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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20201219
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SUMMARY:BEYOND THE HORIZON / Le Milieu de l'horizon
DESCRIPTION: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 of the adults around him. And in just a few months\, he will have left the innocence of childhood behind him for good. \nTwo separate movements unfurl over the course of these few\, lifechanging weeks. On the one hand\, Gus’s father (the awesome Thibaut Evrard) sees his world fall apart; a rural world\, still viscerally linked to the earth\, but where the spectre of profit and capitalism hover over farmyards\, fields and barns. Forced to catch up and jump aboard the train of modernity\, the farmer has launched himself into intensive poultry farming (intensive for the epoch\, that is)\, which won’t only hasten his demise\, but which will also come to symbolise the dangers of the disconnect between man and nature. Little by little\, the farming environment – a distinctly male environment – loses its bearings. Men\, moreover\, are up against the wall in this film; they’re trying to find their footing at a time when everything they’ve been taught about their place in society and their relationships with others – and with women\, in particular – seems to be turning to dust. \nIndeed\, the women in Lehericey’s work are determined to take back their freedom\, both sensual and intellectual\, physical and political. Gus’s mother (a devastating Laetitia Casta)\, who is struggling to thrive in this endangered rural world\, and who is sick and tired of ferrying plates of food to the table and choking back her most deeply felt emotions\, watches with an admiration which morphs into adoration as the winds of freedom blow into the life of her friend Cécile (Clémence Poesy\, the picture of restraint). Gus’s big sister and her best friend don’t intend to miss out either\, and they set about taking their own destiny in hand. \nYoung Luc Bruchez\, a true revelation\, brings his vulnerability but also his strength and sense of empathy to the character of Gus; he’s a mere spectator of this adult theatre\, but he will play a definitive role in its next revolution. \nThe hot wind\, which is as violent as it is emancipatory and which blows so very distinctly on screen\, is the result of Christophe Beaucarne’s superb cinematography. Shot on film\, the torpor of Lehericey’s tropical summer can be felt in each and every frame of the movie. A mysterious\, devastating force drives these characters ever onwards in their aims – and helps them to become reborn. \nBeneath the surface of a classic format\, the film – adapted from a novel by Roland Buti – explores a pivotal moment in recent history where the foundations of the patriarchy were rocked; not only by the hefty blow dealt by female liberation\, but also by the advent of an extreme form of capitalism which will ultimately work to destroy the hearts of men. \nDirector:  Delphine Lehericey\nStarring:  Laetitia Casta\, Luc Bruchez\, Clémence Poésy\, Thibaut Evrard\, Fred Hotier\, Patrick Descamps\, Michaël Bier\, Lisa Harder\, Guillaume Lemarre\nRunning Time:  90 min\nGenre:  Drama\nLanguage:  French\nDistributor:  Be For Films \n 
URL:https://desertfilmsociety.org/screening/beyond-the-horizon-le-milieu-de-lhorizon/
CATEGORIES:2020 - Screenings
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20201212
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20201213
DTSTAMP:20260405T205517
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SUMMARY:THE WEASELS TALE / (El cuento de las comadrejas)
DESCRIPTION:New Comic Thriller “The Weasel’s Tale”\nFrom  Oscar-Winning  \n\n\n\n\n\nDirector of\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n“The Secret in Their Eyes”\n\n\n\n\n\nJuan Jose Campanella \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n85% Fresh on Rotten Tomatoes\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n“Old-fashioned fare with an up-to-date edge…enjoyably over-the-top.” – The Hollywood Reporter\n \n“A delicious metacinematic black comedy.” – El Mundo\n\n \n\n“An homage to the golden age of Argentine cinema…with the irony\, snappy retorts and humor of Campanella’s filmmaking.” – Claritin\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n\nFrom Juan José Campanella\, the director of the Oscar Award-winning  The Secret in Their\nEyes\,  comes The Weasel’s Tale (El cuento de las comodrejas)\, a  comedic thriller that begins its U.S. Theatrical Premiere Run starting December 11\, from Outsider Pictures and Strand Releasing. Starring  a bumper crop of well-known older Argentine actors\, it won the Audience Award at the AFI Latin American and Chicago Latino Film Festivals.\n\nThe film is the story of a group of four long-time friends\, including a used-to-be-famous actress\, her now disabled husband and the writer of her greatest hits. They are retired from the movie business\, forming an unusual family in a decaying mansion in the countryside outside of Buenos Aires. Their coexistence is menaced by a young couple who\, feigning to be lost\, slowly insinuate themselves into their lives. It’s Sunset Boulevard meets The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel\, with a Latin twist. Financial gain\, seduction\, betrayal\, and memories run amok are the elements that create the recipe for this delightful  game of cat…and weasel.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDirector: Juan José Campanella;\n\nCast: Graciela Borges\, Oscar Martínez & Luis Brandoni;\n\nCountry: Argentina; \n\nLanguage: Spanish with English subtitles; \n\nRunning  Time: 129 min.; \n\nUnrated\n\n\n\nDirector and other talent will be doing free live stream Q&As\non the film’s opening weekend.\n\n \n\n\nAWARDS & FESTIVALS\n\n\nFestivals & Awards: Audience Awards at AFI Latin American and Chicago Latino Film Festivals; Miami Film Festival Official Selection and Four Nominations for\nPlatino Awards for Iberoamerican Cinema\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n 
URL:https://desertfilmsociety.org/screening/the-weasels-tale-el-cuento-de-las-comadrejas/
CATEGORIES:2020 - Screenings
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20201205
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20201206
DTSTAMP:20260405T205517
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SUMMARY:BREAKING BREAD  (Israel)
