The Palm Springs International Film Awards announced Tony award-winning actor Jeffrey Wright will be this year’s recipient of the “Career Achievement Award’ for his performance in American Fiction. Cord Jefferson’s American Fiction is adapted from Percival Everett’s novel “Erasure”. In it, Wright plays a frustrated, novelist named Monk who is tired of the establishment profiting
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The Palm Springs International Film Awards is presenting Greta Gerwig with the Director of the Year award for her film ‘Barbie’. The critically-acclaimed film, starring Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling alongside other Hollywood heavyweights, follows Barbie as she navigates an existential crisis in her otherwise “perfect” pink world. The record-breaking film resonated with audiences across
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The Palm Springs International Film Festival today announced that Da’Vine Joy Randolph will receive the Breakthrough Performance Award for her role in “The Holdovers.” The award will be presented Jan. 4, 2024, to Randolph at the Palm Springs Convention Center, 277 N. Avenida Caballeros, according to festival officials. “In The Holdovers, Da’Vine Joy Randolph brings
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Cillian Murphy will receive the Desert Palm Achievement Award, Actor, at the Palm Springs International Film Festival for his performance as physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer in Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer. A staggering global cinematic phenomenon which has earned almost $1 billion worldwide, writer-director Christopher Nolan’s record-shattering epic thriller, Oppenheimer, propels audiences into the paradox of the
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Emma Stone will be presented with the Desert Palm Achievement Award, Actress, at the 2024 Palm Springs International Film Awards Gala in January. Stone stars in Searchlight Pictures’ Poor Things which is set to be released on December 8th. Festival Chairman Nachhattar Singh Chandi said, “Stone continues to exert influence as one of the most important actresses of this generation, whose
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The Palm Springs International Film Festival announced a new partnership with the Oak View Group on Wednesday. The Oak View Group is the largest developer of sports and entertainment venues in the world and will tap its extensive connections to help identify and nurture new sponsorships for the festival, according to a statement released by
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Martin Scorsese’s Killers of the Flower Moon will receive the Vanguard Award at the 2024 Palm Springs International Film Festival. The Vanguard Award is a group honor distinguishing a film’s cast and director in recognition of their collective work on an exceptional film project. The award will be presented to Academy Award-winning director Martin Scorsese, Academy Award winner and
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The Palm Springs International Film Festival (PSIFF) unveiled its 2024 poster ahead of the upcoming event, which will take place January 4-15, 2024. The poster is a collaboration with renowned American artist and Palm Springs resident, Shag. PSIFF organizers said this year’s bold and colorful design is inspired by midcentury modern aesthetics, celebrating the Festival’s
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We’re less than six months away from the 35th annual Palm Springs International Film Festival but you’ll be able to secure your tickets starting Tuesday. Tickets for the film festival go on sale Aug. 1. The film festival is scheduled to take place January 4-15, 2024 with its annual star-studded black-tie Film Awards kicking things
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It’s the beginning of a new era for the Palm Springs International Film Festival. The new chairman is valley business leader Nachattar Singh Chandi. He is replacing Harold Matzner, who announced his retirement after two decades of leadership. Chandi has been on the festival’s board for the past three years. He spoke with News Channe
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Long-time chair of the Palm Springs International Film Festival and Film Awards Harold Matzner has stepped down from his role, the organization confirms to News Channel 3. Matzner has served as the chairman of the festival since 2000. Nachhattar Chandi was named the new chairman. Chandi is the president and CEO of Chandi Group USA.
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Parker Palm Springs is the glamorous hotel where the celebrities of the Palm Springs International Film festival stay and go to party after the gala. The boutique hotel had closed its restaurant mister parker’s during the pandemic, and during that time, the experience and menu of the restaurant went through a transformation. Reservations are now
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Multiple honorees at this year’s Palm Springs International Film Festival were big winners at the Golden Globes on Tuesday. Austin Butler Austin Butler won the Golden Globe for Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture, Drama for his performance as Elvis Presley in “Elvis.” Butler received the Breakthrough Performance Award for the same
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Photographer Michael Childers spoke with News Channel 3’s Peter Daut about the new documentary Desperate Souls Dark City and the Legend of Midnight Cowboy. Childers was an assistant on the 1969 Oscar-winning film Midnight Cowboy. The iconic film was directed by Childers’ husband, the late John Schlesinger. You can learn more about the film including
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The 34th annual Palm Springs International Film Festival is here! Opening night took place on Friday with the world premiere of “80 for Brady” at Palm Springs High School. Watch: 2023 Palm Springs International Film Awards Gala and Red Carpet “80 for Brady” has some legendary stars, headlined by Jane Fonda, Rita Moreno, Sally Field
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Variety is honoring “10 Directors to Watch” and presenting the Creative Impact Awards at the return of their annual brunch to follow the Palm Springs International Film Festival Awards Gala. Awardees include: Angela Bassett to be honored with the Variety Creative Impact in Acting Award, “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever”Baz Luhrmann to be honored with the
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The 2023 Palm Springs International Film Awards took place at the convention center Thursday night. It’s the first in-person awards gala since 2020. News Channel 3’s Angela Chen and Patrick Evans were out at the red carpet with some of the honorees, you can watch interviews below: List of honorees and presenters in show order:
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Variety will honor “Causeway” actor Brian Tyree Henry with the Creative Impact in Breakthrough Performance Award at the Palm Springs International Film Festival. Check Out Our Film Festival Section for More Emmy and Tony nominee Brian Tyree Henry is best known for starring as Alfred ‘Paper Boi’ Miles in FX’s “Atlanta”, and in the past
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Brendan Fraser will receive the Spotlight Award, Actor at the Palm Springs International Film Awards for his performance in The Whale. Check Out Our Film Festival Section For More Coverage In Darren Aronofsky’s adaptation of The Whale, Brendan Fraser gives a virtuosic performance as Charlie, an English teacher living with obesity whose time is running
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ENTERTAINMENT TONIGHT’s Kevin Frazier and Nischelle Turner will co-host the 2023 Palm Springs International Film Awards, which will be previewed on this evening’s broadcast of the venerable newsmagazine program. The award show returns in-person on January 5, 2023 at the Palm Springs Convention Center, with Media Partner Entertainment Tonight and presented by American Express and
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