Palm Springs Film Festival Articles

Glenn Close's publicists must have been working round the clock these last few months. A highly likely Best Actress Oscar contender for her performance in Albert Nobbs, Close has already received the San Sebastian International Film Festival's Donostia Lifetime Achievement Award and, a couple of days ago, the Hollywood Film Festival's Hollywood Career Achievement Award. Now comes the announcement that Close will be taking home [...]

Javier Bardem, co-winner of the Best Actor award at the 2010 Cannes Film Festival and a likely Oscar contender for his anti-hero in Alejandro González Iñárritu's drama Biutiful (above), will receive the International Star Award at the 2011 Palm Springs International Film Festival on Jan. 8. Much like the Santa Barbara Film Festival, which also takes place early in the year, the Palm Springs Film [...]

Teens go wild in Ruben Östlund's Involuntary; gay love set against a background of religious ardor in Haim Tabakman's Eyes Wide Open Swedish Blockbuster THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO Wins at Palm Springs Festival Another winner at the 2010 Palm Springs Film Festival was Ruben Östlund's Involuntary, Sweden's official entry for the Best Foreign Language Film Oscar. The quirky film set during the Swedish [...]

Marion Cotillard (right) and Quentin Tarantino will be honored at the 2010 Palm Springs Film Festival. Cotillard, one of the stars of Rob Marshall's Nine, will receive the Desert Palm Achievement Actress Award while Tarantino will get the Sonny Bono Visionary Award. Presented by Cartier, the Palm Springs Awards Gala will take place on Tuesday, January 5, at the Palm Springs Convention Center. The event [...]