The Film Festival Is Only Getting Started. Don’t Miss This Week’s Biggest Films

Sunday, Jan 14, 11:00AM

Regal Cinemas Palm Springs

We’re bringing Shortfest to #PSIFF24! Catch these 5 Oscar® shortlisted short films back-to-back: Nǎi Nai & Wài Pó, Oasis, Eeva, An Avocado Pit, How We Get Free for one special screening!

Day 6 – Tuesday 1/9

Tuesday, Jan 9, 8:00PM

Camelot Theatres

In this social realist thriller that reveals the powder keg teachers must navigate with respect to their autonomy, a literature instructor makes an extracurricular suggestion of a film to watch, and the fallout threatens to bring down her career.

Tuesday, Jan 9, 10:30AM

Mary Pickford is D’Place

In this chaotically entertaining dark comedy, a film director (Song Kang-ho) obsessed with completing his masterpiece decides to reshoot the ending of a long-completed project despite increasing interference from the studio, censors, and his ragtag cast and crew.

Tuesday, Jan 9, 8:15PM

Regal Cinemas Palm Springs

Children of celebrities often have a hard time existing in (and out of) their famous parent’s shadows. This fascinating hybrid documentary centers on Vera Gemma, daughter of a popular spaghetti Western star, who plays a version of herself.

Day 7 – Wednesday 1/10

THE SPACE RACE

Wednesday, Jan 10, 10:45AM

Mary Pickford is D’Place

This enlightening documentary highlights the invaluable and oft-overlooked contributions from African Americans to space exploration. With its revealing interviews and a wealth of rare archival materials, see how trailblazing Black astronauts overcame racial injustice to reach for the stars.

TRUTH BE TOLD

Wednesday, Jan 10, 10:00AM

Regal Cinemas Palm Springs

This deeply emotional and probing documentary looks at the troubled relationship between the Black church and its LGBTQ+ members. Featuring Billy Porter, Cedric the Entertainer and the rousing lesbian Pastor Pam, who shows the way toward healing.

THE KITCHEN

Wednesday, Jan 10, 8:00PM

Camelot Theatres

In a dystopian future London where all social housing has been eliminated, Izi and Benji fight to navigate the world as residents of The Kitchen, a community that refuses to abandon its home.

On behalf of the Chairman, Board of Directors and Festival staff Congratulations on the Golden Globe wins to the Film Awards honorees and presenters Lily Gladstone, Cillian Murphy, Emma Stone, Paul Giamatti, Da’Vine Joy Randolph, Billie Eilish, Finneas O’Connell & Robert Downey Jr.!

The Film Awards are sponsored by IHG Hotels & Resorts, CODA Gallery, Chihuly Studios, and Oak View Group.

ALL ILLUSIONS MUST BE BROKEN

Join us for post-screening Q&As on Jan 10, 11 & 12.

Philosophically deep and cinematically rich, this inventive meditation on the wisdom of Pulitzer Prize-winning cultural anthropologist Ernest Becker shoots off a flurry of provocative ideas, from the evils of utopian thinking to the joy of living a life of disillusion.

THE BURDENED

Join us for post-screening Q&A on Jan 8.

In this powerful drama from Yemen, a couple with three children grapple with an unplanned fourth pregnancy at a time when healthcare costs soar and their country’s conservative abortion laws back them deeper into a corner.

THE EXTORTION

Join us for post-screenings Q&A on Jan 10 & 11.

Airline pilot Alejandro hides a secret that puts his career in jeopardy. When intelligence service agents attempt to blackmail him, Alejandro enters a world of intrigue and corruption in this high-octane entertainment with constant twists and unpredictable consequences.

LAROY

Saturday, Jan 13, 7:45PM

Annenberg Theater

Steve Zahn stars as an overeager small-town private eye alongside John Magaro as a suicidal cuckold who’s mistaken for a hitman in this twisty, darkly funny neo-noir set in a dusty Texas town where blackmail seems to be the local sport

SHAYDA

Monday, Jan 8, 7:45PM