DESCRIPTION:Founded by Dr. Nof Atamna-Ismaeel—the first Muslim Arab to win Israel’s MasterChef—the A-sham Arabic Food Festival is creating social change through food. At the Festival\, Arab and Jewish Israeli chefs collaborate on delectable dishes\, working together to transform traditional recipes. Celebrating their unique cultural heritages and their common love of food\, the chefs prove that there is no space for religion and politics in the kitchen. \nDirector. Beth Elise Hawk\nGenre:  Documentary\nRunning Time:  85 minutes\nLanguage:  Hebrew/English\nDistributor:  Jessica Rosner \nSELECT PRESS QUOTES:\n\n\n“This recipe for tolerance\, nestled in a film by Beth Elise Hawk that celebrates cuisine diplomacy\, lies beneath the bubbling pots of Syrian stews and plates of Israeli hummus\, top heavy with the legacy of local traditions that date back centuries. They are the creation of a collaborative effort between Israelis and Arabic/Palestinian chefs…\nWho knew that these perceived enemies of Israel had their own story to tell\, and how their story is our story? Who knew that what brings us together is much more powerful than what drives us apart?”\n-THE WRAP: Richard Stellar\n\n\n\n“’Breaking Bread’ is director Beth Elise Hawk’s fascinating documentary featuring Dr. Nof Atamna-Ismaeel\, the first Arab to win Israel’s ‘Master Chef\,’ in a film that talks about food\, peace\, and people…”\n– TIMES OF ISRAEL: Jessica Steinberg\n \n“When asked how she felt about having her film in this section\, Hawk said: ‘Breaking Bread’ demonstrates that food can nurture a connection among people from disparate groups\, chipping away at discord\, and that when political and religious labels are removed\, we are all just human beings with striking similarities. These are messages that transcend politics\, beliefs and religions – whether Muslim\, Christian or Jewish.”\n– JERUSALEM POST: Hannah Brown\n\n“A documentary that is visually delicious and also just as impactful. Director Beth Elise Hawk’s passionate dive into the world of an Israeli-Arab food festival and the chefs who make it possible leaves youemotionally struck.” \n– Gadi Elkon’s SELIG FILM NEWS
URL:https://desertfilmsociety.org/screening/tba-121/
CATEGORIES:2020 - Screenings
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20201121
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20201122
DTSTAMP:20260405T205517
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SUMMARY:WHITE LIE  (Canada)
DESCRIPTION:WHITE LIE a character-driven psychological thriller film from the promising new Toronto-based directors Yonah Lewis and Calvin Thomas.\n\nA troubled young woman traps herself in a dangerous spiral of deception in WHITE LIE\, fabricating a cancer diagnosis in order to solicit attention\, sympathy and charitable cash donations. This Toronto Film Festival world premiere from Canadian writer-director duo Calvin Thomas and Yonah Lewis is the kind of intelligent\, well-crafted indie thriller that earns respectable notices and festival bookings. Theatrical prospects will likely be niche\, though its gripping race-against-time plot and newsworthy subject matter should boost the film’s audience potential. The factitious disorder of falsely announcing a serious medical condition on social media\, which psychiatrists have dubbed “Munchausen by Internet\,” has escalated in recent years\, with several high-profile fraudsters exposed and jailed. \nKacey Rohl dominates the film with her stunning and superbly textured performance as Katie — who variously comes across as an average young woman\, a scared\, abandoned little girl\, and a Machiavellian schemer.   — and she’s supported by an amazing cast that includes  \nCast:   Kacey Rohl\, Martin Donovan\, Connor Jessup\, Amber Anderson\, Sharon Lewis\, Christine Horne\, and Dan Beirne  \nRunning Time:  96 min\nCountry:  Canada\nLanguage:  English\nDistributor:  Rock Salt Releasing \n\n\n\nAwards:  4 wins & 7 nominations\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n2020\n\n\nCanadian Screen Awards\, CA \n\nNominated\, Canadian Screen Award\nAchievement in Direction\nCalvin Thomas\, Yonah Lewis \n\n\n\nNominated\, Canadian Screen Award\nPerformance by an Actress in a Leading Role\nKacey Rohl \n\n\n\nNominated\, Canadian Screen Award\nBest Motion Picture\nKatie Bird Nolan\, Karen Harnisch\, Calvin Thomas\, Lindsay Tapscott\, Yonah Lewis \n\n\n\nNominated\, Canadian Screen Award\nOriginal Screenplay\nCalvin Thomas\, Yonah Lewis \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n2020\n\n\nMiami Film Festival \n\n Won\, Rene Rodriguez Critics Award\nBest Film\nCalvin Thomas\, Yonah Lewis \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n2020\n\n\nPhiladelphia Film Festival \n\nNominated\, Jury Award\nBest Narrative Feature\nCalvin Thomas\, Yonah Lewis \n\n\n\n Won\, Honorable Mention\nBest Performance\nKacey Rohl \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n2019\n\n\nToronto International Film Festival \n\nNominated\, Best Canadian Feature Film\nCalvin Thomas\, Yonah Lewis \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n2019\n\n\nVancouver Film Critics Circle \n\nNominated\, VFCC Award\nBest Actress in a Canadian Film\nKacey Rohl \n\n\n\n Won\, VFCC Award\nBest Screenplay for a Canadian Film\nCalvin Thomas\, Yonah Lewis \n\n\n\n Won\, VFCC Award\nBest Supporting Actress in a Canadian Film\nAmber Anderson \n\n\n\n\n\n\n  \n \nA 24 hour link to this film will be e-mailed to DFS members on the confirmed date.  
URL:https://desertfilmsociety.org/screening/tba-122/
CATEGORIES:2020 - Screenings
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20201114
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20201115
DTSTAMP:20260405T205517
CREATED:20190730T230356Z
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SUMMARY:AFRICAN VIOLET  (Iran)
DESCRIPTION:Middle-aged Shokoo (Fatemeh Motamed Arya) finds out that ex-husband\, Fereydoun\, has been placed in a nursing home by their children. She\, and second husband Reza\, decide to take care of Fereydoun themselves in their own home. In doing so\, however\, this new situation transforms Reza and Shokoo’s daily life\, and unexpected changes take place in the lives of all three characters. Likewise\, this new situation has a significant impact upon Reza and Shokoo and places a severe strain upon their own marriage. \nBased on a true story\, and more than just an intimate family drama\, African Violet transcends its singular setting to become a universal meditation on the bonds that tie us all together in our collective human experience. \nDirector:   Mona Zandi Haqiqi (as Mona Zandi Haghighi) \nWriters:   Hamidreza Bababeygi\, Mona Zandi Haqiqi (first story)\nStars:   Fatemah Motamed-Aria\, Saeed Aghakhani\, Reza Babak \n\n\nCountry:  Iran \nLanguage:  Persian \nRunning time:  93 minutes \n\n\nFajr Film Festival 2019\n\n\n\nNominee\nCrystal Simorgh\nBest Actress in a Leading Role\nFatemah Motamed-Aria\n\n\nBest Music\nPeyman Yazdanian\nFor Metri Shesh Va Nim\n\n\n\n  \nTripoli Film Festival 2019\n\n\n\nWinner\nJury Prize\nSpecial Mention of the Jury\nMona Zandi Haqiqi\n\n\n\n 
