Events at: Palm Springs Cultural Center (Camelot)

King of Beasts, a film by Tomer Almagor and Nadav Harel @ The American Documentary Film Festival in Palm Springs

King of Beasts follows Aaron, an American hunter who enters the dark heart of the African bush, on a surreal neo-colonial expedition, emulating thousands of years of indigenous rite of passage rituals, as he hunts the ultimate trophy – the king of beasts. With intimate access and never before seen footage, the film question man’s […]

Distant ConstellationDistant Constellation, by Shevaun Mizrahi @ The American Documentary Film Festival in Palm Springs

With her patient camera, Shevaun Mizrahi makes a portrait of not only the elderly residents of a retirement home in Istanbul, but also of time itself, which seems to stand still within the building’s walls. An Armenian woman describes family memories from the 1915 Armenian genocide; an old charmer tells of his sexual escapades while […]