Africa, a renowned lawyer, Bram Fischer, struggles […]
WRONG LIGHT (Thailand)
Historic Camelot Theatre @ the Palm Springs Cultural Center 2300 E Baristo Road, Palm Springs, CA, United StatesCOACHELLA VALLEY PREMIERE A charismatic activist leads a globally-regarded NGO that provides shelter and education for girls rescued from brothels in Northern Thailand. As the filmmakers meet the girls and their families, discrepancies begin to emerge and their story takes an unexpected turn. Directors: Dave Adams, Josie Swantek Genre: Documentary Running time: 78 minutes […]
HUMOR ME (USA)
Historic Camelot Theatre @ the Palm Springs Cultural Center 2300 E Baristo Road, Palm Springs, CA, United StatesCOACHELLA VALLEY PREMIERE A heartfelt father-son comedy about a struggling playwright who is forced to move in with his joke-telling dad in a New Jersey retirement community and learns, as his father often says, "life's going to happen, whether you smile or not.". Cast: Jemaine Clement, Elliott Gould, Ingrid Michaelson, Bebe Neuworth & Annie […]
DEDE (Georgia/Qatar)
Historic Camelot Theatre @ the Palm Springs Cultural Center 2300 E Baristo Road, Palm Springs, CA, United StatesWest Coast Premiere 1992. Dina lives in a remote village high in the Georgian mountains where century old traditions rule day to day life. Her grandfather has arranged for her to marry, but when handsome Gegi returns from war, she falls in love with him and they elope, trampling on traditional Svaneti culture. Her refusal to […]
GRAND PROMISE / LA GRAN PROMESA (Mexico)
Historic Camelot Theatre @ the Palm Springs Cultural Center 2300 E Baristo Road, Palm Springs, CA, United StatesCOACHELLA VALLEY PREMIERE A young man must—as a last resort—kidnap his own newborn daughter to prevent her custody from falling into the wrong hands. Outrunning the authorities, he sacrifices his citizenship and career by retreating to Europe after leaving his child in the care of his close friends in Mexico. Decades later, he must find […]
HOLY FAMILY (France)
Historic Camelot Theatre @ the Palm Springs Cultural Center 2300 E Baristo Road, Palm Springs, CA, United StatesU.S. PREMIERE The story of a traditional Catholic family in northern France, part of society but subject to all its changes. A wealthy family with close ties to a church that is facing up to the modernizing approach of Pope Francis. Madeleine de Waquin-Fournier is head of the clan, while Charles, a brilliant young […]
STREAKER / FLITZER (Switzerland)
Historic Camelot Theatre @ the Palm Springs Cultural Center 2300 E Baristo Road, Palm Springs, CA, United StatesSTREAKER (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 – people who run naked through a football field. He has people placing bets on how […]
THE LAST SUIT (Spain/Argentina)
Historic Camelot Theatre @ the Palm Springs Cultural Center 2300 E Baristo Road, Palm Springs, CA, United StatesAn aging Jewish tailor leaves his life in Argentina to embark on a journey back through time and halfway around the world, in the bittersweet road movie THE LAST SUIT. Eighty-eight-year-old Holocaust survivor Abraham Bursztein (Miguel Ángel Solá) is about to be put out to pasture by his children, who have sold his house in the […]
LIGHT OF HOPE (Spain)
Historic Camelot Theatre @ the Palm Springs Cultural Center 2300 E Baristo Road, Palm Springs, CA, United StatesBased on the true story of Elisabeth Eidenbenz (1913-2011) and her female co-workers who saved the lives of almost 600 infants in World War II. In the early 1940's, refugees from all over Europe seek shelter in South Western France, escaping persecution from the Nazis and from Franco's regime in Spain. Among them, there are […]
THE SAMUEL PROJECT (USA) GUESTS
Historic Camelot Theatre @ the Palm Springs Cultural Center 2300 E Baristo Road, Palm Springs, CA, United StatesGuests: Ryan Ochoa, Marc Fusco and Steve Weinberger Eli, an outcast teen, played by Ochoa, who dreams of becoming an artist, connects with his isolated grandfather Samuel, a dry cleaner portrayed by Linden, for the first time. Eli uncovers his grandfather's surprising past, when he makes his grandpa the subject of an animated art […]
THE LAST PHOTOGRAPH (United Kingdom)
Historic Camelot Theatre @ the Palm Springs Cultural Center 2300 E Baristo Road, Palm Springs, CA, United StatesThe film centers on a random act of theft that has put Tom Hammond's life into a tailspin. Stolen from his bookshop is Tom's most treasured possession, a photograph of him with his son Luke...their last moment of shared happiness. THE LAST PHOTOGRAPH is set between London in 2003, and a dark night in 1988 […]
