2020 FILMS A-C
My Friend, The Mayor
60 min. | USA | World Premiere
March 29 | 7 pm | Camelot
Max Westerman
Among the first to be hit by the AIDS epidemic in the 1980’s, Sean Strub’s political ambitions took a backseat as he struggled to survive. Now 60, he is running for mayor of a conservative town in Pennsylvania. How will this liberal, openly gay ex-New Yorker and founder of POZ, a magazine for people with HIV, fare in a rural community that voted for Donald Trump?
Song Sparrow
12 mins. | Denmark | US Premiere
March 31 | 11 am | Tristone
Farzaneh Omidvarnia
People of different color and race and culture, old and young, embark on journeys, eager to find some place they can call home, or just some place they can live in, with this true story about immigration. A true story based on real events in Austria.
Planet Of The Humans
92 mins. | USA | West Coast Premiere
March 27 | 7 pm | Camelot
Jeff Gibbs
You'll never look at climate change the same way again, thanks to a film that dares to say what no one will — that we are losing the battle to stop climate change because we are following leaders who have taken us down the wrong road — selling out the green movement to wealthy interests and corporate America.
Umbrella
8 min. | USA | California Premiere
March 30 | Noon | Camelot
Helena Hilario, Mario Pece
While visiting a home for children, a little girl meets Joseph, a boy whose only dream is to have a yellow umbrella. This unexpected encounter awakens his memories of the past. Inspired by true events,Umbrella is a homage to empathy, hope and love.
Parkland Rising
88 mins. | USA | Palm Springs Premiere
March 30 | 7:30 pm | Camelot
Cheryl McDonough
The harrowing story of what used to be unthinkable in this country, but remains a reality today: gun violence and mass shootings. This look at the Parkland massacre at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Florida shows us the resilience by those who went through the pain first-hand, and the families who lost loved ones.
Breaking The Chain
62 mins. | USA | West Cost Premiere
March 28 | 5 pm | Camelot
Neel Parekh
It’s a fate far worse than death for countless animals: a life sentence of isolation and deprivation, without love, respect, or even basic care. Their only hope is the Community Animal Project, a dedicated field team fighting on the front lines against a national epidemic of animal overpopulation.
Where Is Nancy?
82 min. | USA | SoCal Premiere
March 28 | 5 pm | Camelot
Thiago Didalt
The heartache begins when Nancy Paulikas, 55, diagnosed with early-onset Alzheimer's disease, wanders away on a family trip to an L.A. museum in October 2016. The constant search for her uncovers the gaps in our country's social and health systems. Is Nancy still alive? If so, Where is Nancy?
Broken Words
9 mins. | USA | World Premiere
March 29 | 2:15 pm | Camelot
Eric Scott Fisher
We're taken on a wild ride to understand the importance of language through dark humor and satirical characters. We see everything from the regret of words unspoken to the corruption of words through political rhetoric and nationalism, and how dangerous rhetoric can, and has, had an effect on culture, social justice and human history.
Rulon Gardner Won't Die
93 mins. | USA | Palm Springs Premiere
March 29 | 4:30 pm | Camelot
Adam Irving
The astonishing story of Rulon Gardner, a dairy farmer from Wyoming, who shocked the world at the Sydney Olympics, overcoming 2000 to 1 odds by defeating a Russian wrestler who hadn’t lost a single match in 13 years. After losing a toe, surviving a plane crash, winning another Olympic medal, and ballooning to 500 pounds, we learn how he overcame it all.