URL:https://desertfilmsociety.org/screening/tba-114/
CATEGORIES:2020 - Screenings
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20201024
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20201025
DTSTAMP:20260405T205517
CREATED:20200405T013354Z
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SUMMARY:CONVICTION  (France | Belgium)
DESCRIPTION:Une intime conviction is based on a real-life case.  This French courtroom thriller brings together law professor Jacques Viguier (Laurent Lucas) a man accused of killing his wife and Nora\, obsessed with proving his innocence.  As a juror at Jacques Viguier’s trial\, Nora is convinced that he did not kill his wife. This intuition quickly becomes an obsession. She persuades the most famous lawyer in the country to defend him for his second trial on appeal. Together they start a compulsive quest to prove his innocence against all odds. That quest has a price they might not be ready to pay. \nCast:  Marina Foïs\, Olivier Gourmet\, Jean Benguigui\, Armande Boulanger\, François Fehner\, Laurent Lucas\, Arnaud Pépin\, Philippe Uchan \n\n\nDirector:  Antoine Raimbault\n\n\n\n\nWriters:  Karim Dridi (original idea) | Isabelle Lazard (adaptation) (dialogue) (original idea) | Antoine Raimbault (adaptation) (dialogue) (original idea) (screenplay)\n\n\nRunning Time: 110 min\nGenre:  Fiction\nLanguage:  French with English subtitles \nDistributor:  Distrib Films U.S. \n \n 
URL:https://desertfilmsociety.org/screening/tba-125/
CATEGORIES:2020 - Screenings
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20201010
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20201011
DTSTAMP:20260405T205517
CREATED:20190730T230356Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20201003T232701Z
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SUMMARY:OH MERCY!  (France)
DESCRIPTION:Based upon a true murder case where during a somber Christmas season\, a French-Algerian detective is investigating the fatal strangulation of a poor\, elderly woman in her apartment with suspicion falling on her next-door neighbors.  Starring Roschdy Zem and Léa Seydoux. \nRunning time:  119 min\nLanguage:  French w/English subtitles\nGenre:  Drama | Crime\nDirector:  Arnaud Desplechin \nWriters:  Mosco Boucault (film: Roubaix\, Commissariat central) | Arnaud Desplechin (dialogue) (screenplay) | Léa Mysius (dialogue) (screenplay)  \nDistributor:  Wild Bunch \n2 wins & 15 nominations \n\n\n2020 César Awards\, France\nWon\, César\n\n\nBest Actor (Meilleur acteur) – Roschdy Zem\n\n\nFaro Island Film Festival\nWon\, Golden Carp Film Award – International\nSupporting Actress-Audience – Léa Seydoux
URL:https://desertfilmsociety.org/screening/tba-117/
CATEGORIES:2020 - Screenings
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200926
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200927
DTSTAMP:20260405T205517
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SUMMARY:MY DOG STUPID / Mon chien stupide (France & Belgium)
DESCRIPTION:MY DOG STUPID is based on the short story of the same name written by novelist John Fante published in 1985 and translated into French in 1987..\n\n\n\n\n\nThe film is a bitter sweet comedy about a middle-age couple\, whose already poor marital bliss is being challenged by the sudden arrival of a impolite\, smelly\, huge mastiff in their family.  He decides to adopt him\, starting an unexpected friendship that inevitably upsets Henri’s family and neighbors. The bittersweet and moving comedy about love standing the test of time stars iconic real-life couple Charlotte Gainsbourg and Yvan Attal.\n\n\nRunning Time:  99 min\nGenre:  Comedy\nDirector:  Yvan Attal\nLanguage:  French with English subtitles\nDistributor:  Distrib Films U.S. \nA well-played and melancholic remarriage dramedy – HOLLYWOOD REPORTER
URL:https://desertfilmsociety.org/screening/tba-118/
LOCATION:Historic Camelot Theatre @ the Palm Springs Cultural Center\, 2300 E Baristo Road\, Palm Springs\, CA\, 92262\, United States
CATEGORIES:2020 - Screenings
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200920
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200921
DTSTAMP:20260405T205517
CREATED:20190730T230355Z
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SUMMARY:SUBLET   - U.S. / Israel
DESCRIPTION:Note this film will be sent on SUNDAY because of Rosh Hashanah. \nA New York Times travel writer comes to Tel Aviv after suffering a tragedy.  The energy of the city & his relationship with a younger man brings him back to life. \nDirector/Writer: Eytan Fox – The Bubble (2006)\, Walk on Water (2004)\, Yossi & Jagger (2002)\, Cupcakes (2013)\nStarring: John Benjamin Hickey & Niv Nissim\nUS Premiere: TriBeCa\, April 2020\nU.S. theatrical release: Early 2021\nRunning Time:  89 min\nLanguage: English & Hebrew\nTrailer:
URL:https://desertfilmsociety.org/screening/tba-112/
CATEGORIES:2020 - Screenings
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200912
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200913
DTSTAMP:20260405T205517
CREATED:20190730T230357Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200912T075619Z
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SUMMARY:WHEN I BECAME A BUTTERFLY - Iran
DESCRIPTION:Based on true events\, a meek woman in an unhappy marriage and her emotionally distant son have to cover up her husband’s accidental death while avoiding his mother\, employer\, and drug dealer.  She must get a job and learn to drive\, to keep up the act to find a better life for her and her son.\n\n\n\nDirector:  Arash Zaree\n\n\n\n\nWriters:  Mehdi Jafarian | Arash Zaree\n\n\n\n\nProducer:  Mehdi Jafarian\nRunning Time:  102 min\nGenre:  Thriller\nLanguage:  Persian\nDistributor:  Shoreline\nOfficial site:  (shorelineentertainment.com)\n\n\n \n\n\n\nDFS members will be e-mailed a link to enable them to watch this thriller at home.
