Palm Springs International Film Festival Honors & Awards 2021

The Palm Springs International Film Festival and Film Awards Gala is not presenting an in-person event this year, however the Palm Springs International Film Society is recognizing this year’s best in filmmaking. ENTERTAINMENT TONIGHT will highlight all of the individual honoree announcements and present a tribute on February 11 announcing the honorees and films. If you miss it, you can also watch on February 20, on ENTERTAINMENT TONIGHT WEEKEND.

February 25, ENTERTAINMENT TONIGHT will celebrate the honorees awards with exclusive interviews. We look forward to seeing you in 2022!

 INTERNATIONAL STAR AWARD

 Carey Mulligan
 Promising Young Woman

 Photo by: George Pimentel

 

 

 

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 CHAIRMAN'S AWARD  

 Gary Oldman  
 Mank  

Photo by: Gisele Schmidt 

 

 

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 DIRECTOR OF THE YEAR AWARD

 Chloé Zhao
 Nomadland

 Photo by: Jake Sigl

 

 

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 DESERT PALM ACHIEVEMENT AWARD, ACTOR  

 Riz Ahmed  
 Sound of Metal  

 

 

 

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VANGUARD AWARD

Cast & Director, Aaron Sorkin

The Trial of the Chicago 7

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 SPOTLIGHT AWARD, ACTOR  

 Leslie Odom, Jr.  
 One Night in Miami  

 Photo by: Tony Duran 

 

 

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 Career Achievement Award

 Anthony Hopkins
 The Father

 

 

 

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 Breakthrough Performance Award  

 Andra Day  
 The United States vs. Billie Holiday  

 Photo by: Myriam Santos 

 

 

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 Desert Palm Achievement Award, Actress

 Viola Davis
 Ma Rainey's Black Bottom

 

 

 

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