Film Festival 2024

Last Call

Catch these films before they sell out!

GOING VARSITY IN MARIACHI

In the borderlands of South Texas, the Edinburg North High School’s acclaimed mariachi band starts a year off with inexperienced musicians, a limited budget and intense competition. Will their dedicated coach and unwavering spirit catapult them back to the top?

Monday, January 15, 2:15PM Annenberg Theater

BAD FAITH

The forces tearing apart our democracy have never been more frightening or powerful, but who is actually behind them? Bad Faith exposes the sinister Christian Nationalism movement and shines a light on its unholy plan to upend the constitution and impose Biblical law on all Americans.

Monday, January 15, 2024 4:00PM Mary Pickford 9

A NORMAL FAMILY

In this simmering pressure cooker of a thriller, two brothers – one a doctor, the other a criminal defense lawyer – must put aside their ideological differences and work together after unearthing a shocking discovery concerning their teenage children.

Monday, January 15, 2024 2:00PM Regal 4/5

MR.BLAKE AT YOUR SERVICE

John Malkovich and Fanny Ardant headline this breezy comedy in which a widowed British businessman decides to stay at the chateau where he met his late wife – a stay that will change him in ways he never expected.

Monday, January 15, 2024 6:30PM
Regal 6/7

THE OLD OAK

In a small town in England’s north, the titular pub is the last meeting place where the old guard can convene and air their grievances. When a group of Syrian refugees settles locally, publican TJ makes a stand for community and compassion.

Monday, January 15, 2024 2:30PM
Mary Pickford 11-14

ONE LIFE

Anthony Hopkins stars as Sir Nicholas Winton, a London broker reflecting on his efforts to rescue children from Europe at the onset of World War II. Fifty years later, he is haunted by the fate of those he wasn’t able to bring to safety.

Monday, January 15, 4:45PM Mary Pickford 10

20 DAYS IN MARIUPOL

Among the first to show the consequences of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, director Mstyslav Chernov arrived in Mariupol in February 2022 with a team of fellow journalists and captured the humanitarian disaster brought by the siege.

Monday, January 15, 1:00PM Mary Pickford 9

EZRA

A New Jersey comic (Bobby Cannavale) at odds with his ex (Rose Byrne) and eccentric father (Robert De Niro) takes off on a road trip with their 9-year-old autistic son (William A. Fitzgerald) in this irresistibly charming dramedy about a father’s love taken to the extreme.

Sunday, January 15, 8:00PM Regal 4/5

GLORIA GAYNOR: I WILL SURVIVE

Gloria Gaynor’s radiant spirit shines in this inspiring portrait of the great disco queen of the ’70s. Overcoming one hurdle after another – a crippling back injury, an abusive husband, a murdered sister – Gaynor roars back with her Grammy-winning gospel album.

Monday, January 15, 10:45AM Mary Pickford 10

THE PERFORMANCE

While on a European tour in 1937, American Jew and accomplished tap dancer Harold May (Jeremy Piven) is scouted by a German attaché (Robert Carlyle) to headline an exclusive performance in Berlin for a VIP guest: Adolf Hitler.

Monday, January 15, 2024 5:00PM Regal 4/5

ABOUT OUR FESTIVAL

Launched in 1990, the Palm Springs International Film Festival (PSIFF) is a premier presenter of world cinema located in the beautiful Coachella Valley at the base of Mt. San Jacinto in southern California. The Festival brings together a sophisticated and diverse audience, including industry, film aficionados from across the country and filmmakers from around the world.

The 35th annual Palm Springs International Film Festival is scheduled to be held physically from January 4 - 15, 2024. The annual star-studded Film Awards, honoring the best and brightest performances of the year, is scheduled for January 4, 2024.

PSIFF is mounted by the Palm Springs International Film Society, a 501(c)(3) charitable non-profit organization, whose mission is to cultivate and promote the art and science of film through education and cross-cultural awareness.

Film Festival 2024