Lights, camera, action: The Palm Springs 70MM Film Festival is coming to the big screen beginning Friday, May 29.
The festival returns for its second year at the Palm Springs Cultural Center with a stacked lineup through the weekend:
Festival organizers also announced a bonus screening of a soon-to-be-released film following “Close Encounters of the Third Kind.” Additional details were not available. For more information and tickets, visit www.ps70mmfest.org.
70mm (millimeter) is a film format with frames that are larger and wider in aspect ratio than a standard 35mm film, and with sharper pictures and rich colors. Only a few dozen theaters in the United States are equipped to screen 70mm — the nearest ones to the Coachella Valley are in Los Angeles. The Palm Springs Cultural Center, originally known as the Camelot Theatre in 1967, actually screened films in 70mm in the past, and even played “Close Encounters of the Third Kind” during its initial release in 1977.
The Desert Sun attended a test screening of “2001: A Space Odyssey” at the Cultural Center recently to learn more about the film format and see all the movie magic behind the scenes.
Ema Sasic covers entertainment and health in the Coachella Valley. Reach her at ema.sasic@desertsun.com, on X @ema_sasic and Instagram @emasasic.
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