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* ”’Breakthrough Performance Award:”’ [[Rose Byrne]], Australian actress and executive producer, ”[[If I Had Legs I’d Kick You|If I Had Legs I’d Kick You]]”<ref>{{Cite web |last=Verhoeven |first=Beatrice |date=2025-12-10 |title=Rose Byrne to Receive Breakthrough Performance Award at Palm Springs International Film Festival (Exclusive) |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/rose-byrne-breakthrough-performance-award-psiff-1236446102/ |access-date=2025-12-10 |website=The Hollywood Reporter |language=en-US}}</ref> |
* ”’Breakthrough Performance Award:”’ [[Rose Byrne]], Australian actress and executive producer, ”[[If I Had Legs I’d Kick You|If I Had Legs I’d Kick You]]”<ref>{{Cite web |last=Verhoeven |first=Beatrice |date=2025-12-10 |title=Rose Byrne to Receive Breakthrough Performance Award at Palm Springs International Film Festival (Exclusive) |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/rose-byrne-breakthrough-performance-award-psiff-1236446102/ |access-date=2025-12-10 |website=The Hollywood Reporter |language=en-US}}</ref> |
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* ”’Spotlight Award:”’ [[Timothée Chalamet]], Actor and producer for ”[[Marty Supreme]]”<ref>{{Cite web |last=Verhoeven |first=Beatrice |date=2025-12-11 |title=Timothée Chalamet to Receive Spotlight Actor of the Year Award at Palm Springs International Film Festival)|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/timothee-chalamet-spotlight-actor-year-award-psiff-1236447181/ |access-date=2025-12-11 |website=The Hollywood Reporter |language=en-US}}</ref> |
* ”’Spotlight Award:”’ [[Timothée Chalamet]], Actor and producer for ”[[Marty Supreme]]”<ref>{{Cite web |last=Verhoeven |first=Beatrice |date=2025-12-11 |title=Timothée Chalamet to Receive Spotlight Actor of the Year Award at Palm Springs International Film Festival)|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/timothee-chalamet-spotlight-actor-year-award-psiff-1236447181/ |access-date=2025-12-11 |website=The Hollywood Reporter |language=en-US}}</ref> |
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* ”’Outstanding Artistic Achievement Award”’: [[Miley Cyrus]], American singer, songwriter, and actress for “[[Dream as One]]” in ”[[Avatar: Fire and Ash]]”<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thewrap.com/industry-news/awards/miley-cyrus-avatar-dream-as-one-palm-springs-film-festival/ |title=Miley Cyrus to Receive Outstanding Artistic Achievement Award at Palm Springs Film Fest|first=Joe |last=McGovern |date=December 19, 2025|access-date=December 20, 2025|website= [[TheWrap]] |language=en}}</ref> |
* ”’Outstanding Artistic Achievement Award”’: [[Miley Cyrus]], American singer, songwriter, and actress for “[[Dream as One]]” in ”[[Avatar: Fire and Ash]]”<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thewrap.com/industry-news/awards/miley-cyrus-avatar-dream-as-one-palm-springs-film-festival/ |title=Miley Cyrus to Receive Outstanding Artistic Achievement Award at Palm Springs Film Fest|first=Joe |last=McGovern |date=December 19, 2025|access-date=December 20, 2025|website= [[TheWrap]] |language=en}}</ref> |
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2026 film festival
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| Opening film | Calle Málaga |
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| Closing film | Glenrothan |
| Location | Palm Springs, California, United States |
| Hosted by | The Palm Springs International Film Society |
| Artistic director | Lili Rodriguez |
| No. of films | 168 films from 72 countries |
| Festival date | Opening: 2 January 2026 (2026-01-02) Closing: 12 January 2026 (2026-01-12) |
| Website | www |
The 37th Palm Springs International Film Festival will take place from January 2 to 12, 2026, in Palm Springs, California, United States. The festival will open with Maryam Touzani‘s Spanish drama film Calle Malaga. This edition of the festival will present 168 films from 72 countries, including 53 premieres and 44 Oscar Submissions. It will close with Brian Cox‘s British drama film Glenrothan.[1][2]
The following are festival venues for screening films:[3]