SLIPAWAY (USA) GUESTS
Historic Camelot Theatre @ the Palm Springs Cultural Center 2300 E Baristo Road, Palm Springs, CA, United StatesCOACHELLA VALLEY PREMIERE Filmmaker Guests: Julia Butler, Writer/Director Elaine Partnow, Lead Actress SLIPAWAY is a touching and thought-provoking film, shot on a vintage sailboat in the middle of the ocean. A spiritual journey of compassion, redemption and unconditional friendship between two solitary souls at opposite ends of life. It has traveled the world, […]
BENEATH THE SILENCE (Israel)
Historic Camelot Theatre @ the Palm Springs Cultural Center 2300 E Baristo Road, Palm Springs, CA, United States1973. Six years after returning from the Six Day War with a battle shock, Menashe realizes he will never be the man he used to be before the war. He can’t communicate with his surroundings, and spends his days driving away in his red track for long hours. The young family he created collapses due to his lack of communication […]
EVERY ACT OF LIFE (USA)
Historic Camelot Theatre @ the Palm Springs Cultural Center 2300 E Baristo Road, Palm Springs, CA, United StatesPLEASE NOTE: The starting time for this film ONLY is 9:30 AM. Doors will unlock at 9:00. Few if any living playwrights have been as successful for as long as Terrence McNally. Nearing his ninth decade his body of work includes: Master Class, Kiss of the Spider Woman, Ragtime, Full Monty, The Ritz, Corpus Christi, […]
CATCH THE WIND (France)
Historic Camelot Theatre @ the Palm Springs Cultural Center 2300 E Baristo Road, Palm Springs, CA, United StatesEdith sees her life turned upside down when the factory where she has always worked is relocated to Tangiers, leaving the workers with a choice between unemployment and moving to Morocco to keep their jobs. Estranged from her son and without any ties, Edith is the only one to take up the factory's offer. While […]
BAD GENIUS (Thailand)
Historic Camelot Theatre @ the Palm Springs Cultural Center 2300 E Baristo Road, Palm Springs, CA, United StatesPlaying on the Thai obsession with academic achievement and test taking, Bad Genius is a comedic heist thriller that plays out in a prestigious high school. Genius student Lynn arrives on a full scholarship. When her friend Grace needs a few test answers, Lynn helps her out, leading to an elaborate cheating scheme to help […]
DJAM (France-Greece-Turkey) and WINK (USA)
Historic Camelot Theatre @ the Palm Springs Cultural Center 2300 E Baristo Road, Palm Springs, CA, United StatesDjam, a young Greek woman, is sent to Istanbul by her uncle Kakourgos, a former sailor with a passion for Rebetiko, to find a rare part that will repair their boat. In Istanbul, she encounters Avril, a nineteen-year-old French girl, alone and without any money, who came to Turkey as a voluntary worker with refugees. […]
WHILE WE LIVE (Denmark)
Historic Camelot Theatre @ the Palm Springs Cultural Center 2300 E Baristo Road, Palm Springs, CA, United StatesInspired by true events, "While We Live" follows four people in Northern Denmark and how their fates intertwine in a tragic accident. When Kristian travels to his hometown Gribskov to visit his stepdad, who has fallen terminally ill, he learns that everyone still blames him for a tragic accident that tore the family apart, five […]
LAS HEREDERAS /THE HEIRESSES (Paraguay)
Historic Camelot Theatre @ the Palm Springs Cultural Center 2300 E Baristo Road, Palm Springs, CA, United StatesParaguay's Official 2019 Academy Award Submission Chela and Chiquita, both descended from wealthy families in Asunción, Paraguay, have been together for over 30 years. Recently their financial situation has worsened and they begin selling off their inherited possessions. When their debts lead to Chiquita being imprisoned on fraud charges, Chela is forced to face […]
ZAGROS (Belgium)
Historic Camelot Theatre @ the Palm Springs Cultural Center 2300 E Baristo Road, Palm Springs, CA, United StatesKurdish shepherd Zagros is stunned to learn that his family has accused his wife of infidelity and that she has fled with their daughter. Convinced of her innocence, Zagros leaves his family and joins his wife in the west. While trying to adjust to a new life in a strange city, he begins doubting her. […]
