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The Palm Springs International Film Festival plays host to a fabulous array of movies and movie stars. The Festival features a stellar line-up of more than 175 films from 60 countries, special events and gala receptions.
The Palm Springs International Festival of Short Films has become known world-wide for the extraordinary community of filmmakers it attracts, and for the quality and scope of its programming. This celebrated event is the largest festival of its kind in America, showcasing over 320 short films each year from more than 40 countries, with a library of more than 2700 films available to film buyers, industry and press in the Film Market running concurrently with the Festival.
Speakers Include Representatives from Anonymous Content, Associated Press, Borgus Film, CAA, Cloud Imperium, The Hollywood Reporter, Indiegogo, Indiewire, kweliTV, Little Teeth Pictures, Los Angeles Film Festival, Los Angeles Times, Preferred Content, Pysop, Seed & Spark, Southland Productions, Tribeca Film Festival, Twitter, UCLA, Variety, Warner Bros. and Many Others.
The Palm Springs International ShortFest (June 21-27) is best known for its award-winning short films, but each year the...
ShortFest to Showcase Shorts Featuring Beck Bennett, Steve Buscemi, Robert Emms, James Franco, Tyrese Gibson, Jennifer Hudson, Oscar Isaac, Connor Jessup, Richard Kind, Jane Krakowski, Caroline Lagerfelt, Neil LaBute, Zosia Mamet, Jack O’Connell, Sarah Parish, Guy Pearce, Abigal Spencer, Kristen Wiig and Ray Wise
Palm Springs, CA – Now in its 22nd year, Palm Springs International ShortFest will showcase 327 films including 46 World Premieres, 63 North American Premieres and 13 U.S...
Photo Credit - Getty Images for PSIFF
Over the weekend Garden Collage partnered with the Palm Springs International Film Festival for a very special party on January 9th at SnapShot Studios, which celebrated the garden through various creative perspectives. To honor the beauty of nature through the lens of film, GC hosted an afterparty for 50 Days In The Desert-- an all-access, drama-filled film about the making of The White Knights-- as well as The Vi...
The Assassin Receives FIPRESCI Prize;
Alena Mihulová, Sigurður Sigurjónsson and Theodór Júlíusson Receive Acting Prizes;
Death By Death Receives New Voices/New Visions Award and Thithi Receives a Special Mention;
The Birth of Saké Receives The John Schlesinger Award;
Umrika Receives The HP Bridging The Borders Awards
Setting the stage for the year’s film festival circuit, th...
Laconic cabbie Rex has lived his entire life in the small town of Broken Hill. He’s a stubborn old git, determined to do things his own way. After work, he hoists a few beers at the pub with his mates before returning home to his dog and a surreptitious relationship with his aboriginal neighbor Polly. When he learns that he has terminal cancer, he lights out for a doctor in Darwin, some 1,865 miles away, who is campaigning for die-with-dignity legislation and has a euthanasia machine. B...
Life isn’t easy for an eight-year-old genius. When sweet and highly precocious misfit Jeremy (a terrific turn by newcomer Martín Castro) is revealed to have an IQ of 160, he quickly discovers that with extraordinary gifts come unexpected obstacles: the pressure to map out his life’s path; fitting in with his loving but clueless (and impoverished) family; and being groomed by an unscrupulous academic, for instance. Yet his biggest challenge might just be learning the...
DHEEPAN is screening @ the 27th Annual Palm Springs International Film Festival from January 1-11, 2016. For more information, visit: http://www.psfilmfest.org/
Every year, Cannes Film Festival movie-goers try to predict what the Palm d'Or winner will be. There are always the audience favorites and big buzz films; but more often than not, it's the film least expected to win that rises to the top taking home the highly besought golden palm. This year, that film was DHEEPAN by reno...
Directed by Fina Torres (Woman On Top, Cannes winner Oriana), the film stars newcomer Eloísa Maturén (upcoming star of a major TV series in Venezuela produced by Venevision) opposite Patricia Velasquez and Mimi Lazo. LIZ IN SEPTEMBER is screening at the Palm Springs International Film Festival from January 1-11, 2016. http://www.psfilmfest.org/
Patricia Velasquez (The Mummy franchise, Arrested Development, The L Word) stars in the feature LIZ IN SEPTEMBER (2015), an...
