Cinema Diverse, the annual Palm Springs celebration of LGBTQ+ films and filmmakers returns this September for its seventeenth edition. The festival opens on Thursday, September 19th at 7pm, and runs to Sunday, September 22nd, then takes a brief break before returning on Thursday, September 26th and running to Sunday, September 29th. “We’ll be screening films in all three of the theaters inside the Palm Springs Cultural Center,” said Michael C. Green, Cinema Diverse Festival Director and Executive Director of the Palm Springs Cultural Center. “We will be screening over fifty feature films and more than 100 short films over the course of the two long weekends.”
Cinema Diverse opens with the WORLD PREMIERE of BIG RAGE – an exciting new action film from HERE TV. BIG RAGE is set against the backdrop of the Salton Sea’s booming lithium gold rush. Two former fighters, each haunted by their past, cross paths in a desperate bid to secure the nation’s future. As they navigate the treacherous underworld of this ecological disaster zone, they must confront their demons and the corrupt forces that threaten to destroy everything they hold dear. The film introduces FABIAN ARNOLD as the modern-day successor to JEAN-CLAUDE VAN DAMME, with a screenplay by EMMY Award-winning actor/producer DAVID MILLBERN and direction by WAYMON BOONE.
“The 2024 schedule includes a number of additional WORLD PREMIERE films, both domestic and foreign; many from well-known LGBTQ+ filmmakers, and some of whom are returning Cinema Diverse Alumni,” Green continued. “We are fortunate to have some great ongoing relationships with our filmmakers and distributors. They love our festival and they love Palm Springs audiences. And besides, if you’re an LGBTQ+ filmmaker, there’s just no better place to debut your film than Palm Springs!”
Tickets and passes to the seventeenth edition of Cinema Diverse are all currently on sale at CinemaDiverse.org.
Both All Access Passes and Six Pack Passes are available.