EIN GANZES LEBEN / A WHOLE LIFE (Austria)
Historic Camelot Theatre @ the Palm Springs Cultural Center 2300 E Baristo Road, Palm Springs, CA, United StatesJuly 6, 2024 ::: At the turn of the 20th century, a young orphan named Andreas Egger is sent to a remote mountain village where he will spend most of his life. Over eight decades, his life will be marked by poverty, loss, war and violence, but also moments of bliss and love.
AVENUE OF THE GIANTS (U.S.A.)
Historic Camelot Theatre @ the Palm Springs Cultural Center 2300 E Baristo Road, Palm Springs, CA, United StatesJuly 20, 2024 ::: A 74-year-old man carrying a traumatic secret befriends an isolated teenager in an emotional story of multigenerational healing.
LET ME GO / LAISSEZ-MOI (Switzerland)
Historic Camelot Theatre @ the Palm Springs Cultural Center 2300 E Baristo Road, Palm Springs, CA, United StatesAugust 3, 2024 ::: Every Tuesday, a neighbor takes care of Claudine’s son while she goes to a mountain hotel to meet men passing through. When one of them decides to extend his stay for her, Claudine is confused and finds herself dreaming of another life
HUNDREDS OF BEAVERS (USA)
Historic Camelot Theatre @ the Palm Springs Cultural Center 2300 E Baristo Road, Palm Springs, CA, United StatesAugust 17, 2024 ::: In this supernatural epic slapstick action-comedy, a drunken applejack salesman is thrust into the frigid wilderness and has to trap his way out to survive. Will he go from Zero to Hero, become North America’s greatest fur trapper, and defeat HUNDREDS OF BEAVERS?
ALL SHALL BE WELL – Hong Kong / China
Historic Camelot Theatre @ the Palm Springs Cultural Center 2300 E Baristo Road, Palm Springs, CA, United StatesSeptember 7, 2024 :::: Angie and Pat have been together for over four decades but after Pat's unexpected death, Angie finds herself at the mercy of Pat's family as she struggles to retain her dignity and the home that both had shared for over thirty years.
YOUNG HEARTS (Belgium/Netherlands)
Historic Camelot Theatre @ the Palm Springs Cultural Center 2300 E Baristo Road, Palm Springs, CA, United StatesSeptember 21, 2024 :::: Elias develops feelings for his new neighbor Alexander. He soon realizes he's falling in love for the first time.
THE BLOND BOY FROM THE CASBAR / Le petit blond de la casbah- France, Algeria
Historic Camelot Theatre @ the Palm Springs Cultural Center 2300 E Baristo Road, Palm Springs, CA, United StatesOct 5, 2024 ::: Follow the childhood of filmmaker Antoine Lisner as he travels to Algiers to present a feature-length film, accompanied by his son, who is the same age Antoine was when he left Algeria in 1962.
SALLYWOOD (USA)
Historic Camelot Theatre @ the Palm Springs Cultural Center 2300 E Baristo Road, Palm Springs, CA, United StatesOctober 19, 2024 ::: Inspired by his childhood idol movie star Sally Kirkland, 20-something Zach upends his small town life, moves to Hollywood, and becomes her assistant. Overflowing with Hollywood shenanigans!
THE WALL STREET BOY, KIPKEMBOI (Kenya)
Historic Camelot Theatre @ the Palm Springs Cultural Center 2300 E Baristo Road, Palm Springs, CA, United StatesNovember 16, 2024 ::::: With his life in jeopardy and jail almost a certainty, one question remains, how could a farm boy bring down the global financial system and how far is the international world order willing to go to silence his story?
SEMMELWEIS (Hungary)
Historic Camelot Theatre @ the Palm Springs Cultural Center 2300 E Baristo Road, Palm Springs, CA, United StatesNov 23, 2024 :::: In 1847 a mysterious epidemic is raging in a maternity clinic in Vienna, while the doctor Ignác Semmelweis tries to defeat puerperal fever by going against all traditional theories.
THE SUCCESSOR / LE SUCCESSEUR
Historic Camelot Theatre @ the Palm Springs Cultural Center 2300 E Baristo Road, Palm Springs, CA, United StatesDec 7, 2024 ::: Follows a newly-announced artistic director of a famous fashion house, who after getting his expectations high, starts experiencing chest pain and discovers that he may have inherited much worse than his estranged father's weak heart.
MARCELLA
Historic Camelot Theatre @ the Palm Springs Cultural Center 2300 E Baristo Road, Palm Springs, CA, United StatesDec 21, 2024 ::: Marcella Hazan changed how we cook and eat Italian. Millions love her recipes -- now learn her amazing story.
JIPPIE NO MORE (Netherlands)
Historic Camelot Theatre @ the Palm Springs Cultural Center 2300 E Baristo Road, Palm Springs, CA, United StatesJan 25, 2025::: A lively 16-year-old boy eagerly prepares for his older sister's wedding at their beloved grandfather's country house.
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 ;::: Two couples try to maintain their sanity in the midst of extended Covid isolation in this tonally masterful dramedy from the great Olivier Assayas.
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 & LAMB CHOP (USA)
Historic Camelot Theatre @ the Palm Springs Cultural Center 2300 E Baristo Road, Palm Springs, CA, United StatesJuly 26, 2025 ::: 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, 2025 ::: 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, 2025 ::: 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 StatesSept 13, 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.
