36th Palm Springs International Film Festival 2025 film festival
The 36th Palm Springs International Film Festival is scheduled to take place from January 2 to 13, 2025, in Palm Springs , California, United States. The festival will open with Michael Gracey 's biographic drama film Better Man Peter Cattaneo 's comedy drama film The Penguin Lessons [ 1]
Background and special awards
The full lineup was revealed on November 26, 2024.[ 2] [ 3] Spanish cinema , while Spanish filmmaker Pedro Almodóvar will receive a spotlight section screening some films from his filmography.
As usual, throughout late 2024, several special awards were announced, which will be presented at the Opening Gala on January 3, 2024, at the Palm Springs Convention Center . Jacques Audiard 's musical crime comedy Emilia Pérez [ 4] Adrien Brody and Angelina Jolie for their performances in The Brutalist Maria [ 5] Mikey Madison and Kieran Culkin both won the Breakthrough Performance Award, for Anora A Real Pain [ 6] [ 7] Nicole Kidman won the International Star Award for Babygirl Colman Domingo for Sing Sing [ 8] Conclave Ralph Fiennes , Isabella Rossellini , Stanley Tucci , John Lithgow and Lucian Msamati .[ 9] Timothée Chalamet will receive the Chairman's Award for A Complete Unknown Ariana Grande will be honored with the Rising Star Award for her performance in Wicked [ 10] [ 11] Denis Villeneuve for Dune: Part Two [ 12]
The following day, on January 4, the Variety 'Cynthia Erivo , who will receive the Acting Award, and Jacques Audiard , who will be honored with the Directing Award.[ 13] [ 14] Jennifer López will be presented with the Legend & Groundbreaker Award.[ 15]
Sections
The films selected for each section are as follows:[ 2]
The following section consists of submissions for Best International Feature Film at the 97th Academy Awards :
Highlighted title indicates the section winner.
True Stories
The following films were selected to be screened as part of the True Stories section:
English title
Original title
Director(s)
Production countrie(s)
Adrianne and the Castle Shannon Walsh Canada
Agent of Happiness Arun Bhattarai, Dorottya Zurbó
Bhutan, Hungary
Apocalypse in the Tropics Apocalipse nos Trópicos Petra Costa Brazil
Billy Preston: That's The Way God Planned It Paris Barclay United States
Blue Road – The Edna O'Brien Story Sinéad O'Shea
Ireland, United Kingdom
Bring Them Home Ivan Macdonald, Ivy Macdonald, Daniel Glick
United States
Checkpoint Zoo Joshua Zeman United States, Ukraine
Counted Out Vicki Abeles
United States
Desert Angel Vincent Deluca
The Diamond King Marq Evans
Diane Warren: Relentless Bess Kargman
Driver Nesa Azimi
Every Little Thing Sally Aitken Australia
Good Men Bobby Roth United States
Group Therapy Neil Berkeley
Headhunting to Beatboxing Rohit Gupta India
His Own Way – The Cinema of Avi Nesher Yair Raveh
Israel
Homegrown Michael Premo United States
Igualada Juan Mejía
Colombia, Mexico, United States
Janis Ian: Breaking Silence Varda Bar-Kar United States
Jean Cocteau Lisa Immordino Vreeland
Liza: A Truly Terrific Absolutely True Story Bruce David Klein
Mistress Dispeller Elizabeth Lo China, United States
My Sweet Land Sareen Hairabedian
Jordan, United States, France, Ireland
Nasty Tudor Giurgiu, Tudor D. Popescu, Cristian Pascariu
Romania
No Other Land Yuval Abraham , Basel Adra , Hamdan Ballal, Rachel SzorPalestine
Paul Anka: His Way John Maggio United States
Sabbath Queen Sandi Simcha DuBowski
Schindler Space Architect Valentina Ganeva
Shelf Life Ian Cheney United States, Japan, Switzerland, Georgia, Egypt, Spain, United Kingdom
Space Cowboy Marah Strauch , Bryce LeavittUnited States
The Stamp Thief Dan Sturman
United States, Poland, Germany
A Sudden Glimpse to Deeper Things Mark Cousins United Kingdom
Tokito: The 540-Day Journey of A Culinary Maverick 革新の料理人たち 540日の記録
Aki Mizutani
Japan
Transfers Traslados Nicolás Gil Lavedra
Argentina, Uruguay
Walk with Me Heidi Levitt
United States
Whatever It Takes Jenny Carchman
United Kingdom, United States
You're No Indian Ryan Flynn
United States
Zurawski v. Texas Maisie Crow, Abbie Perrault
Modern Masters
The following films were selected to be screened as part of the Modern Masters section, consisting of new films by well-established directors:
New Voices New Visions
The following films were selected to be screened as part of the New Voices New Visions competition:
English title
Original title
Director(s)
Production countrie(s)
Bob Trevino Likes It Tracie Laymon United States
Bonjour Tristesse Durga Chew-Bose Canada, Germany
Color Book David Fortune
United States
Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight Embeth Davidtz South Africa
Hanami Denise Fernandes
Switzerland, Portugal, Cape Verde
The New Year That Never Came Anul Nou care n-a fost Bogdan Mureșanu Romania
To a Land Unknown Mahdi Fleifel United Kingdom, Palestine, France, Greece, Netherlands, Germany, Qatar, Saudi Arabia
Highlighted title indicates the section winner.
