2023 Palm Springs International Film Festival: When and where to see all 134 movies

Ema Sasic and Brian Blueskye, Palm Springs Desert Sun
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The Palm Springs International Film Festival kicks off its 34th year with a slate of films from around the globe beginning Jan. 6. It will feature screenings of 134 films from 64 countries, including 27 premieres.

To start the festivities, the annual Film Awards takes place Jan. 5 at the Palm Springs Convention Center. Honorees will walk the red carpet flanked by other A-list celebrities.

Here is the complete list of screenings so you can plan ahead:

Monday, Jan. 9

Annenberg Theater11 a.m. "Hilma"3 p.m. "Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe"7 p.m. "Cairo Conspiracy"

Camelot Theatres (PS Cultural Center)9 a.m. "1946: The Mistranslation that Shifted Culture"10 a.m. "The Blue Caftan"2 p.m. "Beautiful Beings"3 p.m. "Saint Omer"7:15 p.m. "Linoleum"8 p.m. "A Man Called Otto"

Mary Pickford is D'Place9 a.m. "Ajoomma"9:45 a.m. "Klondike"10:30 a.m. "1341 Frames of Love and War"2 p.m. "Body Parts"2:45 p.m. "Shot in the Arm"3 p.m. "R.M.N."7 p.m. "Lakota Nation vs. United States"7:45 p.m. "Liquor Store Dreams"

Palm Springs High School7:30 p.m. "Haute Couture"

Regal Cinemas9 a.m. "Where Life Begins"9:45 a.m. "Desperate Souls, Dark City and the Legend of Midnight Cowboy"10:30 a.m. "Driving Madeleine"11:15 a.m. "I Like It Here"Noon "Utama"12:45 p.m. "The Word"1:30 p.m. "You Can Live Forever"2:15 p.m. "Winter Boy"3 p.m. "Viking"3:45 p.m. "Riceboy Sleeps"4:30 p.m. "Concerned Citizen"5:15 p.m. "Mars One"6 p.m. "Subject"6:45 p.m. "To Kill a Tiger"7:30 p.m. "The Storyteller"8 p.m. "Eternal Spring"9 p.m. "A Compassionate Spy"

Tuesday, Jan. 10

Annenberg Theater11 a.m. "Linoleum"3 p.m. "Emily"6:30 p.m. "The Son" (Talking Picture screening with director Florian Zeller)

Jim Gaffigan and Rhea Seehorn star in "Linoleum."
Jim Gaffigan and Rhea Seehorn star in "Linoleum."

Camelot Theatres (PS Cultural Center)9 a.m. "Corsage"10 a.m. "Back Then"2 p.m. "Viking"3 p.m. "Simone: Woman of the Century"7 p.m. "Ajoomma"8 p.m. "The Caviar Connection"

Mary Pickford is D'Place9 a.m. "Utama"9:45 a.m. "Mars One"10:30 a.m. "The Damned Don’t Cry"2 p.m. "The Judgement"2:45 p.m. "Victim"3 p.m. "Under the Fig Trees"7 p.m. "Cinema Sabaya"7:45 p.m. "World War III"8:30 p.m. "Roberta"

"Cinema Sabaya" screens at the Palm Springs Film Festival Jan. 10 and Jan. 13.
"Cinema Sabaya" screens at the Palm Springs Film Festival Jan. 10 and Jan. 13.

Palm Springs High School7:30 p.m. "Greener Pastures"

Regal Cinemas9 a.m. "Revoir Paris"9:45 a.m. "Kalev"10:30 a.m. "EO"11:15 a.m. "Butterfly in the Sky"Noon "Riceboy Sleeps"12:45 p.m. "You Can Live Forever"1:30 p.m. "The Storyteller"2:15 p.m. "To Kill a Tiger"3 p.m. "The Origin of Evil"3:45 p.m. "Our Father, the Devil"4:30 p.m. "Alcarràs"5:15 p.m. "Lakota Nation vs. United States"6 p.m. "Sublime"6:45 p.m. "The Happiest Man in the World"7:30 p.m. "Freaks Out"8 p.m. "Eismayer"8:30 p.m. "Blanquita"9 p.m. "The Blue Caftan"

"Butterfly in the Sky": A look at children's TV show "Reading Rainbow" and host LeVar Burton.
"Butterfly in the Sky": A look at children's TV show "Reading Rainbow" and host LeVar Burton.

