2025 - Screenings
Cinema Francais PS – Opening film THE MARCHING BAND / En Fanfare + short – February 6 @ 7pm
Historic Camelot Theatre @ the Palm Springs Cultural Center 2300 E Baristo Road, Palm Springs, CA, United StatesFeb 6, 2025 ::: Thibaut is an internationally renowned conductor who travels the world who discovers the existence of a younger brother, Jimmy, who works in a school cafeteria.
JIM’S STORY / Le Roman de Jim (Drama) + short – 12:00 noon – CINEMA FRANCAIS (Day 2)
Historic Camelot Theatre @ the Palm Springs Cultural Center 2300 E Baristo Road, Palm Springs, CA, United StatesFeb 7, 2025 ::: A family living in the Jura mountains who are torn apart following the return of the son's biological father.
ROBOT T-0 (CINEMA FRANCAIS) (Comedy/Adventure) + short 3:30 PM
Historic Camelot Theatre @ the Palm Springs Cultural Center 2300 E Baristo Road, Palm Springs, CA, United StatesFeb 7, 2025 ::: In a near future, Max and her daughter are selling stolen robots on the black market.
MY MOTHERLAND / Ma France à moi (France) CINEMA FRANCAIS
Historic Camelot Theatre @ the Palm Springs Cultural Center 2300 E Baristo Road, Palm Springs, CA, United StatesFeb 7, 2025 ::: She decides, against the advice of her family, led by her son, to take in Reza, a young Afghan broken by war and exodus
THE GOOD TEACHER + short (Cinema Francais) – 11:00 AM
Historic Camelot Theatre @ the Palm Springs Cultural Center 2300 E Baristo Road, Palm Springs, CA, United StatesFeb 9, 2025 ::: A young teacher is wrongfully accused of sexual misconduct by a teenage girl from his class
SHEPHERDS / Bergers (Cinema Francais) @ 2:00 PM
Historic Camelot Theatre @ the Palm Springs Cultural Center 2300 E Baristo Road, Palm Springs, CA, United StatesFeb 8, 2025 ::: A young Montreal advertising executive, converted to a Provençal shepherd, has various misadventures with a civil servant who has cavalierly quit her job.
ONCE UPON A TIME MICHEL LEGRAND /Il était une fois Michel Legrand (Cinema Francais) @ 5:00 PM + short
Historic Camelot Theatre @ the Palm Springs Cultural Center 2300 E Baristo Road, Palm Springs, CA, United StatesFeb 8, 2025 ::: Using never-before-seen archives and personal accounts, the film looks back on a lifetime dedicated to music, and the career of a man who served it masterfully to the very end.
RETRO THERAPY / Colocs de choc (Belgium | France | Canada) (CINEMA FRANCAIS) @ 11:00 AM
Historic Camelot Theatre @ the Palm Springs Cultural Center 2300 E Baristo Road, Palm Springs, CA, United StatesFeb 9, 2025 ::: Manon, an introverted 16-year-old teenager, finds herself forced to live with her unbearable grandmother Yvonne, a former feminist activist suffering from Dementia.
BOLERO – France/Belgium – 10 AM. (Film tested A-OK)
Feb 22, 2025 ::: In 1928 Paris, choreographer Ida Rubinstein commissions Maurice Ravel to compose the music for her next ballet.
ONE BIG HAPPY FAMILY (USA)
Historic Camelot Theatre @ the Palm Springs Cultural Center 2300 E Baristo Road, Palm Springs, CA, United StatesMarch 22, 2025 ::: A DNA test completely upends a woman's life, She embarks on a journey with her mother to find out who she is.
A WORLD APART / Un mondo a parte (Italy)
Historic Camelot Theatre @ the Palm Springs Cultural Center 2300 E Baristo Road, Palm Springs, CA, United StatesApril 5, 2025 ::: Set against the breathtaking backdrop of the Abruzzo National Park, Un Mondo a Parte follows veteran teacher Michele Cortese as he begins an unexpected chapter in his life.
NO CHAINS NO MASTERS (France)
Historic Camelot Theatre @ the Palm Springs Cultural Center 2300 E Baristo Road, Palm Springs, CA, United StatesApr 26, 2025 ::: A gripping and deeply heartfelt dramatic thriller about slavery
THE PROPERTY (Israel/Poland)
Historic Camelot Theatre @ the Palm Springs Cultural Center 2300 E Baristo Road, Palm Springs, CA, United StatesMay 3, 2025 ::: Regina and her granddaughter Mika embark on a journey to Poland to reclaim their family property seized during World War II.
SODA (Israel)
Historic Camelot Theatre @ the Palm Springs Cultural Center 2300 E Baristo Road, Palm Springs, CA, United StatesMay 17, 2025 ::: In 1956, a seamstress arrives in a Holocaust survivor community. Rumors surface about her past as Capo.
A MISSING PART / UNE PART MANQUANTE (France/Belgium)
Historic Camelot Theatre @ the Palm Springs Cultural Center 2300 E Baristo Road, Palm Springs, CA, United StatesMay 31, 2025 :: Every day, Jay travels the length and breadth of Tokyo in his taxi, looking for his daughter Lily.
THE TIME IT TAKES / Il tempo che ci vuole (Italy / France)
Historic Camelot Theatre @ the Palm Springs Cultural Center 2300 E Baristo Road, Palm Springs, CA, United StatesJun 14, 2025 :: Francesca Comencini’s autobiographical drama explores her relationship with her legendary filmmaker father, Luigi Comencini.
SUSPENDED TIME / HORS DU TEMPS (France)
Historic Camelot Theatre @ the Palm Springs Cultural Center 2300 E Baristo Road, Palm Springs, CA, United StatesJune 28, 2025 ;::: During COVID-19 lockdown in 2020, two married couples quarantine together in a country house, leading to rising tensions and revelations about their relationships.
BLUE SUN PALACE (USA)
Historic Camelot Theatre @ the Palm Springs Cultural Center 2300 E Baristo Road, Palm Springs, CA, United StatesJuly 12, 2025 ::: BLUE SUN PALACE - When tragedy strikes, an unexpected bond forms between two migrants in the Chinese community of Queens
SHARI & LAMBCHOP (USA)
Historic Camelot Theatre @ the Palm Springs Cultural Center 2300 E Baristo Road, Palm Springs, CA, United StatesJuly 26, 2015 ::: Story of Shari Lewis' life and body of work. From the director of Love, Gilda.
THE TIES THAT BOND US / L’Attachement (France/Belgium)
Historic Camelot Theatre @ the Palm Springs Cultural Center 2300 E Baristo Road, Palm Springs, CA, United StatesAug 8 ::: A Moving, Humanistic Drama About Love, Family, Connection and the Unexpected Turmoils of Life.
DIAMANTI / DIAMONDS (Italy)
Historic Camelot Theatre @ the Palm Springs Cultural Center 2300 E Baristo Road, Palm Springs, CA, United StatesAug 23 ::: A director calls all his favorite actresses to film a movie set in Rome in the 70s that tells the vicissitudes revolving around a prestigious tailoring.
HALISA (Israel)
Historic Camelot Theatre @ the Palm Springs Cultural Center 2300 E Baristo Road, Palm Springs, CA, United StatesSept13, 2025 : Sarah, a nurse caring for babies in Haifa, longs for her own child after years of failed fertility treatments. When young mother Anya arrives with baby Eden, they form a bond, filling Sarah's need for family and Anya's need for support.