URL:https://desertfilmsociety.org/screening/tba-119/
LOCATION:Historic Camelot Theatre @ the Palm Springs Cultural Center\, 2300 E Baristo Road\, Palm Springs\, CA\, 92262\, United States
CATEGORIES:2020 - Screenings
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200822T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200822T123000
DTSTAMP:20260405T205517
CREATED:20190730T230357Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200707T034728Z
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SUMMARY:PETER FALK VS COLUMBO  (France)
DESCRIPTION:WEST COAST PREMIERE \nFor many\, he is above all the fluffy and at the same time ingenious investigator who transfers the powerful to their luxury villas in a crumpled trench coat. But Peter Falk not only embodied Inspector Columbo\, but also worked as an actor with directors such as Frank Capra\, Sydney Pollack and Blake Edwards. And of course with his friend John Cassavetes\, for whom he played alongside Cassavete’s wife Gena Rowlands in the independent film “A Woman Under Influence” from 1975. The documentary gets to the bottom of the great success of the TV series character – and the legendary actor who embodied him. \nBased on archive footage\, interviews and extracts from his films and the TV show\, this film sheds light on the actor’s life\, a life full of twists and turns\, ups and downs. A riveting documentary that pays tribute to the immortal character of Columbo. \nStarring  Steven Bochco\, John Cassavetes\, Peter Falk \nCountry:  France & US\nLanguage:  English\nRunning Time:  52 min\nDirectors: Gaëlle Royer & Pascal Cuissot\nProduction: ZED for ARTE France \nAWARDS AND FESTIVALS:\nToronto Jewish Film festival\nOfficial Selection \nFestival des Créations Télévisuelles de Luchon\nSelected in the official premiere screening category \nFIPADOC\nSelected in the “Les remarqués” category \n \nOn August 22\, 2020 DFS members will receive an E-mail link to watch this \n 
URL:https://desertfilmsociety.org/screening/tba-120/
CATEGORIES:2020 - Screenings
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200808
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200809
DTSTAMP:20260405T205517
CREATED:20200724T030519Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20201008T053003Z
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SUMMARY:THERE ARE NO LIONS IN TEL AVIV   (Israel)
DESCRIPTION:The story of the chief Rabbi of the Jewish community of Copenhagen\, who would become to be known as Rabbi Dolittle Arriving in Tel Aviv in 1936\, Max Shorenstein left his honorable position\, in order to fulfill a longtime dream: to build a zoo and teach the children of Palestine – Eretz Israel\, the love of animals. His dream had come true and against all odds\, the Tel Aviv Zoo became the city’s greatest attraction. Yet\, envy\, greed\, and corruption by city officials banished him from the very paradise he had built. It is a tale of a city raised from sand\, to become an international cultural and financial hub a century later\, and the price that was paid for this exponential growth. \nDirectors Statement:\nI was born and raised in the center of Tel Aviv\, approximately 100 yards away from the old\nzoo. It was my escape from school and at night\, before going to sleep\, I’d hear the wild\nanimals next door. I knew nothing about the fantastic story of the man who envisioned and\nbuilt this zoo. When one day I came across the story of “Dr. Doolittle of the Holly land it\nleft me gaping – a story that has everything in it: a dreamer who abandoned his job as a chief\nrabbi for the love of animals\, a new city that is exponentially expands\, transforms itself and\ngulps everything around\, story about the little man against the establishment\, a moral\nquestion about how the ideas of a zoo. All these made it irresistible for me to make the film. \nDirector: Duki Dror\nScreenplay: Duki Dror\nGenre:  Documentary\nRunning Time:  62 minutes\nCountry:  Israel\nLanguage:  Hebrew w/English subtitles\nDistributor: Go2Films \n  \n \n 
URL:https://desertfilmsociety.org/screening/there-are-no-lions-in-tel-aviv-israel/
CATEGORIES:2020 - Screenings
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200711T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200711T123000
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CREATED:20190730T230358Z
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SUMMARY:WHEN HITLER STOLE PINK RABBIT (Germany & Switzerland)
DESCRIPTION:DFS Members will be sent a link on 7/11 to watch this film. \n\n\nSuppose 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 one of those people. That is what happens to Anna in 1933. Anna is not sure who Hitler is. She is nine years old when everything begins\, too busy to take much notice of his face on posters all over Berlin. But when her own father goes missing one day\, she comes to realize that the man on the posters is about to change the whole of Europe – starting with her own small life. She is forced to uproot her entire existence. Anna and her family hastily flee Germany\, leaving even her favorite stuffed pink rabbit behind. From now on Anna encounters life in exile\, not speaking the language\, not knowing customs and manners\, missing her friends and loved ones. To find a school for Anna is difficult\, money is getting very short and they are fearful as they also encounter xenophobia. Yet Anna grows up\, finds new friends\, and learns to take responsibility. So when her family has to move away yet again\, she is certain she can do anything.\n\nOscar®-winner Caroline Link (All About Me\, Nowhere in Africa) adapted Judith Kerr’s semi–autobiographical bestseller WHEN HITLER STOLE PINK RABBIT\, a true story about parting\, family cohesion\, and optimism\, for the screen.\n\nRunning Time:  120 min\nGenre:  Drama\nDistributor:  Oded Horowitz / Greenwich Entertainment\n\n\n\nInitial release: December 25\, 2019 (Germany)\n\n\n\n\nDirector: Caroline Link\n\n\n\n\nMusic composed by: Volker Bertelmann\n\n\n\n\nLanguage: German\n\n\n\n\nProducer: Jochen Laube\n\n\n\nGerman trailer:  https://pro.imdb.com/title/tt9106672/videos\n\nDoors at Camelot Theatre unlock at 9:30 AM for complimentary refreshments.  Film begins promptly at 10:00.  A discussion will follow the film.  Desert Film Society members are admitted for free.  Non-members pay $15 at the door.
URL:https://desertfilmsociety.org/screening/tba-123/
LOCATION:Historic Camelot Theatre @ the Palm Springs Cultural Center\, 2300 E Baristo Road\, Palm Springs\, CA\, 92262\, United States
CATEGORIES:2020 - Screenings
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200627T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200627T123000
DTSTAMP:20260405T205517
CREATED:20190730T230358Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200523T174304Z
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SUMMARY:MRS G - Israel (plus 3 shorts)
DESCRIPTION:DFS members will receive an E-mail link on 6/27 to enable them to watch this film. \n  \nCOACHELLA VALLEY PREMIERE \nMRS G. tells the story of Mrs. Lea Gottlieb\, the legendary designer\, founder and owner of the Gottex swimwear empire. Gottlieb was a woman full of contradictions who knew how to recover from periods of crisis – from surviving the Holocaust\, establishing a small factory in Israel\, to her phenomenal success abroad. The film follows Mrs. G’s incredible creativeness along side her dominant personality\, her complex relationships with her two daughters\, who both worked for the family business\, and her unbridled passion\, for which she paid a heavy price. \nLanguage:  Hebrew with English subtitles\nRunning Time:  54 min \nWorld Premiere:  May 2019- Docaviv Documentary Film Festival \n \nSHOWING WITH: TWO OF EVERY KIND (9 min)\, ANA MIN EL YEHUD (18 min) and UPPERLIP (10 min).
URL:https://desertfilmsociety.org/screening/tba-124/
LOCATION:Historic Camelot Theatre @ the Palm Springs Cultural Center\, 2300 E Baristo Road\, Palm Springs\, CA\, 92262\, United States
CATEGORIES:2020 - Screenings
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200613T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200613T123000
DTSTAMP:20260405T205517
CREATED:20190730T230359Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200531T054149Z
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SUMMARY:AMIA - ARCHIVAL SCREENING NIGHT
DESCRIPTION:On SA\, June 13 Desert Film Society members will receive a link to view this film orig scheduled for May 2.   A video introduction will feature Melissa Dollman and Devin Orgeron.   \n  \nThe Association of Moving Image Archivists presents videos from archives and archivists around the world! \nAfter 28 years in secret\, AMIA’s Archival Screening Night is available to the public! \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe Association of Moving Image Archivists has a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity — 22 astonishing films and videos in 110 minutes from archives and archivists around the world! Archival Screening Night has been the centerpiece of every AMIA conference since 1991. What makes Archival Roadshow Edition special is that for the first time ever\, this members-only event is being made accessible to the public to see the incredible\, strange\, astonishing\, hilarious and curious treasures from the world’s moving image archives. This cinematic Cabinet of Wonders features a wonderful promotion for a lost Thai film\, a bizarre anti-drug commercial with Alice in Wonderland\, a banned experimental film from Albania\, Josephine Baker dancing the Charleston in wooden clogs\, a commercial to buy your own Stonewall action figures\, and so much more!The Association of Moving Image Archivists is an international association dedicated to the preservation and use of moving image media. Founded in 1990\, AMIA is the world’s largest organization for moving image archivists. Our nearly one thousand members represent 29 countries around the world.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDFS guests will be Melissa Dollman\, Association of Moving Image Archivists Board Director\, 2016-Present and Devin Orgeron\, Professor Emeritus – Film Studies\, NCSU\, Chair:  Northeast Historic Film Summer Symposium and Editor-in-chief: The Moving Image The Journal of the Association of Moving Image Archivists – – both wonderful film historians and archivists. 