Wednesday, Jan. 11

Annenberg Theater11 a.m. "Close"3 p.m. "Last Film Show"7 p.m. "Don't Worry Darling"

Camelot Theaters (PS Cultural Center)9 a.m. “The Origin of Evil”10 a.m. “Driving Madeleine”3 p.m. “Haute Couture”7 p.m. “Argentina, 1985”8 p.m. “All Quiet on the Western Front”

Mary Pickford is D'Place9 a.m. “Tori and Lokita”9:45 a.m. “RMN”10:30 a.m. “All That Breathes”2 p.m. “Eternal Spring”2:45 p.m. “Chile ‘76”3 p.m. “Without Her”7 p.m. “War Sailor”7:45 p.m. “You Won’t Be Alone”8:30 p.m. “1341 Frames of Love and War”

Salvatore Ferragamo is shown with some of his shoe shapes for his star clientele in an image from "Salvatore: Shoemaker of Dreams."
Salvatore Ferragamo is shown with some of his shoe shapes for his star clientele in an image from "Salvatore: Shoemaker of Dreams."

Palm Springs High School7:30 p.m. "Decision To Leave"

Regal Cinemas9 a.m. “The Storyteller”9:45 a.m. “Nostalgia”10:30 a.m. “The Judgment”11:15 a.m. “To Kill A Tiger”Noon “Mediterranean Fever”1:30 p.m. “Dirty Difficult Dangerous”2:15 p.m. “Klondike”3 p.m. “Greener Pastures”3:45 p.m. “Split at the Root”4:30 p.m. “The Quiet Girl”5:15 p.m. “World War III”6 p.m. “Where Life Begins”7:30 p.m. “Of an Age”8 p.m. “Revoir Paris”8:30 p.m. “I Have Electric Dreams”9 p.m. “Victim”

"Last Film Show" screens Jan. 12 and Jan. 13 at Palm Springs International Film Festival.
"Last Film Show" screens Jan. 12 and Jan. 13 at Palm Springs International Film Festival.

Thursday, Jan. 12

Annenberg Theater11 a.m. "Turn Every Page: The Adventures of Robert Caro and Robert Gottlieb" 3 p.m. "Crows Are White" 7 p.m. "My Sailor, My Love"

Camelot Theaters (PS Cultural Center) 9 a.m. "Joyland" 10 a.m. "Bardo, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths" 2 p.m. "All the Beauty and the Bloodshed" 3 p.m. "Broker" 7 p.m. "Il Boemo" 8 p.m. "EO"

Mary Pickford is D'Place9 a.m. "Emily" 9:45 a.m. "Victim" 10:30 a.m. "Simone: Woman of the Century" 2 p.m. "Burning Days" 2:45 p.m. "Esther Newton Made Me Gay" 3 p.m. "Darkling" 7 p.m. "The Beasts" 7:45 p.m. "My Emptiness and I"

Daniel Giménez Cacho stars as a journalist and documentary filmmaker who looks at the past and present of his life – and dances to David Bowie – in the drama "Bardo, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths."
Daniel Giménez Cacho stars as a journalist and documentary filmmaker who looks at the past and present of his life – and dances to David Bowie – in the drama "Bardo, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths."

