The Borrego Springs Film Institute is a non profit organization dedicated to promoting excellence in filmmaking and visual storytelling.  Our aim is to act as a platform that engages and inspires diverse cultural perspectives, creates educational opportunity, and brings artists and audiences together.

Free Community Screenings

The 2025 Free Community Screenings are underway! Big thanks to our partner, the Borrego Valley Endowment Fund, for underwriting the entire season.

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SCREENINGS
SECRETS AND LIES

THURSDAY, May 22, 7PM

| 1996 | R | 2h 16m |

Following the death of her adoptive parents, a successful young black optometrist establishes contact with her biological mother -- a lonely white factory worker living in poverty in East London.

The Borrego Springs Film Festival

Submissions for the 13th annual Borrego Springs Film Festival are open until October 1st