URL:https://desertfilmsociety.org/screening/amia-archival-screening-night/
LOCATION:Historic Camelot Theatre @ the Palm Springs Cultural Center\, 2300 E Baristo Road\, Palm Springs\, CA\, 92262\, United States
CATEGORIES:2020 - Screenings
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200606T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200606T123000
DTSTAMP:20260405T205517
CREATED:20190730T230358Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200523T173826Z
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SUMMARY:THE PERFECT NANNY / CHANSON DOUCE (France)
DESCRIPTION:DFS members will receive an E-mail link on 6/6 to enable them to watch this film. \n  \nLeila Slimani’s critically acclaimed\, international bestseller “The Perfect Nanny” — aka “Chanson Douce” — is on the big screen. \nThe story follows Myriam\, a lawyer who decides to return to work after having children. She and her husband think they’ve found the perfect nanny for their son and daughter. But as the couple and the nanny become more dependent on one another\, jealousy\, resentment and suspicions mount\, shattering the idyllic tableau \n\nRunning Time: 100 minutes\n\n\nGenre: Crime | Drama\n\n\nDistributor: DistribFilms US\n\n\nLanguage: French with English subtitles\n\n\nCast: Karin Viard\, Leïla Bekhti\, Antoine Reinartz\, Assya Da Silva\, Noëlle Renaoude\, Rehad Mehal\n\n\nDirector: Lucie Borleteau\n\n\nScreenwriters: Lucie Borleteau\, Jérémie Elkaïm\, Maïwenn\, based on the novel by Leïla Slimani\n\n\nProducers: Pascal Caucheteux\, Grégoire Sorlat\, Philippe Godeau\, Nathalie Gastaldo Godeau\n\n\nDirector of photography: Alexis Kavyrchine\n\n\nProduction designer: Samuel Deshors\n\n\nCostume designer: Dorothée Guiraud\n\n\nEditor: Laurence Briaud\n\n\nComposer: Pierre Desprats\n\n\n \n\n\nAWARDS:\n\n\nNominated – Lumiere Award 2020 – Karin Viard\, Best Actress (Meilleure actrice)\n\n\nNominated – Karin Viard\, Best Actress – César Award (Feb 28\, 2020)\n\n\n\nOther Awards for Karin Viard:\n\n\n\n\n2019 César Awards\, France\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWon\, César\nBest Supporting Actress (Meilleure actrice dans un second rôle) for Les chatouilles /LITTLE TICKLES (2018)\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n2019 Globes de Cristal Awards\, France\n\n\n\nWon\, Globe de Cristal\nBest Actress (Meilleure actrice) for Les chatouilles /LITTLE TICKLES 2018)
URL:https://desertfilmsociety.org/screening/the-perfect-nanny-chanson-douce-france/
LOCATION:Historic Camelot Theatre @ the Palm Springs Cultural Center\, 2300 E Baristo Road\, Palm Springs\, CA\, 92262\, United States
CATEGORIES:2020 - Screenings
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200516T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200516T123000
DTSTAMP:20260405T205517
CREATED:20190730T230358Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200425T000542Z
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SUMMARY:SILENT REVOLUTION  (Germany)
DESCRIPTION:DFS members will receive an E-mail link on SA\, May 16 to enable them to watch this film.  \n  \nSILENT REVOLUTION – Germany – 111 min – Drama/History \nA gripping and true story set in 1956 in East Germany of a group of students who saw their life changed forever by a harmless human act of solidarity during the early stage of the Cold War\, where freedom of thinking and integrity could make anyone an enemy of the state… or an ordinary hero. This is a film about the extraordinary courage of young individuals in a time of political oppression. \n\n\n\n\nThe year is 1956. During a visit to the cinema in West Berlin\, high school pupils Theo (Leonard Scheicher) and Kurt (Tom Gramenz) see dramatic pictures of the Hungarian uprising in Budapest on the newsreel. Back at school in Stalinstadt\, they spontaneously decide to hold a minute’s silence in solidarity with the victims of the uprising during a lesson.  But the gesture causes much bigger ripples than expected: while their headmaster (Florian Lukas) initially tries to put the whole thing down to the whim of youth\, the schoolchildren become objects of the political machinations of the fledgling East Germany. The People’s Education Minister (Burghart Klaußner) condemns the action as a clearly counterrevolutionary act and demands that the ringleader be named within a week. But the schoolchildren stick together\, thus facing with a decision that will change their lives for ever… \n\n\n\n\nDirected by:  Lars Kraume\nCAST:  Michael Gwisdek / Florian Lukas / Burghart Klaussner / Ronald Zehrfeld / Jördis Triebel / Jonas Dassler / Isaiah Michaelski / Tom Gramenz / Leonard Scheicher / Anna Lena Klenke / Daniel Krauss / Carina N. Wiese\nCREW:  Director: Lars Kraume Screenwriter:Dietrich Garstka (book)\, Lars Kraume (adaptation)  DOP: Jens Harant Editor: Barbara Gies Music: Christoph M. Kaiser and Julian Maas Producers:  Miriam Düssel\, Akzente Film & Fernsehproduktion\nREACTIONS:\n“The ripple effect of a seemingly quite innocent idea and the subsequent\, disproportionate reaction to is is fascinating to watch” –  Hollywood Reporter \n“This is a solid\, good-looking piece of filmmaking which is elevated by a clutch of strong performances from the young cast.” – Screen International \n\nAWARDS AND FEST:\n8 wins & 8 nominations \nBerlinale 2018 – Special Gala Screening \nFestival de Cinéma de Valencienne 2018 \nDenmark – 2018 CPH PIX \n  \nIn German with English Subtitles \n  \n. \n  \n \n  \n\n\n\nAwards:\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n2019\n\n\nBerkshire International Film Festival (BIFF) \n\n Won\, Audience Award\nNarrative Feature\nLars Kraume \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n2019\n\n\nLuxembourg City Film Festival \n\n Won\, School Jury Award\nLars Kraume \nStatement of the School Jury: “From beginning to end\, we were captivated by action and suspense of the story. The direction and the actors’ performances won us over and really helped us to identify with the characters. We really liked the fact we felt empathy throughout the film. We also enjoyed the other films in the selection but\, in our eyes\, only THE SILENT REVOLUTION (DAS SCHWEIGENDE KLASSENZIMMER) managed to completely convince us. The winner of the 2019 School Jury Award is\, therefore\, THE SILENT REVOLUTION by Lars Kraume.”