Palm Springs High School 7:30 p.m. "Back Then"

Regal Cinemas9 a.m. "You Won't Be Alone" 9:45 a.m. "The Happiest Man in the World" 10:30 a.m. "War Sailor" 11:15 a.m. "Under the Fig Trees" 12:00 p.m. "Blanquita" 12:45 p.m. "I Have Electric Dreams" 1:30 p.m. "Last Film Show" 2:15 p.m. "The Art of Eating: The Life of M.F.K. Fisher" 3 p.m. "Return to Seoul" 3:45 p.m. "Max, Min & Meowzaki" 4:30 p.m. "Lullaby" 5:15 p.m. "Snow and the Bear" 6 p.m. "Butterfly Vision" 6:45 p.m. "Bella" 7:30 p.m. "Born in Chicago"8 p.m. "Love According to Dalva"8:30 p.m. "Saint Omer" 9 p.m. "Kalev"

"Decision to Leave" screens Jan. 11 and Jan. 13 at the Palm Springs International Film Festival.
"Decision to Leave" screens Jan. 11 and Jan. 13 at the Palm Springs International Film Festival.

Friday, Jan. 13

Annenberg Theater11 a.m. "Born in Chicago"3 p.m. "Salvatore: Shoemaker of Dreams" 7 p.m. "A Compassionate Spy"

Camelot Theatres (P.S. Cultural Center)9 a.m. "Freaks Out" 10 a.m. "Gyeong-ah's Daughter" 2 p.m. "My Sailor, My Love" 3 p.m. "Juniper" 7 p.m. "God Save the Queens" 8 p.m. "Melchior the Apothecary"

Mary Pickford is D'Place9 a.m. "The Thief Collector" 9:45 a.m. "Eismayer" 10:30 a.m. "Anxious Nation" 2 p.m. "Turn Every Page: The Adventures of Robert Caro and Robert Gottlieb" 2:45 p.m. "Butterfly Vision"3 p.m. "No Bears" 7 p.m. "The Substitute" 7:45 p.m. "Max, Min & Meowzaki"8:30 p.m. "Beautiful Beings"

Photographer and activist Nan Goldin speaks during a protest in front of the courthouse where the Purdue Pharma bankruptcy took place in White Plains, N.Y., on Aug. 9, 2021. Goldin is the subject of the documentary "All the Beauty and the Bloodshed."
Photographer and activist Nan Goldin speaks during a protest in front of the courthouse where the Purdue Pharma bankruptcy took place in White Plains, N.Y., on Aug. 9, 2021. Goldin is the subject of the documentary "All the Beauty and the Bloodshed."

Palm Springs High School 7:30 p.m. "Driving Madeleine"Regal Cinemas9 a.m. "Cinema Sabaya"9:45 a.m. "Decision to Leave" 10:30 a.m. "Crows Are White"11 a.m. "Lullaby" 11:15 a.m. "Snow and the Bear" Noon "Bella" 1:30 p.m. "The Art of Eating: The Life of M.F.K. Fisher" 3 p.m. "Last Film Show" 3:45 p.m. "The Grab"4:30 p.m. "My Emptiness and I" 5:15 p.m. "How to Blow Up a Pipeline" 6 p.m. "Esther Newton Made Me Gay" 6:45 p.m. "Il Boemo" 7:30 p.m. "The Judgement" 8 p.m. "Lift" 8:30 p.m. "Next Sohee" 9 p.m. "Without Her"

"Corsage" screens Jan. 10 and Jan. 24 at the Palm Springs International Film Festival.
"Corsage" screens Jan. 10 and Jan. 24 at the Palm Springs International Film Festival.