From the film Papa director Bob Yari along with actors Adrian Sparks and Mariel Hemingway to attend.
Papa follows journalist Ed Myers (Giovanni Ribisi) on his adventure to Cuba in 1959, on a mission to meet his idol, the legendary Ernest Hemingway (Adrian Sparks). Hidden away at a private estate with his wife Mary (Joely Richardson), the elusive author mentors young Myers in fishing, drinking and finding his voice, while the Cuban Revolution comes to a boil all around them. In this turbule...
CHRONIC
Home hospice-care nurse David Wilson (Tim Roth) tends to his patients with a cold, dedicated proficiency that betrays a desperate inner life. Yearning for connection, he absorbs elements of his patients’ lives as his own, recklessly blurring the line between personal and professional, and holding at bay a devastating secret that threatens to unravel with the appearance of a mysterious young woman.
Acclaimed writer/director Michel Franco follows up his s...
From the film "Hello, My Name is Doris" director Michael Showater along with actors Max Greenfield and Sally Field attend.
With her lead role in this engaging new comedy, two-time Oscar® winner Sally Fields shows exactly why she’s been one of the most beloved and respected actresses in American film for over four decades. Doris has devoted her entire adult life to her mother, living with her in their clutter-filled Staten Island home. Now that her mom has passed, Doris fin...
BOOK TO SCREEN: THE DANISH GIRL
Black Mass, Carol, The Danish Girl, Far From the Madding Crowd, The Run of His Life: The People vs. O.J. Simpson and Younger to be Featured
The 27th annual Palm Springs International Film Festival (PSIFF) hosted the 2nd annual two-day symposium “The Power of Words: Book to Screen,” curated by Barbara Keller and Susan Rosser. The event took place on Thursday, January 7 at the Hilton Palm Springs. During the ...
Scott Feinberg
Scott Feinberg, Awards analyst for the Hollywood Reporter, joined a number of the directors of this year’s leading candidates for the Foreign Language Oscar race in what was an illuminating discussion encompassing their films, what drives them thematically and creatively and the concurrent blessing and curse that comes with being the subject of “Oscar buzz.”
Directors in attendance included: Jaco Van Dormael (The Brand New Testa...
Will Smith
Charlie Kaufman
Photographer: Michael Buckner/Variety/REX Shutterstock
Honorees Will Smith (Concussion), Charlie Kaufman (Anamolisa) and some of the “10 Directors to Watch” including: Deniz Gamze Erguven (Mustang), Ciro Guerra (Embrace of the Serpent), Slavek Horak (Home Care), Duke Johnson (Anomalisa), Peter Landesman (Concussion),Laszlo Nemes (Son of Saul), Matt Ross (Captain Fantastic) and Elizabeth Wood (White Girl).
Other guests included...
MOOR is Pakistan’s official entry in the 88th Annual Academy Awards
MOOR, the acclaimed Pakistan feature film starring international actor and Palm Springs resident Shaz Khan and directed by Jamshed Mahmood, will screen at the 27th Annual Palm Springs International Film Festival Jan 1-11.
Moor is Pakistan’s official entry in the 88th Annual Academy Awards after garnering rave reviews at the international film festiv...
Michael Fassbender. Getty Images
Actor Kate Winslet (left); Actors Kate Winslet and Michael Fassbender (right). Getty Images
Annual Event Welcomed Host Mary Hart and Festival Honorees
Kicking off Awards Season, the 27th Annual Palm Springs International Film Festival (PSIFF) Awards Gala was held Saturday, January 2, 2016 at the Palm Springs Convention Center hosted by Mary Hart. Honorees were presented with an original Chihuly Glass S...
Directed and Produced by: Mika Kaurismäki. Written by: Michel Marc Bouchard. Principal Cast: Malin Buska, Sarah Gadon, Michael Nyqvist, Lucas Bryant, Laura Birn, HIppolyte Girardot, Peter Lohmeyer, François Arnaud, Patrick Bauchah, Martina Gedeck. The film will screen at the 27th Annual Palm Springs International Film Festival.