- Annenberg Theater
- The Plaza Theatre, South Palm Canyon Drive in Palm Springs, California
- ARCO Theatre (Palm Canyon Theatre)
- Festival Theaters
- Palm Springs Cultural Center (Camelot Theatre)
- Richards Center for the Arts at Palm Springs High School
- Mary Pickford is D’Place
- Cinemark Century La Quinta and XD
This edition will showcase 168 films from 72 countries.[4][5]
Opening and closing films
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The opening and closing films of the festival are:[6]
Awards Buzz – Best International Feature Films
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The following section consists of submissions for Best International Feature Film at the 98th Academy Awards:[7]
The following films were selected to be screened as part of the American Indies section:
The following films were selected to be screened as part of the Close-Ups section:
The following films were selected to be screened as part of the Country Focus section:
The following films were selected to be screened as part of the Family Day section:
The following films were selected to be screened as part of the Gateway Cinema section:
The following films were selected to be screened as part of the Local Spotlight section:
The following films were selected to be screened as part of the Modern Masters section:
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production countrie(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the Clouds | Sotto le nuvole | Gianfranco Rosi | Italy |
| The Captive | El cautivo | Alejandro Amenábar | Spain, Italy |
| Cover-Up | Laura Poitras and Mark Obenhaus | United States | |
| Dreams | Michel Franco | Mexico, United States | |
| Hen | Kota | György Pálfi | Germany, Greece, Hungary |
| The Last Viking | Den Sidste Viking | Anders Thomas Jensen | Denmark, Sweden |
| A Magnificent Life | Marcel et Monsieur Pagnol | Sylvain Chomet | France, Canada, Belgium, Luxembourg, United States |
| Orwell: 2+2=5 | Raoul Peck | France, United States | |
| The Soundman | Frank Van Passel | Belgium,Netherlands, Denmark | |
| Two Prosecutors | Два прокурора | Sergei Loznitsa | Latvia, France, Germany, Netherlands, Romania, Lithuania |
| Yes! | כן! | Nadav Lapid | Israel, France, Germany, Cyprus, United Kingdom |
New Voices New Visions
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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) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Broken Voices | Sbormistr | Ondřej Provazník | Czech Republic, Slovakia |
| Deaf | Sorda | Eva Libertad | Spain |
| God Will Not Help | Bog Neće Pomoći | Hana Jušić | Croatia, Italy, Romania, Greece, France, Slovenia |
| Lucky Lu | Lloyd Lee Choi | United States, Canada | |
| Mad Bills to Pay (or Destiny, dile que no soy malo) | Joel Alfonso Vargas | United States | |
| The Nature of Invisible Things | A natureza das coisas invisíveis | Rafaela Camelo | Brazil, Chile |
| The Negotiator | Alessandro Tonda | Italy | |
| On the Sea | Helen Walsh | United Kingdom | |
| Silent Rebellion | À bras-le-corps | Marie-Elsa Sgualdo | Switzerland, Belgium, France |
Queer Cinema Today & The Gayla
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The following films were selected to be screened as part of the Queer Cinema Today section and The Gayla:
Special Presentations
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The following films were selected to be screened as part of the Special Presentations section:
The following films were selected to be screened as part of the Talking Pictures section:
The following films were selected to be screened as part of the True Stories section:
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) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Altar Boys | Ministranci | Piotr Domalewski | Poland |
| The Battle of Oslo | Blücher | Daniel Fahre | Norway |
| Beginnings | Begyndelser | Jeanette Nordahl | Denmark |
| The Blue Trail | O Último Azul | Gabriel Mascaro | Brazil, Mexico, Chile, Netherlands |
| Colours of Time | La Venue de l’avenir | Cédric Klapisch | France, Belgium |
| The Condor Daughter | La Hija Cóndor | Álvaro Olmos Torrico | Bolivia, Peru, Uruguay |
