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Watch: 2024 Palm Springs International Film Awards Gala and red carpet

It's here! The 2024 Palm Springs International Film Festival started Thursday with the Awards Gala. You can watch the complete awards gala and red carpet arrivals, as well as some highlights from both below:

Awardees and presenters gathered at the Palm Springs Convention Center. News Channel 3's Angela Chen and Patrick Evans were live on the red carpet as the stars arrived. Check out our live coverage of the red carpet below, including some highlights.

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This year's honorees include:

HonoreeAwardPresenterPast Honorees
Danielle Brooks
The Color Purple
Spotlight Award,
Actress
Tajiri P. Henson
+ Blitz Bazawule
Kristen Stewart, Amy Adams, Jessica
Chastain, Helen Hunt, Allison Janney, Julia
Roberts and Yuh-Jung Youn
Paul Giamatti
The Holdovers
Icon AwardSandra OhGlenn Close, Willem Dafoe, Michael
Douglas, Robert Duvall, Tom Hanks and
Meryl Streep
Greta Gerwig
Barbie
Director of the YearMargot Robbie + America FerreraSarah Polley, Jane Campion, Chloé Zhao,
Quentin Tarantino, Bradley Cooper,
Alejandro G. Iñárritu, Steve McQueen, David
O. Russell
Colman Domingo
Rustin
Spotlight Award,
Actor
Lenny KravitzBrendan Fraser, Bryan Cranston and
Andrew Garfield
Da’Vine Joy Randolph
The Holdovers
Breakthrough
Performance
Award
Paul GiamattiDanielle Deadwyler, Andra Day, Cynthia
Erivo, Brie Larson, Jennifer Hudson, Lupita
Nyong’o, Mary J. Blige, Rosamund Pike
Cillian Murphy
Oppenheimer
Desert Palm
Achievement
Award, Actor
Robert Downey Jr.Colin Farrell, Riz Ahmed, Adam Driver,
Bradley Cooper, Daniel Day-Lewis, Colin
Firth, Matthew McConaughey, Gary Oldman,
Brad Pitt, Eddie Redmayne
Emma Stone
Poor Things
Desert Palm
Achievement
Award, Actress
Mark Ruffalo + Willem DafoeJessica Chastain, Viola Davis, Renée
Zellweger, Olivia Colman, Cate Blanchett,
Charlize Theron, Halle Berry, Julianne
Moore, Sandra Bullock, Natalie Portman
Jeffrey Wright
American Fiction
Career
Achievement
Award
Leslie UggamsNicole Kidman, Annette Bening, Kevin
Costner, Laura Dern, Clint Eastwood, Sally
Field, Morgan Freeman, Anthony Hopkins,
Samuel L. Jackson and Spike Lee
Billie Eilish+ Finneas
O’Connell

Barbie
Chairman’s AwardLeslie UggamsViola Davis, Jennifer Hudson, Gary Oldman,
Joaquin Phoenix, George Clooney, Matt
Damon, Nicole Kidman, Regina King, Reese
Witherspoon, Tom Hanks
Carey Mulligan
Maestro
International Star
Award
Greta GerwigMichelle Yeoh, Penélope Cruz, Carey
Mulligan, Charlize Theron, Javier Bardem,
Nicole Kidman, Helen Mirren, Gary Oldman
Martin Scorsese, Leonardo
DiCaprio, Lily Gladstone,
Robert DeNiro, Jesse
Plemons, Talee Redcorn,
Yancey Redcorn, Tantoo
Cardinal, Cara Jade
Myers, JaNaoe Collins,
Jillian Dion, Tatanka
Means, William Belleau
Killers of the Flower Moon
Vanguard AwardThe Fabelmans, Belfast, Green Book, La La
Land, Little Miss Sunshine, Shape of Water,
The Trial of the Chicago 7, Young Adult

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You'll be able to watch the red carpet and Awards Gala live in this article. Coverage starts at 4:00 p.m.

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