Feb 12,, 2022 Covid Guidelines: Photo ID, Proof of full vaccination including booster shot, Mandatory masks indoors, No food or beverages in the screening room . Seating is socially distanced so please allow a two-seat buffer between parties and do not sit directly behind anyone. Free to DFS members. Guests pay $12 cash at the door. Movie begins promptly at 10:00 AM. Doors unlock at 9:40.

Feb 26, 2022: BLACK BOX. Feb 12,, 2022 Covid Guidelines: Photo ID, Proof of full vaccination including booster shot, Mandatory masks indoors, No food or beverages in the screening room . Seating is socially distanced so please allow a two-seat buffer between parties and do not sit directly behind anyone. Free to DFS members. Guests pay $12 cash at the door. Movie begins promptly at 10:00 AM. Doors unlock at 9:40. Free to DFS members. Guests pay $12 cash at the door. Movie begins promptly at 10:00 AM. Doors unlock at 9:40.

Mar 5, 2022 Covid Guidelines: Photo ID, Proof of full vaccination including booster shot, No food or beverages in the screening room . Seating is socially distanced so please allow a two-seat buffer between parties and do not sit directly behind anyone. Free to DFS members. Guests pay $12 cash at the door. Movie begins promptly at 10:00 AM. Doors unlock at 9:40.

March 19, 2022 PLAYGROUND - Belgium's official submission for 2022 Academy Award Best International Film was selected for the shortlist of 15.

April 2, 2022: SECRET NAME (France) Nelie escaped a miserable existence by becoming a frontline nurse in 1914. One day, she takes the identity of Rose, a young woman from a good family, who dies in front of her.

April 16, 2022: CONFETTI. How far would a mother go to reverse her child’s fate?  Based on writer/director Ann Hu’s story, that’s the question facing Lan, who travels with her 9-year-old severely dyslexic daughter from their small town in China to New York City.  An immigrant experience combined w/ a mother-daughter story.

May 7, 2022 - PEACE BY CHOCOLATE - UKRAINIAN FUNDRAISER Based on an incredible true story, this film is an inspiring narrative of working together and overcoming unimaginable hardship. After the bombing of his father's chocolate factory, a charming young Syrian refugee struggles to settle into his new small-town life, caught between following his dream and preserving his family's legacy.

May 21, 2022 - NIGHT DOCTOR - Mikaël is a doctor on night call.  He looks after patients from underprivileged neighborhoods, as well as those whom no one else wants to see: drug addicts, homeless people, those living in challenging areas,  Tonight, he has to reclaim control over his life.   

June 4, 2022 - IN FRONT OF YOUR FACE. After years of living abroad, a middle-aged former actress (Lee Hye-young) has returned to Seoul to reconnect with her past and perhaps make amends. 

June 18, 2022 - FULL TIME / A TEMPS PLEIN - Marie goes to great lengths to raise her two children in the countryside while keeping her job in a Parisian luxury hotel despite the daily commute to Paris. When she finally gets a job interview for a position she had long been hoping for, a national strike breaks out, paralyzing the public transport system. The fragile balance that Marie has established is jeopardized. Marie then sets off on a frantic race against time, at the risk of foundering.

July 9, 2022 - MADELEINE COLLINS Judith Fauvet (Virginie Efira, most recently acclaimed for her leading performance in Paul Verhoeven’s Benedetta) leads a double life with two families: raising a daughter with one partner in Switzerland, and another two sons in France.

July 23 - BOULEVARD! A HOLLYWOOD STORY (documentary) - Jeffrey Schwarz, Director, Producer, Editor in attendance. When Gloria Swanson, the iconic star of Sunset Boulevard, saw an opportunity to parlay her silent film glory into a new phase of her career, she began to envision a musical stage adaptation of her most famous film.

August 6 - HAUTE COUTURE Esther (Nathalie Baye) is at the end of her career as Head Seamstress at Dior Avenue Montaigne workshop. One day, she gets her handbag stolen in the metro by a 20 year old woman, Jade. Instead of calling the police she decides to take care of Jade

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g7mjM_X8cm4 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. Film archivists, curators, technicians and filmmakers from around the world explain what film preservation is and why it is needed. Our protagonists are custodians of film whose work behind the scenes safeguards the…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ik3TEtfLyCU Cielo’s teenage daughter, Laura, is kidnapped in Northern Mexico. Despite paying several ransoms, Laura is not returned. When the authorities offer no support in the search, Cielo takes matters into her own hands. She finds help from Lamarque, a military man with an unconventional modus operandi, who agrees to assist her in her search – off the record – in exchange for information that she can provide as a local. Cielo’s collaboration with Lamarque will pull her into the…

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=upCym_xcJfo A son in denial of a serious illness. A mother facing the unbearable. And between them a doctor and a nurse fighting to do their job and bring them to acceptance. They have one year and four seasons to come together and understand what it means to die while living. Genre:  Drama Run time:  122 minutes Country:  France, Belgium Language:  French w/English subtitles Premiere:  Southern CA   Director:  Emmanuelle Bercot Writers:  Emmanuelle Bercot (screenplay) | Marcia Romano (screenplay) Producers:  François Kraus | Denis Pineau-Valencienne Composer:  Eric Neveux Cinematographer:  Yves…

  https://youtu.be/qrrN0YEumEU Brussels. Leo, a Spanish metro driver, while conducting his train and arriving at a station, sees a young man in distress on the edge of the platform. He recognizes his son Hugo right before he falls onto the rails and then dies at the hospital. Leo, who had not seen his son for years, will discover that he was involved in a bloody heist. While on the trail of his son’s murderers, Leo will be closely watched by…

https://vimeo.com/720308275 Starring the beloved Alba Rohrwacher and Wajdi Mouawad, the film combines live action with animation to create a vivid picture of Lebanon and is inspired by the family history of filmmaker Mazlo based on her grandmother’s stories of life during the Lebanese Civil War, Mazlo crafts a touching and heart-breaking story of love during wartime. Genre:  Romance / Drama / War Run time:  92 min Country:  France Languages:  French, Arabic, Italian with English subtitles Premiere:  Palm Springs Principal Cast: …

https://vimeo.com/684844319 A small town in Serbia. Nikola, day laborer and father of two, is ordered to give up his children to social services after poverty and hunger drive his wife to commit a desperate act. Until he can provide adequate conditions for their upbringing, the children will be placed in foster care. Despite Nikola's best efforts and several appeals, the head of the social services centre refuses to return his children and his situation seems hopeless. But when Nikola discovers…

Silhouette Secrets is a documentary in which a modern-day silhouette artist takes a journey back in time to explore the history of his shadowy art, asking the question "Where did it come from?"  On the way he meets the world's fastest silhouette artist, who challenges him to a duel of scissors!  The journey takes him from a windswept seaside pier - on the north coast of Wales - to an Audi showroom in Houston, Texas, and finishes with an intriguing…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q9dYyg5VcvA Special Guest:  Rebecca Halpern, Director & Writer   In the 2000s, chef Charlie Trotter was the toast of Chicago, his eponymous restaurant one of the world's top fine-dining destinations.  A gastronomic revolutionary and a culinary bad-boy, Trotter paved the way for the likes of Anthony Bourdain and Gordon Ramsay, yet his tempestuous, competitive nature alienated many.  With never-before-seen archival material and new interviews with those who loved and loathed Trotter--who died from a stroke in 2013 at age 54--this…