\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n2019:\n\n\nStony Brook Film Festival \n\n Won\, Audience Choice Award\nBest Feature\nLars Kraume (director) Studio Canal (distributor) \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n2018\n\n\nBavarian Film Awards \n\n Won\, Bavarian Film Award\nBest Young Actor (Darstellernachwuchspreis)\nJonas Dassler \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n2018\n\n\nFilm by the Sea International Film Festival \n\n Won\, Film and Literature Award\nLars Kraume \n\n\n\nNominated\, Youth Jury Award\nLars Kraume \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n2018\n\n\nGerman Film Awards \n\nNominated\, Film Award in Gold\nBest Cinematography (Beste Kamera/Bildgestaltung)\nJens Harant \n\n\n\nNominated\, Film Award in Gold\nOutstanding Feature Film (Bester Spielfilm)\nMiriam Düssel \n\n\n\nNominated\, Film Award in Gold\nBest Screenplay (Bestes Drehbuch)\nLars Kraume \n\n\n\nNominated\, Film Award in Gold\nBest Costume Design (Bestes Kostümbild)\nEsther Walz \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n2018\n\n\nGerman Screen Actors Awards \n\nNominated\, DSP Award\nBest Young Actor (Bester Nachwuchsdarsteller)\nJonas Dassler \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n2018\n\n\nGolden Trailer Awards \n\n Won\, Golden Trailer\nBest Foreign Poster\nThe Dream Factory \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n2018\n\n\nJameson CineFest – Miskolc International Film Festival \n\nNominated\, Emeric Pressburger Prize\nLars Kraume \n\n\n\n Won\, Special Prize of the Jury\nLars Kraume \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n2018\n\n\nMill Valley Film Festival \n\n2nd place\, Audience Award\nWorld Cinema Independent\nLars Kraume \n-Runner-Up\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n2018\n\n\nMunich Film Festival \n\n Won\, German Cinema Award for Peace\nBest National Director\nLars Kraume \n\n\n\n\n\n\n  \nAdmission is free to Desert Film Society members or pay $15 at Camelot’s door.  Complimentary refreshments when doors unlock at 9:30AM.  A facilitated discussion will follow the film.
URL:https://desertfilmsociety.org/screening/silent-revolution-germany/
LOCATION:Historic Camelot Theatre @ the Palm Springs Cultural Center\, 2300 E Baristo Road\, Palm Springs\, CA\, 92262\, United States
CATEGORIES:2020 - Screenings
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200425T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200425T123000
DTSTAMP:20260405T205517
CREATED:20190730T230359Z
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SUMMARY:HOW ABOUT ADOLF?  (Germany)
DESCRIPTION:DFS members will receive an E-mail link on SA\, 4/25 to enable them to watch this film. \nWHAT ABOUT ADOLF? – Germany – 91 min – Comedy \nSouthern California Premiere  \n“What’s in a name?” Shakespeare’s lofty question takes on new life in this savage comedy-a breakout hit in Germany-which raucously lampoons contemporary German attitudes\, guilt and denials of the Nazi past. When Thomas (Florian David Fitz)\, the black sheep of a progressive middle-class academic family\, surprises his siblings with the news that he intends to name his son Adolf\, petty carnage ensues as personal\, ideological and sexual histories are unmasked in this scintillating dark comedy. A breakout German box office hit (a noteworthy factoid deserving of its own cultural analysis)\, this send-up of social respectability and appearances shows as much of an awareness of Germany’s current shifting political landscape and reactionary views as it does an understanding of the tense interpersonal dynamics between siblings and in-laws. With a marvelous screenplay that is biting\, quick\, frequently genuinely shocking and deserving of comparison to Yasmina Reza’s best satiric plays\, How About Adolf? is an enjoyable excursion into bourgeois infighting and mayhem. At this dinner table\, sociability starts out as just a smile\, and a smile is just teeth.  – Tien-Tien L. Jong \n“A breakout hit at the German box office\, award-winning director Sönke Wortmann (The Miracle of Bern\, 2003) has crafted this outstanding social satire lathered in witty dialogue and perfect timing where German guilt and angst over the Nazi past meets a family dinner gone awry.”  … Kinofest \nWriters: Claudius Pläging | Alexander Dydyna\nDirector: Sönke Wortmann\nGenre: Comedy\nRunning Time: 91 minutes\nDistributor: Menemsha Films\nCountry: Germany\nLanguage: German w|English Subtitles\nRating: N|R\nStarring: Christoph Maria Herbst\, Florian David Fitz\, Caroline Peters\, Janina Uhse\, Justus von Dohnanyi\, Iris Berben \nFESTIVALS: Switzerland\, Zurich Film Festival; Germany\, Film Festival Cologne; Iran\, FAJR Film Festival; USA\, San Francisco Jewish Film Festival\, Sedona International Film Festival \nAWARDS: Directors’ Choice Award (Best Feature Comedy) – Sedona International Film Festival \n  \n \nFree to Desert Film Society members or pay $15 at the door.  Complimentary refreshments when doors unlock at 9:30AM.  A facilitated discussion will follow the film.
URL:https://desertfilmsociety.org/screening/what-about-adolf-germany/
LOCATION:Historic Camelot Theatre @ the Palm Springs Cultural Center\, 2300 E Baristo Road\, Palm Springs\, CA\, 92262\, United States
CATEGORIES:2020 - Screenings
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200404T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200404T123000
DTSTAMP:20260405T205517
CREATED:20190730T230359Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200419T065434Z
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SUMMARY:THE GIRL IN THE FOG  (Italy)
DESCRIPTION:  \nDFS members were given access to this film on 4/18/2020.   \nGIRL IN THE FOG – Italy – 128 min – Crime/Mystery \nOn her way to church in the hazy alpine village of Avechot\, the quiet 15-year-old\, Anna Lou\, daughter of a religious couple\, vanishes into thin air\, never to return home.  To aid in the investigation of this puzzling case is summoned the fastidious Detective Vogel (Toni Servillo) with his questionable methods. \n3 wins & 7 nominations \n \nFree to Desert Film Society members or pay $15 at the door.  Complimentary refreshments when doors unlock at 9:30AM.  A facilitated discussion will follow the film.