| Damned If You Do, Damned If You Don’t | Come ti muovi, sbagli | Gianni Di Gregorio | Italy, France |
| Frontier | Frontera | Judith Colell | Spain, Belgium |
| Fuze | David Mackenzie | United Kingdom | |
| Gustaakh Ishq | Gustaakh Ishq: Kuch Pehle Jaisa | Vibhu Puri | India |
| H Is for Hawk | Philippa Lowthorpe | United Kingdom, United States | |
| Hello Betty | Hallo Betty | Pierre Monnard | Switzerland |
| It Would Be Night in Caracas | La Hija de la Española | Mariana Rondón, Marité Ugás | Mexico |
| Ky Nam Inn | Quán Kỳ Nam | Leon Le | Vietnam |
| Lovely Day | Mille secrets mille dangers | Philippe Falardeau | Canada |
| Made in EU | Stephan Komandarev | Bulgaria, Germany, Czech Republic | |
| Meadowlarks | Tasha Hubbard | Canada | |
| Mr Burton | Marc Evans | United Kingdom | |
| No Comment | Ingen Kommentar | Petter Næss | Norway |
| Once Upon My Mother | Ma mère, Dieu et Sylvie Vartan | Ken Scott | Canada, France |
| The Party’s Over! | Classe moyenne | Antony Cordier | France |
| Primavera | Damiano Michieletto | Italy, France | |
| A Private Life | Vie privée | Rebecca Zlotowski | France |
| Project Y | 프로젝트 Y | Lee Hwan | South Korea |
| Promised Sky | Promis le ciel | Erige Sehiri | Tunisia, France, Netherlands, Qatar |
| Renoir | ルノワール | Chie Hayakawa | Japan, France, Singapore, Philippines, Indonesia, Qatar |
| The Richest Woman in the World | La Femme la plus riche du monde | Thierry Klifa | France |
| Saipan | Lisa Barros D’Sa, Glenn Leyburn | Ireland, United Kingdom | |
| Spit | Jonathan Teplitzky | Australia | |
| Sundays | Los domingos | Alauda Ruiz de Azúa | Spain, France |
| The Sun Rises on Us All | 日掛中天 | Cai Shangjun | China |
| To the Victory! | За Перемогу! | Valentyn Vasyanovych | Ukraine, Lithuania |
| Two Pianos | Deux Pianos | Arnaud Desplechin | France |
| Youngblood | Hubert Davis | Canada | |
Opening Gala Awards
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The following awards were presented to honor the performance of actors, directors and producers during 2025 at Opening Gala on January 3, 2026.[8]
- Vanguard Award: Hamnet (Chloé Zhao, Jessie Buckley and Paul Mescal)[9]
- Icon Award Actor: Michael B. Jordan, American actor, producer, and director for Sinners[10]
- Icon Award Actress: Kate Hudson, American actress and singer-songwriter for Song Sung Blue[11]
- Chairman’s Award: Adam Sandler for Jay Kelly[12]
- Desert Palm Achievement Award, Actress: Amanda Seyfried for The Testament of Ann Lee[13]
- Desert Palm Achievement Award, Actor: Leonardo DiCaprio for One Battle After Another[14]
- Career Achievement Award: Ethan Hawke, American actor, author and film director[15]
- International Star Award: The award will be presented to an ensemble of Sentimental Value, Renate Reinsve, Stellan Skarsgård, Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas and Elle Fanning.
- Visionary Award: Guillermo del Toro and cast (Oscar Isaac, Jacob Elordi and Mia Goth) for Frankenstein[16]
- Breakthrough Performance Award: Rose Byrne, Australian actress and executive producer, If I Had Legs I’d Kick You[17]
- Spotlight Award: Timothée Chalamet, Actor and producer for Marty Supreme[18]
- Outstanding Artistic Achievement Award: Miley Cyrus, American singer, songwriter, and actress for “Dream as One” in Avatar: Fire and Ash[19][20]
Creative Impact Awards
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The following creative impact awards were presented by the Variety, an American trade magazine:
- Creative Impact in Acting Award: Dwayne Johnson, American actor and professional wrestler for The Smashing Machine[21]
- Creative Impact in Breakthrough Performance Award: Teyana Taylor, American singer, songwriter, actress, model, dancer, choreographer, and music video director for One Battle After Another[22]
- Creative Impact in Directing Award: Guillermo del Toro, Mexican filmmaker, author, and artist for Frankenstein[23]
Variety’s 10 Directors to Watch
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This year’s list has American-made and international directors consisting of following:[24]
- ^ McGowan, Andrew (December 2, 2025). “‘Calle Malaga’ and ‘Glenrothan’ to Bookend 2026 Palm Springs International Film Festival”. Variety. Retrieved December 4, 2025.
