Tag: one time only

Silhouette Secrets is a documentary in which a modern-day silhouette artist takes a journey back in time to explore the history of his shadowy art, asking the question “Where did it come from?”. On the way he meets the world’s fastest silhouette artist, who challenges him to a duel of scissors! The journey takes him from a windswept seaside pier – on the north coast of Wales – to an Audi showroom in Houston, Texas, and finishes with an intriguing answer to his question.

Q & A with Filmmakers Andi Reiss and Silhouette Master Charles Burns.

Meet & Greet Reception follows the screening where Charles will create some silhouettes.   Details to purchase reception tkts  on our website:  www.DesertFilmSociety.org

Genre:  Documentary
Run Time: 66 min
Country: U.K. & U.S.
Language: English
Premiere: West Coast
Director: Andi Reiss
Writer: Charles Burns (story)
Producer: Charles Burns
Composer: Jonathan Fletcher
Cinematographer: Mark Dempsey
Editors: Andi Reiss | Oliver Richards

Tickets:  Free to 2022 DFS members to screen the film.  Non-members $15 cash at the door.  Complimentary coffee & pastries.

Covid Restrictions:  Photo ID, Proof of full vaccination including booster shot,  Seating is socially distanced.  Please allow 2 empty seats between you and another party and do not sit directly behind anyone.

A small town in Serbia. Nikola, day laborer and father of two, is ordered to give up his children to social services after poverty and hunger drive his wife to commit a desperate act. Until he can provide adequate conditions for their upbringing, the children will be placed in foster care. Despite Nikola’s best efforts and several appeals, the head of the social services centre refuses to return his children and his situation seems hopeless. But when Nikola discovers the local administration may be corrupt, he decides to travel  across Serbia on foot and take his case directly to the national ministry in Belgrade. Against all odds and driven by love and despair, this father refuses to give up on justice and his right to raise his children

Genre:  Drama
Run time:  120 min
Country:  Serbia
Language: Serbian
Premiere:  Palm Springs
Director:  Srdan Golubovic
Principal Cast:  Goran Bogdan, Boris Isaković, Nada Šargin, Milica Janevski, Muharem Hamzić, Ajla Šantić, Vahid Džanković, Milan Marić, Jovo Maksić, Nikola Rakočević
Website:  www.dekanalog.com
Distributor:  Dekanalog

Tickets:  Free to 2022 DFS members.  Non-members $15 cash at the door.  Complimentary coffee & pastries.

Covid Restrictions:  Photo ID, Proof of full vaccination including booster shot,  Seating is socially distanced.  Please allow 2 empty seats between you and another party and do not sit directly behind anyone.

Starring the beloved Alba Rohrwacher and Wajdi Mouawad, the film combines live action with animation to create a vivid picture of Lebanon and is inspired by the family history of filmmaker Mazlo based on her grandmother’s stories of life during the Lebanese Civil War, Mazlo crafts a touching and heart-breaking story of love during wartime.

Genre:  Romance / Drama / War
Run time:  92 min
Country:  France
Languages:  French, Arabic, Italian with English subtitles
Premiere:  Palm Springs
Principal Cast:  Alba Rohrwacher, Wajdi Mouawad, Isabelle Zighondi
Website: www.dekanalog.com
Distributor: Dekanalog

Tickets:  Free to 2022 DFS members.  Non-members $15 cash at the door.  Complimentary coffee & pastries.

Covid Restrictions:  Photo ID, Proof of full vaccination including booster shot,  Seating is socially distanced.  Please allow 2 empty seats between you and another party and do not sit directly behind anyone.