Day 9: Bonjour Tristesse, Waltzing With Brando, Secret Screening Day #PSIFF2025

Today is our Secret Screening film at 3:30 PM at Palm Springs High School. There are a few tickets left – find out the secret film once the lights go down.

This week, we brought the magic of cinema to local students with the heartwarming film BOB TREVINO LIKES IT. Our Student Screening Days are an eagerly awaited program that brings the energy of our Festival directly to Coachella Valley’s youth, offering them a unique cinematic experience that transcends the boundaries of their classrooms.

Must-See Today: Book your tickets now for the exquisite HARD TRUTHS and BONJOUR TRISTESSE. A few tickets are also left for the SECRET SCREENING, SATURN RETURN, NASTY, and WALTZING WITH BRANDO.

2 days left until Family Day

Enjoy games, activities, food, and 3 heartwarming movies with the whole family at Family Day this Sunday, January 12

WALTZING WITH BRANDO

Friday, January 10, 2025

10:00 am, Annenberg

Based on a true story, Los Angeles architect Bernard Judge (Jon Heder) arrives in Tahiti for a new project and finds himself collaborating with none other than counterculture icon Marlon Brando (Billy Zane). Inspired by the beauty of the local atolls, the two embark on establishing a groundbreaking eco-resort.

UNSTOPPABLE

Friday, January 10, 2025

1:15 pm, Annenberg

Unstoppable is the inspiring true story of Anthony Robles (Jharrel Jerome) who was born with one leg but whose indomitable spirit and unbreakable resolve empowered him to defy the odds and pursue his dreams.

NASTY

Friday, January 10, 2025

6:00 pm, Camelot

Featuring a wealth of exciting archival footage and interviews with contemporaries Arthur Ashe, Jimmy Connors, and Billie Jean King, this fascinating portrait explores a bygone era in tennis history through the lens of Ilie Nǎstase, Romania’s handsome, charismatic yet temperamental bad-boy champion.

BONJOUR TRISTESSE

Friday, January 10, 2025

7:00 pm, Palm Springs High School

In Durga Chew-Bose’s enchanting adaptation of Françoise Sagan’s classic novel, 18-year-old Cécile (Lily McInerney) navigates a sun-drenched summer at the French seaside with her charming father (Claes Bang) and his new lover, until the arrival of an old friend (a deliciously wicked Chloë Sevigny) disrupts their idyllic existence.

Check out these upcoming screenings that have still have tickets available.

HOW TO MAKE MILLIONS BEFORE GRANDMA DIES

Saturday, January 11, 2025

10:00 am, Palm Springs High School

A lazy college dropout quits his job to care for his grandmother, hoping to inherit her fortune. This deeply affecting portrait offers an honest look at a family grappling with clashing values and dynamics as they face the impending loss of their matriarch.

A TRAVELER’S NEEDS

Saturday, January 11, 2025

8:00 pm, Palm Springs High School

In this enigmatic comedy, a mysterious French woman (Isabelle Huppert) drifts through Seoul, blending into the everyday and vanishing into the background. Struggling without money or means, she finds solace in makgeolli (Korean rice wine), and takes up work as a French teacher for two Korean women.

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