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UPDATED with latest winner: The Palm Springs International Film Awards said Thursday that Andrew Garfield will receive this year’s Desert Palm Achievement Award, Actor, for the Lin-Manuel Miranda film tick, tick…BOOM! The prize will be presented on January 6 during the fest’s awards gala. "From his numerous film roles…

The Palm Springs Film Festival is set to return as an in-person gathering in 2022. The festival’s annual Film Awards Gala will take place on on Thursday, January 6, at the Palm Springs Convention Center, with film screenings (including the opening-night presentation) beginning that Friday. The festival will wrap…

UPDATED with latest winner:  The Palm Springs Film Festival said Wednesday Yuh-Jung Youn is the recipient of the 2021 Spotlight Award, Actress for her role in A24’s Minari. The Lee Isaac Chung-directed pic about how one generation of a Korean American family risks everything to plant dreams for the next on their…

Covid-19 sent most film festivals — and the rest of us — running for cover in 2020. This year, most upcoming fests are pushing their dates in hopes of running out the clock on Covid. Those that can’t are either canceling, going virtual or attempting some sort of hybrid model. With Sundance just out of the gate, we…

The Palm Springs International Film Festival Society said Monday that it has canceled its 32nd annual Palm Springs Film Festival that had most recently been scheduled for February 25-March 8, 2021. The organizers did say that the fest’s annual Film Awards gala will still take place as planned. Unlike the virtual or…

The Palm Springs Film Festival has set new dates for the 32nd annual confab. The festival, which usually takes place in early January, will now run from February 25-March 8, 2021, kicking off with its annual Film Awards Gala at the Palm Springs Convention Center. The fest announced Friday that the date change was to…

UPDATED with Audience Award winners: The 31st annual Palm Springs Film Festival has named the Bhutan drama Lunana: A Yak in the Classroom the winner of its Audience Award for Best Narrative Feature, and Gay Chorus Deep South its Audience Award for Best Documentary. The news Sunday comes after the fest yesterday…

Antonio Banderas will receive the 31st annual Palm Springs International Film Festival’s International Star Award, Actor for his performance in Pain and Glory, the fest announced today. The award will be presented at the festival’s Film Awards Gala on Thursday, Jan. 2 at the Palm Springs Convention Center. The…

Jennifer Lopez will receive the Spotlight Award from the 31st annual Palm Springs International Film Festival for her performance in Hustlers. The award will be presented at the fest’s annual gala on Thursday, January 2. The festival, at the Palm Springs Convention Center, runs Jan. 2-13. "Jennifer Lopez is a star in…

Sometimes it is the announcement of an award that is more important than the actual award itself, at least to Oscar campaign strategists who covet landing precursor honors for their contenders as they like to get that information out in order to make Academy members aware these people are already winning stuff, so…

The Palm Springs International Film Society has promoted Lili Rodriguez to artistic director, a role that will see her take on oversight of programming, developing and operating the Palm Springs Film Festival and Palm Springs ShortFest. The one-time film projectionist was hired as year-round program manager at the…

Japan’s Shoplifters, directed by Hirokazu Kore-eda, was named Best Foreign Language Film of the Year at the 30th Annual Palm Springs Film Festival today. Marcello Fonte, star of Italy’s Dogman and Joanna Kulig, of Poland’s Cold War, took top honors in the foreign language acting categories. Juried award winners were…