Canada
GREENWICH VILLAGE: MUSIC THAT DEFINED A GENERATION (Canada)
Historic Camelot Theatre @ the Palm Springs Cultural Center 2300 E Baristo Road, Palm Springs, CA, United StatesWest Coast Premiere – One Time Screening Explore the music scene in Greenwich Village in the 60′s and early 70′s. A film about a new generation of singers and songwriters, including Bob Dylan, Arlo Guthrie, Pete Seeger, Don McLean, Carly Simon and others who helped develop political folk music, which tackled issues including civil liberties and […]
REEL INJUN – Native American Festival – Invite
Historic Camelot Theatre @ the Palm Springs Cultural Center 2300 E Baristo Road, Palm Springs, CA, United StatesNative American Film Fest invites Desert Film Society members as their complimentary guests at a 9:30AM screening. SPECIAL GUEST: N. Bird Runningwater Director, Native American and Indigenous Program – Sundance Institute Born of the Cheyenne and Mescalero Apache peoples, Runningwater was reared on the Mescalero Apache Reservation in New Mexico. He has overseen the Native Lab […]
THE STURGEON QUEENS (USA), GUS (USA) and IN BED AT 10 PM (Israel)
Historic Camelot Theatre @ the Palm Springs Cultural Center 2300 E Baristo Road, Palm Springs, CA, United StatesCOACHELLA VALLEY PREMIERES STURGEON QUEENS: 100-year-old Hattie Russ Gold and her sister, 92-year-old Anne Russ Federman, have life stories that hit all the key notes of the New York Jewish immigrant experience: hardwork, humor, romance, and a little tsuris. Hattie and Anne are the surviving daughters of the famed lox and herring emporium on the […]
THE NEW LIFE OF PAUL SNEIJDER (Québec, Canada)
Historic Camelot Theatre @ the Palm Springs Cultural Center 2300 E Baristo Road, Palm Springs, CA, United StatesWEST COAST PREMIERE Paul needs a dramatic change and quits his steady job. During his many walks and encounters in the city parks, he becomes a dog walker. If Paul can survive the wacky canines and their equally crazy owners, the cold Canadian winter and his wife’s strange obsession for organic chicken, he might be […]
SECOND TIME AROUND (Canada) Showing with THE FINAL SHOW (USA)
Historic Camelot Theatre @ the Palm Springs Cultural Center 2300 E Baristo Road, Palm Springs, CA, United StatesKatherine Mitchell wasn’t looking for love a second time, not at her age, and certainly not with the cranky Isaac Shapiro. Despite the nosy bunch of seniors in the residence where Katherine convalesces after breaking her hip, she and Isaac warm to each other over their shared love of music. But family problems and unforeseen […]
THE PICTURE OF HIS LIFE (Israel, U.S., Canada)
UPDATE to our schedule. 24 hour links will be e-mailed to DFS members on July 25, 2020.
WHITE LIE (Canada)
Confirmed new date is Nov 21, 2020. WHITE LIE - Canada - 96 min. A character-driven psychological thriller film from the promising new Toronto-based directors Yonah Lewis and Calvin Thomas.
YOU WILL REMEMBER ME (Canada)
Historic Camelot Theatre @ the Palm Springs Cultural Center 2300 E Baristo Road, Palm Springs, CA, United StatesDec 18, 2021 - Edouard (Remy Girard, Les Invasion Barbares), a public figure and retired History teacher, is slowly starting to lose his memory. Accustomed to speaking on all the stands, he must make himself more discreet, NOTE: Proof of both shots and masks are mandatory. No food or drinks in the building. Free to DFS members. Guests pay $10 cash or check at the door.
PEACE BY CHOCOLATE – Ukraine Fundraiser
Historic Camelot Theatre @ the Palm Springs Cultural Center 2300 E Baristo Road, Palm Springs, CA, United StatesMay 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.
FILM, THE LIVING RECORD OF OUR MEMORY (Canada/Spain)
Historic Camelot Theatre @ the Palm Springs Cultural Center 2300 E Baristo Road, Palm Springs, CA, United Stateshttps://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 […]
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.
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.