Saturday, Jan. 14

Annenberg Theater 11 a.m. "Chevalier"3 p.m. "Alice, Darling"7 p.m. "Somewhere in Queens"

Camelot Theaters (PS Cultural Center)9 a.m. "Close"10 a.m. "Mama Bears"2 p.m. "Corsage" 3 p.m. "One Fine Morning" 7 p.m. "Golden Years" 8 p.m. "Of Medicine and Miracles"

Mary Pickford is D'Place9 a.m. "Il Boemo"9:45 a.m. "Next Sohee" 10:30 a.m. "Huesera"2 p.m. "Burning Days" 2:45 p.m. "Born in Chicago"7 p.m. "Susie Searches"7:45 p.m. "Crows Are White"8:30 p.m. "Desperate Souls, Dark City and the Legend of Midnight Cowboy" Palm Springs High School11 a.m. "Argentina, 1985" 3 p.m. "Freaks Out" 7 p.m. "The Blue Caftan"

The documentary "Esther Newton Made Me Gay" will be shown as part of the Palm Springs International Film Festival.
The documentary "Esther Newton Made Me Gay" will be shown as part of the Palm Springs International Film Festival.

Regal Cinemas9 a.m. "The Beasts" 10:30 a.m. "Punch" 11:15 a.m. "Esther Newton Made Me Gay"Noon "My Emptiness and I" 2:15 p.m. "Salvatore: Shoemaker of Dreams" 3 p.m. "A Compassionate Spy" 3:45 p.m. "Snow and the Bear"4:30 p.m. "Bella" 5:15 p.m. "Lullaby" 6 p.m. "The Substitute" 6:45 p.m. "Lift" 8 p.m. "The Thief Collector" 8:30 p.m. "Split at the Root" 9 p.m. "Stonewalling"

In "Holy Spider," female journalist Arezoo Rahimi (Zar Amir-Ebrahimi) travels to the Iranian holy city of Mashhad to investigate the serial killings of sex workers by the "Spider Killer."
In "Holy Spider," female journalist Arezoo Rahimi (Zar Amir-Ebrahimi) travels to the Iranian holy city of Mashhad to investigate the serial killings of sex workers by the "Spider Killer."

Sunday, Jan. 15

Annenberg Theater11 a.m. "Greener Pastures" 3 p.m. "Casa Susanna" 7 p.m. "The Origin of Evil"

Camelot Theaters (PS Cultural Center)9 a.m. "Holy Spider" 10 a.m. "Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe" 3 p.m. "The Damned Don’t Cry" 6:30 p.m. "The Lost King" (Closing night) 7:30 p.m. "Linoleum"

Mary Pickford is D'Place9 a.m. "Lift" 9:45 a.m. "Winter Boy"10:30 a.m. "Lakota Nation vs. United States"2 p.m. "EO" 2:45 p.m. "R.M.N."3 p.m. "1341 Frames of Love and War" 7 p.m. "All Quiet on the Western Front"7:45 p.m. "Alcarràs"8:30 p.m. "Chile '76"

Palm Springs High School11 a.m. "My Neighbor Adolf" Regal Cinemas9 a.m. "The Quiet Girl" 9:45 a.m. "Our Father, the Devil" 10:30 a.m. "Saint Omer"11 a.m. "Susie Searches" 11:15 a.m. "The Substitute"Noon "Max, Min & Meowzaki" 1:30 p.m. "Huesera" 2:15 p.m. "Punch" 3 p.m. "My Sailor, My Love" 3:45 p.m. "Gyeong-ah's Daughter" 4:30 p.m. "Mediterranean Fever"5:15 p.m. "1946: The Mistranslation that Shifted Culture" 6 p.m. "The Caviar Connection" 6:45 p.m. "Golden Years" 7:30 p.m. "Before, Now & Then"8 p.m. "All That Breathes" 8:30 p.m. "Sublime" 9 p.m. "Nostalgia"

David Hayman (left) and Udo Kier (right) in "My Neighbor Adolf."
David Hayman (left) and Udo Kier (right) in "My Neighbor Adolf."

Ema Sasic covers entertainment and health in the Coachella Valley. Reach her at ema.sasic@desertsun.com or on Twitter @ema_sasic.

Desert Sun reporter Brian Blueskye covers arts and entertainment. He can be reached at brian.blueskye@desertsun.com or on Twitter at @bblueskye.

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