URL:https://desertfilmsociety.org/screening/the-girl-in-the-fog-italy/
LOCATION:Historic Camelot Theatre @ the Palm Springs Cultural Center\, 2300 E Baristo Road\, Palm Springs\, CA\, 92262\, United States
CATEGORIES:2020 - Screenings
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200314T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200314T123000
DTSTAMP:20260405T205517
CREATED:20190730T230400Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200424T235615Z
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SUMMARY:THOSE WHO REMAINED  (Hungary)
DESCRIPTION:DFS members will receive an E-mail link on 5/2 to enable them to watch this film.  \nTHOSE WHO REMAINED   \n*** On shortlist for Acad Awd Best International Feature film. ***  \nA lyrical story of the healing power of love in the midst of conflict\, loss and trauma\, THOSE WHO REMAINED reveals the healing process of Holocaust survivors through the eyes of a young girl in post-World War II Hungary. \nHaving survived the camps\, 42-year old Aldo lives a solitary life as a doctor in Budapest. 16-year old Klara\, who also survived the Holocaust\, lives reluctantly with her great-aunt\, holding on to the hope that her father and mother will return. She meets Aldo\, and soon the two of them find something in each other that has long been absent in their lives. As they grow closer and closer\, the joy in both of their lives slowly returns. But as the Soviet Empire rises to power in Hungary\, their pure and loving father-daughter relationship is misunderstood and frowned upon. \nMany films deal with the suffering of the Holocaust years\, but far fewer focus on those who managed to return from the camps. THOSE WHO REMAINED poignantly tells the story of two traumatized survivors whose relationship helps them to heal and provides them with someone to live for. \nDirector:  Barnabás Tóth\nRunning Time:  83 min\nGenre:  Drama \nDistributor:  Menemsha Films \n \nFree to Desert Film Society members or pay $15 at the door.  Complimentary refreshments when doors unlock at 9:30AM.  Film begins promptly at 10:00.  A facilitated discussion will follow the film. \n  \n 
URL:https://desertfilmsociety.org/screening/those-who-remained-hungary/
LOCATION:Historic Camelot Theatre @ the Palm Springs Cultural Center\, 2300 E Baristo Road\, Palm Springs\, CA\, 92262\, United States
CATEGORIES:2020 - Screenings
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200307T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200307T123000
DTSTAMP:20260405T205517
CREATED:20190730T230400Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200216T021958Z
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SUMMARY:THE KEEPER (U.K.\, Germany)
DESCRIPTION:THE KEEPER \nSouthern California Premiere  \nThe true story of Bert Trautmann\, German POW and English soccer star.  A heartfelt movie of romance and redemption following WW2. \n\nThe Keeper tells the extraordinary love story between a young English woman and a German PoW\, who together overcome prejudice\, public hostility\, and personal tragedy. While visiting a PoW camp near Manchester at the end of WWII\, Margaret Friar\, the daughter of the manager of the local football team\, notices young German soldier Bert Trautmann. Her father is so taken by Bert’s prowess as a goal-keeper that he gets him out of the camp to play for his local team. Margaret and Bert’s love blossoms despite local hostility and resentment of the German PoWs.  .  \n\n\n\nDirector: Marcus H. Rosenmüller\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWriters: Marcus H. Rosenmüller\, Nicholas J. Schofield\nGenre: Biography|Drama|Romance\nRunning Time: 120 minutes\nDistributor: Menemsha Films\nCountry: UK|Germany\nLanguage: English|German w|English Subtitles\nRating: N|R\nStarring: David Kross\, Freya Mavor\, John Henshaw\nPremiere Status: Southern California Premiere\n\nFESTIVALS: Switzerland\, Zurich Film Festival; Germany: Hamburg Film Festival\, Berlin International Film Festival; USA\, San Francisco Jewish Film Festival; Argentina\, Buenos Aires German Film Festival; Russia\, New British Film Festival; France\, Villeurbanne British and Irish Film FestivalAWARDS: Bavarian Film Awards\, Best Production; Beijing International Film Festival\, Tiantian Award \n“There are many thrilling moments as we follow Trautmann’s glittering career through its ups and downs\, and some of those downs were not inconsiderable. The production values are authentic\, evoking post-war England in all its austerity and subsequent drabness.” … A Film Life \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTrailer: https://desertfilmsociety.org/screening/the-keeper-u-k-germany/ \nAdditional information: 760-770-0507 and https://desertfilmsociety.org \nDesert Film Society is a non-profit 501 (C)(3) Organization \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDoors at Camelot Theatre unlock at 9:30 AM for complimentary refreshments.  Film begins promptly at 10:00.  A discussion will follow the screening.  Tickets are free to Desert Film Society members.  Non-members pay $12 at the door.
URL:https://desertfilmsociety.org/screening/the-keeper-u-k-germany/
LOCATION:Historic Camelot Theatre @ the Palm Springs Cultural Center\, 2300 E Baristo Road\, Palm Springs\, CA\, 92262\, United States
CATEGORIES:2020 - Screenings
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DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200222T123000
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CREATED:20190730T230419Z
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SUMMARY:BALLOON (Germany)
DESCRIPTION:BALLOON – Germany – 128 min – Drama | Thriller \nBased upon a true story. 1979\, Thuriingen\, East Germany at the height of the Cold War. Günter Wetzel (David Kross\, The Reader)\, a bricklayer\, and his friend Peter Strelzyk (Friedrich Mücke)\, an electrician\, can no longer bear the oppressive regime. The two men and their wives resolve to undertake a mission to work on an audacious plan for more than two years secretly building a hot air balloon from scratch that will carry them and their families over the border fence to freedom. Over the course of 18 months they sew 1\,000 square metres of cloth and gather countless weather reports from West German radio with the Stasi (State Police) hot on their heels. A nerve-racking battle against the clock begins. \nDirector: Michael Bully Herbig)\nWriters: Kit Hopkins | Thilo Röscheisen\nGenre: Drama| Thriller| History\nRunning Time: 125 minutes\nDistributor: Distrib Films US\nCountry: Germany\nLanguage: German | English\nRating: M for Mature Audiences\nStarring: Friedrich Mücke\, Karoline Schuch\, David Kross\, Alicia von Rittberg\nPremiere Status: Southern California Premier \nFESTIVALS: Zurich International Film Festival; Kolkata International Film Festival\, India; The European Union Festival\, Toronto; International History Film Festival of Pessac\, Film Festival of Valenciennes\, France; Sonoma International Film Festival\, Minneapolis-St. Paul International Film Festival\, Washington DC International Film Festival\, USA \nAWARDS: USA: Filmfest DC\, St. Louis International Film Festival\, Jefferson State Flixx Fest\, CA\, Washington DC Filmfest; France\, TV5MONDE \n“This is a tense story of incredible bravery\, one that isn’t diminished by knowing that the families successfully made it to the West.” A Film Life] \n 
