Palm Springs International Film Festival

Palm Springs International Film Festival (sometimes stylized shortly as PSIFF) is a film festival held in Palm Springs, California. Originally promoted by Mayor Sonny Bono and then sponsored by Nortel,[1]:198 it started in 1989 and is held annually in January. It is run by the Palm Springs International Film Society, which also runs the Palm Springs International Festival of Short Films (ShortFest), a festival of short films and film market in June.

Palm Springs International Film Festival
LocationPalm Springs, California, U.S.
LanguageInternational
Websitewww.psfilmfest.org

Though the festival does feature American independent films, the focus from its inception was to shine a spotlight on international cinema.[2]

Details

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.[2]

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.[3]

The festival regularly attracts around 135,000 people, with some 70% coming from outside of the Coachella Valley, including Canada and Europe.[2] 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.[4] The current Artistic Director of the festival is Liliana Rodriguez.[5]

Awards

Film Gala Awards

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.[6]

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,[6] 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.

Festival Awards

The following awards[7] 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, and the

Audience Award for Best Documentary Feature.

References
  1. Niemann, Greg (2006). "20: Showcasing Movies". Palm Springs Legends: creation of a desert oasis. San Diego, CA: Sunbelt Publications. p. 286. ISBN 978-0-932653-74-1. OCLC 61211290. (here for Table of Contents)
  2. Susan King (January 2, 2013), Palm Springs film fest lineup includes black and white silent films Los Angeles Times.
  3. Rebecca Keegan (January 6, 2011), Palm Springs International Film Fest mixes glamour, grit Los Angeles Times.
  4. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-03-11. Retrieved 2011-01-25.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  5. "Palm Springs Film Festival Names Lili Rodriguez as New Artistic Director". The Hollywood Reporter.
  6. "Feature Festival Awards Archive", Palm Springs International Film Society. Accessed 24 July 2014.
  7. "Film Festival Award Winners". Palm Springs International Film Society.
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