Palm Springs International Film Festival

Michael Barker, co-president of Sony Pictures Classics, described the festival as a good place to show foreign-language movies and heralded this festival's ability to spread good word-of-mouth for movies. The event is noted for screening most foreign Oscar nominees. In 2013, the festival screened 42 of the 71 movies that were submitted by countries around the world to the Oscars for that year's foreign language film prize.

In the days before the festival's opening, several of the foreign filmmakers convene at Sunnylands, the Annenberg estate in Rancho Mirage, to trade strategies on funding, producing and promoting their movies.Rebecca Keegan (January 6, 2011), [https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2011-jan-06-la-et-palm-springs-film-20110106-story.html Palm Springs International Film Fest mixes glamour, grit] Los Angeles Times.

The festival regularly attracts around 135,000 people, with some 70% coming from outside of the Coachella Valley, including Canada and Europe. It is noted for its Award Ceremonies where such actors as Christian Bale, Brad Pitt, Clint Eastwood, Sean Penn, Dustin Hoffman, Anne Hathaway, Allison Janney, Brie Larson and Leonardo DiCaprio have appeared. In January 2011, the festival's honorees included Ben Affleck and Danny Boyle.{{cite web |url=http://www.psfilmfest.org/news/detail.aspx?NID=285&year=2010 |title=Ben Affleck and Danny Boyle to be honored at PSIFF Awards Gala |date=December 21, 2010 |access-date=January 25, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120311074954/http://www.psfilmfest.org/news/detail.aspx?NID=285&year=2010 |archive-date=March 11, 2012}} The current artistic director of the festival is Liliana Rodriguez.{{cite web |author= Kilday, Gregg |title=Palm Springs Film Festival Names Lili Rodriguez as New Artistic Director |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/palm-springs-film-festival-names-lili-rodriguez-new-artistic-director-1197911 |website=The Hollywood Reporter |access-date=July 5, 2021 |date=March 28, 2019}}

In 2021 the main festival was not held, but the Palm Springs International Festival of Short Films on June 22–28 did go ahead.{{cite web |last1=Matzner |first1=Harold |last2=Lewis-Woodson |first2=Rhea |last3=Rodriguez |first3=Lili |title=Film Festival 2021 Update |url=https://psfilmfest.org/film-festival-2021-update |website=psfilmfest.org |publisher=Palm Springs International Film Society |access-date=July 5, 2021}}{{cite news |last1=Weil |first1=Madison |title=Palm Springs International Short Film Festival returns in-person, screening 295 films |url=https://kesq.com/news/top-stories/2021/06/23/palm-springs-international-short-film-fest-returns-in-person-screening-295-films/ |access-date=July 5, 2021 |work=KESQ-TV |publisher=Gulf-California Broadcast Company |date=June 24, 2021}} As of April 8, 2021, the next PSIFF was scheduled for January 6−17, 2022.{{cite web |title=Palm Springs International Film Festival Announces 2022 Dates |url=https://psfilmfest.org/news/palm-springs-international-film-festival-announces-2022-dates |website=psfilmfest.org |publisher=Palm Springs International Film Society |access-date=July 5, 2021 |date=April 8, 2021}} However, due to rising cases of COVID-19, the 2022 festival was canceled.{{cite web|title=Palm Springs Film Festival Canceled for 2022|website=Variety|date=29 December 2021|access-date=30 December 2021|url=https://variety.com/2021/film/news/palm-springs-film-festival-canceled-2022-1235144481/}}

The Gala awards are Sonny Bono Visionary Award, Career Achievement Award, Desert Palm Achievement Award, Director of the Year Award, Frederick Loewe Award for Film Composing, Icon Award, Chairman's Award, Ensemble Performance Award and Spotlight Award."[http://www.psfilmfest.org/archive/featurefestivalawards.aspx Feature Festival Awards Archive]", Palm Springs International Film Society. Accessed July 24, 2014.

In 2014 the Desert Palm Achievement Award was given to Matthew McConaughey for his role in Dallas Buyers Club and Sandra Bullock for her role in Gravity, while Johnny Depp and Cate Blanchett received the Desert Palm Achievement Award in 2016 for Black Mass and Carol, respectively. Casey Affleck received the Desert Palm Achievement Award in 2017 for Manchester by the Sea. Gary Oldman and Saoirse Ronan received the Desert Palm Achievement Award in 2018 for their films Darkest Hour and Lady Bird.{{Citation needed|date=July 2020}}

The following awards{{cite web |title=Film Festival Award Winners−2019 |url=https://www.psfilmfest.org/about/history/film-festival-award-winners |publisher=Palm Springs International Film Society |access-date=July 5, 2021}} were presented at the 2019 Palm Springs International Film Festival:

• FIPRESCI Prize for Best Foreign Language Film
• FIPRESCI Prize for Best Actor in a Foreign Language Film
• FIPRESCI Prize for Best Actress in a Foreign Language Film
• New Voices New Visions Award
• John Schlesinger Award
• CV Cine Award
• Ricky Jay Magic of Cinema Award
• GoE Bridging the Borders Award
• Audience Award for Best Narrative Feature
• Audience Award for Best Documentary Feature

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