URL:https://desertfilmsociety.org/screening/balloon-germany/
LOCATION:Historic Camelot Theatre @ the Palm Springs Cultural Center\, 2300 E Baristo Road\, Palm Springs\, CA\, 92262\, United States
CATEGORIES:2020 - Screenings
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200208T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200208T123000
DTSTAMP:20260405T205517
CREATED:20190730T230420Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200129T092454Z
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SUMMARY:RAFAËL (Netherlands\, Belgium\, Croatia)
DESCRIPTION:RAFAËL\nUSA Premiere\nThe Arab Spring forces Tunisian Nazir\, married to the pregnant Dutch hairdresser Kimmy\, to escape to Europe\, but he ends up in Lampedusa\, imprisoned as an illegal refugee.  RAFAËL is a romantic drama about two lovers giving everything they have\, just to try to be reunited for the birth of their son Rafaël.  It is a suspenseful story about borders\, dreams\, perseverance and love-transcending bureaucracy\, borders and even prison walls. \nRunning Time:  106 minutes\nGenre:  Drama / Romance / True Story\nCountries: NETHERLANDS\, BELGIUM\, CROATIA\nShooting Language: DUTCH\, ENGLISH\, ARABIC\nWriters: TIJS VAN MARLE\, MASSIMO GAUDIOSO\nCast:  MELODY KLAVER\, NABIL MALLAT\, MEHDI MESKAR\, MEDINA SCHUURMAN\nCinematography: JAN MOESKOPS\nOriginal Music: HANNES DE MAEYER\nDistributor:  Intramovies.com \nFestivals and Awards:\nCairo IFF 2018\nKosmorama Trondheim IFF 2019\nBifest IFF 2019\nEmden-Norderney IFF 2019\nPula Film Festival 2019
URL:https://desertfilmsociety.org/screening/raphael-netherlands-belgium-croatia/
LOCATION:Historic Camelot Theatre @ the Palm Springs Cultural Center\, 2300 E Baristo Road\, Palm Springs\, CA\, 92262\, United States
CATEGORIES:2020 - Screenings
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ORGANIZER;CN="Desert Film Society":MAILTO:info@desertfilmsociety.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200201T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200201T123000
DTSTAMP:20260405T205517
CREATED:20190918T230626Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200129T091246Z
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SUMMARY:RECORDER: THE MARION STOKES PROJECT (U.S.A.)
DESCRIPTION:RECORDER: THE MARION STOKES PROJECT   \nCoachella Valley Premiere \nFor over 30 years\, Marion Stokes obsessively and privately recorded American television news twenty-four hours a day. A civil rights-era Communist radical who became fabulously wealthy and reclusive later in life\, her obsession started with the Iranian Hostage Crisis in 1979—at the dawn of the twenty-four hour news cycle. It ended on December 14\, 2012 as the Sandy Hook massacre played on television while Marion passed away. In between\, Marion filled 70\,000 VHS tapes\, capturing revolutions\, wars\, triumphs\, catastrophes\, bloopers\, talk shows and commercials that show us how television shaped the world of today and in the process tell us who we were. \nA mystery in the form of a time capsule\, Recorder delves into the strange life of a woman for whom home taping was a form of activism to protect the truth (the public didn’t know it\, but the networks had been disposing their archives for decades into the trashcan of history) and though her visionary and maddening project nearly tore her family apart\, her extraordinary legacy is as priceless as her story is remarkable. \nTrailer:  https://zeitgeistfilms.com/film/recorderthemarionstokesproject#modal-trailer \n \nGenre:  Documentary\nRunning Time:  87 min\nCountry:  USA\nRating:  N|R\nStarring:  Michael Metelits\nPremiere Status:  Coachella Valley Premiere\nDistributor:   A Zeitgeist Films release in association with Kino Lorber \nFESTIVALS: USA: Tribeca Film Festival\, NY; Montclair Film Festival\, NJ; Maryland Film Festival; AFI Docs Festival\, DC; Sidewalk Film Festival\, Alabama; Milwaukee Film Festival; Oak Cliff Film Festival\, Texas; Hot Docs International Documentary Festival\, Canada; Melbourne International Film Festival\, Australia; Taoyuan Film Festival\, Taiwan; Athens Film Festival\, Germany; London Film Festival\, UK
URL:https://desertfilmsociety.org/screening/recorder-the-marion-stokes-project-u-s-a/
LOCATION:Historic Camelot Theatre @ the Palm Springs Cultural Center\, 2300 E Baristo Road\, Palm Springs\, CA\, 92262\, United States
CATEGORIES:2020 - Screenings
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ORGANIZER;CN="Desert Film Society":MAILTO:info@desertfilmsociety.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200118T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200118T123000
DTSTAMP:20260405T205517
CREATED:20190730T230420Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200118T035003Z
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SUMMARY:BEST OF DORIEN B.  (Flanders)
DESCRIPTION:BEST OF DORIEN B.  \nWest Coast Premiere \nA thirty something married mother of two with a flourishing veterinary practice sees her hitherto settled life start to crumble all at once.  An unsentimental treatment and lots of wry humor balance out the chaos in a film where a woman must find herself again and all that is ‘best’ in her to escape the trap that life has pushed her into. \nWriter|Director: Anke Blondé\nGenre: Comedy\, Drama\nRunning Time: 107 minutes\nDistributor: Be for Films\nCountry: Belgium\nLanguage: Dutch w|English Subtitles\nRating: N|R\nStarring: Dirk van Dijck\, Katelijne Verbeke\, Jelle De Beule \nFESTIVALS:  International Film Festival Rotterdam\, Netherlands; Edinburgh International Film Festival\, UK; Film Festival Oostende\, Belgium; Hamptons International Film Festival\, Nashville International Film Festival\, Denver Film Festival\, Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival\, US; São Paulo International Film Festival\, Brazil; Sydney Film Festival\, Australia \nAWARDS:  Anonimul International Independent Film Festival\, Romania\, Audience Award Best Feature Film; Braunschweig International Film Festival\, Germany\, Best Film; Galway Film Fleadh\, Ireland\, Feature Film Award|Best First Feature; Lucca Film Festival\, Italy\, International Feature Film Contest; Hamptons International Film Festival\, USA\, Golden Starfish Award; \n“It’s rare you see a newcomer with such star power but then there’s The Best of Dorien B. Kim Snauwaert has no other film credits to her name yet those seeing her for the first time as Dorien\, front\, centre and resplendent throughout\, could easily be forgiven for thinking this was yet another project from a national fixture.”  … falkenscreen.com (Glen Falkenstein) \n  \nTrailer:
URL:https://desertfilmsociety.org/screening/best-of-dorien-b-flanders/
LOCATION:Historic Camelot Theatre @ the Palm Springs Cultural Center\, 2300 E Baristo Road\, Palm Springs\, CA\, 92262\, United States
CATEGORIES:2020 - Screenings
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