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CINEMA FRANÇAIS 2026

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02/26/2026 All Day

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Palm Springs CINEMA FRANÇAIS 2026, February 26– March 1 at the Historic Camelot Theatre.

The festival opens with Valensole 1965, a quietly provocative, UFO-centered film set in rural Provence, followed by a Q+A with director Dominique Filhol and renowned UFO investigative journalist Paola Harris.

🎟 VIP Pass includes admission to all 10 films
All films screen with English subtitles | Presented by the Palm Springs Cultural Center

FEB 26 | 7:00 PM
Valensole 1965 / Valensole 1965 (90 min)
Film Q+A: Dir. Dominique Filhol | Investigative Journalist Paola Harris
In rural Provence, a farmer recounts a 1965 extraterrestrial encounter, prompting a quiet investigation into belief, memory, and the limits of explanation.w/ Garçon! (14 min)
FEB 27 | 12:00 PM
A Place for Pierrot / Une place pour Pierrot (99 min)Pierrot, 45, is autistic and lives in a care home. Determined to provide him with a dignified life, his sister brings him to her home and sets out to find a place better suited to his needs.
w/ Caregiver / Auxiliaire (24 min)
FEB 26 | 7:00 PM
Valensole 1965 / Valensole 1965 (90 min)
Film Q+A: Dir. Dominique Filhol | Investigative Journalist Paola Harris
In rural Provence, a farmer recounts a 1965 extraterrestrial encounter, prompting a quiet investigation into belief, memory, and the limits of explanation.w/ Garçon! (14 min)
FEB 27 | 12:00 PM
A Place for Pierrot / Une place pour Pierrot (99 min)Pierrot, 45, is autistic and lives in a care home. Determined to provide him with a dignified life, his sister brings him to her home and sets out to find a place better suited to his needs.
w/ Caregiver / Auxiliaire (24 min)
FEB 28 | 1:00 PM
Behind the Palm Trees / Derrière les palmiers (94 min)In Tangier, Mehdi’s relationship with Selma is shaken when he meets Marie, a wealthy French girl whose parents have bought a luxurious villa in the casbah.
w/ The Boy with White Skin / L’enfant à la peau blanche (15 min)
FEB 28 | 4:00 PM
Nino (96 min)A man in his thirties confronts stalled relationships and unrealized ambitions as everyday encounters force emotional reckoning leading  the young man on a journey through Paris.
w/ Breakdown / Le point de reprise (17 min)
FEB 28 | 7:00 PM
Love Me Tender (134 min)A couple’s relationship unfolds across years of intimacy and separation, tracing how love fractures, endures, and reforms.
MAR 1 | 12:30 PM
The Dreamers / Les rêveurs (106 min)  Actress, Élisabeth, who runs writing workshops for troubled teens at Necker Hospital, triggers her own repressed memories of being hospitalized as a teenager, where she discovered the healing power of theater and acting.
w/ Sulaimani (19 min)
MAR 1 | 4:00 PM
Adam’s Sake / L’intérêt d’Adam (78 min)A nurse’s professional detachment is challenged when her relationship with a young patient raises ethical and emotional questions.
w/ No Harm Done / Même pas mal (18 min)
MAR 1 | 7:00 PM
The Stranger / L’Étranger (122 min)An adaptation of Albert Camus‘s 1942 novella The Stranger, which centers on a detached and indifferent Frenchman in French Algeria. A man commits a senseless murder and faces a trial shaped more by his indifference than the crime itself. Winner OF 3 Cesar Awards - Best Film, Best Actor, Best Cinematography.  

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