American Indies
The following films were selected to be screened as part of the American Indies section:
Talking Pictures
The following films were selected to be screened as part of the Talking Pictures section, each with discussion panels with their directors, writers and actors:
Spanish Focus
The following films were selected to be screened as part of the Spanish Focus section, dedicated to celebrate Spanish cinema :
English title
Original title
Director(s)
Production countrie(s)
Afternoons of Solitude Tardes de soledad Albert Serra Spain, France, Portugal
The Exiles Los Tortuga Belén Funes Spain, Chile
Holy Mother La abadesa Antonio Chavarrías Spain, Belgium
I'm Nevenka Soy Nevenka Icíar Bollaín Spain, Italy
Marco, the Invented Truth Marco, la verdad inventada Aitor Arregi and Jon Garaño Spain
Rioja, The Land of a Thousand Wines Rioja, la tierra de los mil vinos José Luis López-Linares
The Wailing El llanto Pedro Martín-Calero
Spain, France, Argentina
The following films were selected to be screened as part of the Queer Cinema Today section and The Gayla:
The following films were selected to be screened as part of a section destined to highlight Spanish director Pedro Almodóvar 's filmography:
Family Day
The following films were selected to be screened as part of the Family Day section:
World Cinema Now
The following films were selected to be screened as part of the World Cinema Now section:
English title
Original title
Director(s)
Production countrie(s)
Arcadia Yorgos Zois
Greece, Bulgaria, United States
Auction Le tableau volé Pascal Bonitzer France
Audrey Natalie Bailey
Australia
Back Dog 狗阵
Guan Hu China
Bushido Kazuya Shiraishi Japan
The Correspondent Kriv Stenders Australia
From Hilde, with Love In Liebe, Eure Hilde Andreas Dresen Germany
Ghost Trail Les Fantômes Jonathan Millet
France, Germany, Belgium
Happy Holidays ينعاد عليكو
Scandar Copti Palestine, Germany, France, Italy, Qatar
John Cranko Joachim Lang
Germany
Maldoror Fabrice du Welz Belgium, France
Manas Marianna Brennand
Brazil, Portugal
My Favourite Cake کیک محبوب من
Maryam Moghaddam , Behtash Sanaeeha Iran, France, Sweden, Germany
Odd Fish Ljósvíkingar Snævar Sölvi Sölvason Iceland, Finland, Czech Republic
On Becoming a Guinea Fowl Rungano Nyoni Zambia, United Kingdom, Ireland
Pink Lady Nir Bergman Israel, Italy
The Quiet Ones De lydløse Frederik Louis Hviid
Denmark, United States
Quisling: The Final Days Quislings siste dager Erik Poppe Norway
Sex Dag Johan Haugerud Norway, United States
The Shameless Konstantin Bojanov Switzerland, France, Bulgaria, Taiwan, India
Sons Vogter Gustav Möller
Denmark, Sweden
Souleymane's Story L'Histoire de Souleymane Boris Lojkine France
Sunshine Antoinette Jadaone Philippines
Superboys of Malegaon Reema Kagti India, United States
Tatami Zar Amir Ebrahimi , Guy Nattiv Georgia, Israel, Iran
There's Still Tomorrow C'è ancora domani Paola Cortellesi Italy, United States
Through Rocks and Clouds Raíz Franco García Becerra
Peru, Chile
Tinā (Mother) Miki Magasiva
New Zealand
To Kill a Mongolian Horse 一匹白马的热梦
Jiang Xiaoxuan
Mongolia
Trifole Gabriele Fabbro
Italy, South Africa, United States
Waltzing with Brando Bill Fishman United States, French Polynesia
The Way, My Way Bill Bennett Australia
William Tell Nick Hamm United Kingdom
Talking Pictures: Book to Screen
The following films were selected to be screened as part of the Talking Pictures: Book to Screen:
Awards
The following awards were presented at the 36th Edition:[ 16]
International Film competition
Ibero-American Competition
Ibero-American Award: Sujo Astrid Rondero and Fernanda Valadez
Ibero-American Special Mention: Manas
Documentary competition
New Voices New Visions
Other awards
Opening Gala Awards
The following awards were presented during the opening gala:[ 17]
Creative Impact Awards
The following creative impact awards were presented:
The list consisted of the following directors:[ 18]
Notes
^ Directed by Aws Al-Banna, Ahmed Al-Danf, Basil Al-Maqousi, Mustafa Al-Nabih, Muhammad Alshareef, Ala Ayob, Bashar Al Balbisi, Alaa Damo, Awad Hana, Ahmad Hassunah, Mustafa Kallab, Satoum Kareem, Mahdi Karera, Rabab Khamees, Khamees Masharawi, Wissam Moussa, Tamer Najm, Abu Hasna Nidaa, Damo Nidal, Mahmoud Reema, Etimad Weshah and Islam Al Zrieai.
^ Conversation with actress Nicole Kidman .
^ Conversation with director Jacques Audiard and actors Zoe Saldaña , Karla Sofía Gascón , Selena Gomez , and Edgar Ramírez .
^ Conversation with actress Angelina Jolie .
^ Conversation with writer-director and actor Jesse Eisenberg .
^ Conversation with actor Colman Domingo .
^ Extended introduction with director Jon M. Chu and actresses Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande .
^ Written by Peter Straughan ; based on the 2016 novel by Robert Harris .
^ Written by RaMell Ross and Joslyn Barnes ; based on the 2019 novel The Nickel Boys Colson Whitehead .
^ Written by Justin Kuritzkes ; based on the 1985 novella by William S. Burroughs .
^ Written by Marjorie David; based on the 2003 book by Azar Nafisi .
^ Written by Pedro Almodóvar ; based on the 2020 novel What Are You Going Through Sigrid Nunez .
References
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