Canadian writer Michel Marc Bouchard (Tom at the Farm, Lilies) and Norwegian born Brazilian raised filmmaker Mika Kaurismäki (The Li...
Palm Springs, CA– The 27th annual Palm Springs International Film Festival (PSIFF) presented its Ensemble Performance Award to the film The Big Short. The award was honored to the film’s cast, which includes Christian Bale, Steve Carell, Ryan Gosling and Brad Pitt. The cast was represented at the Gala by Steve Carell, Christian Bale, and director Adam McKay. The Awards Gala was hosted by Mary Hart on Saturday, January 2 at the Palm Springs Convention Center. ...
Palm Springs, CA – The 27th annual Palm Springs International Film Festival (PSIFF) presented Bryan Cranston with the Spotlight Award, Actor at its annual Awards Gala. The Gala also presented awards to previously announced honorees Cate Blanchett, Matt Damon, Johnny Depp, Michael Fassbender, Brie Larson, Rooney Mara, Tom McCarthy, Saoirse Ronan and Alicia Vikander. The Awards Gala was hosted by Mary Hart on Saturday, January 2 at the Palm Springs Convention Center. The Fest...
From the film The Fencer director Klaus Härö attended the Opening Night screening.
From Palm Springs favorite Klaus Härö (Letters to Father Jacob, Mother of Mine), here’s a movie with a bit of everything: a thriller/love story/inspirational teacher tale based on a true Cold War episode, about an Estonian fencing champ on the run from the Soviet secret police. It is a film that manages to find optimism, humanity and beauty in a tragic historical er...
“The Fencer” to Open, “Last Cab to Darwin” to Close 2016 Fest;
Talking Pictures Program to Include “Amy” and “Grandma”
Palm Springs, CA (December 17, 2015) – The 27th annual Palm Springs International Film Festival (PSIFF) will launch onFriday, January 1 with Klaus Härö’s The Fencer. The Festival’s closing night film will then screen on Sunday, January 10with th...
Ridley Scott to Present “The Martian” Star his Award in Palm Springs
Palm Springs, CA– The 27th annual Palm Springs International Film Festival (PSIFF) will present Matt Damon with the Chairman’s Award at its annual Awards Gala. This year’s Awards Gala will be hosted by Mary Hart on Saturday, January 2 at the Palm Springs Convention Center. The Festival runs January 1-11.
“Since ...
New Voices/New Visions Competition, Modern Masters and Premieres Announced;
Festival to Showcase Films Featuring Benicio del Toro, Jesse Eisenberg, Sally Field, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Mads Mikkelsen, Michael Moore, Charlotte Rampling, Giovanni Ribisi, Isabella Rossellini, Tim Robbins, Emma Roberts, Tim Roth, Maggie Smith and Many More
Palm Springs, CA– The 27th annual Palm Springs International Film Festival (PSIFF) today announced its line-up of Premieres...
Palm Springs, CA– The 27th annual Palm Springs International Film Festival (PSIFF) will present Rooney Mara with the Spotlight Award for her much-lauded performance in the film Carol at its annual Awards Gala. The Gala will also present awards to previously announced honorees Cate Blanchett, Johnny Depp, Michael Fassbender, Brie Larson, Tom McCarthy, Saoirse Ronan and Alicia Vikander. The Awards Gala will be hosted by Mary Hart with presenting sponsor Entertainment Tonight on Saturday, J...
Black Mass, Carol, The Danish Girl, Far From the Madding Crowd, The Run of His Life: The People vs. O.J. Simpson and Younger to be Featured
Palm Springs, CA – The 27th annual Palm Springs International Film Festival (PSIFF) will host the 2nd annual two-day symposium “The Power of Words: Book to Screen,” curated by Barbara Keller and Susan Rosser. The event will take place on Thursday, January 7 at the Hilton Palm Springs. During the event, authors will be joined by producers...
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