- ^ McNiece, Mia (December 4, 2025). “Palm Springs Film Festival Announces 2026 Lineup”. Gold Derby. Retrieved December 7, 2025.
- ^ “Awards Buzz – Best International Feature Film”. Palm Springs International Film Festival. December 2, 2025. Retrieved December 4, 2025.
- ^ Abbatescianni, Davide (December 3, 2025). “European Film Awards and Oscars contenders heading to the 37th Palm Springs International Film Festival”. Cineuropa. Retrieved December 4, 2025.
- ^ Reyes, Jesus (December 2, 2025). “Palm Springs International Film Festival announces lineup of 168 films”. KESQ News Channel 3. Retrieved December 4, 2025.
- ^ Chris Gardner (December 2, 2025). “Maryam Touzani’s ‘Calle Malaga’ to Open and Brian Cox’s ‘Glenrothan’ to Close Palm Springs Film Fest”. The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved December 4, 2025.
- ^ “Awards Buzz – Best International Feature Film”. Palm Springs International Film Festival. December 2, 2025. Retrieved December 4, 2025.
- ^ Pedersen, Erik (December 1, 2025). “Palm Springs Film Festival Awards: Amanda Seyfried To Receive Desert Palm Achievement Award, Actress”. Deadline. Retrieved December 4, 2025.
- ^ Pedersen, Erik (November 20, 2025). “Chloé Zhao’s ‘Hamnet’ Set For Palm Springs Film Festival’s 2026 Vanguard Award”. Deadline. Retrieved December 4, 2025.
- ^ Verhoeven, Beatrice (November 11, 2025). “‘Sinners’ Star Michael B. Jordan to Receive Icon Award at Palm Springs International Film Festival”. The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved December 4, 2025.
- ^ Pedersen, Erik (December 9, 2025). “Palm Springs Film Festival Awards: Kate Hudson To Receive Icon Award, Actress”. Deadline. Retrieved December 10, 2025.
- ^ Verhoeven, Beatrice (November 7, 2025). “‘Jay Kelly’ Star Adam Sandler to Receive Chairman’s Award at Palm Springs International Film Festival”. The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved December 4, 2025.
- ^ Mendoza, Leia (December 4, 2025). “Amanda Seyfried to Be Honored With Desert Palm Actress Prize at Palm Springs International Film Awards (EXCLUSIVE)”. Variety. Retrieved December 1, 2025.
- ^ Pedersen, Erik (November 18, 2025). “Leonardo DiCaprio Set for Palm Springs Film Festival’s Desert Palm Achievement Award”. Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved December 4, 2025.
- ^ Verhoeven, Beatrice (November 24, 2025). “Ethan Hawke to Receive Career Achievement Award at Palm Springs International Film Festival (Exclusive)”. The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved December 4, 2025.
- ^ Pedersen, Erik (December 4, 2025). “‘Frankenstein’ Director & Stars Set For Visionary Award From Palm Springs Film Festival”. Deadline. Retrieved December 6, 2025.
- ^ Verhoeven, Beatrice (December 10, 2025). “Rose Byrne to Receive Breakthrough Performance Award at Palm Springs International Film Festival (Exclusive)”. The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved December 10, 2025.
- ^ Verhoeven, Beatrice (December 11, 2025). “Timothée Chalamet to Receive Spotlight Actor of the Year Award at Palm Springs International Film Festival)”. The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved December 11, 2025.
- ^ McGovern, Joe (December 19, 2025). “Miley Cyrus to Receive Outstanding Artistic Achievement Award at Palm Springs Film Fest”. TheWrap. Retrieved December 20, 2025.
- ^ Sasic, Ema (December 19, 2025). “Miley Cyrus to receive Palm Springs film award for ‘Avatar’ song”. The Desert Sun. Retrieved December 20, 2025.
- ^ William Earl (December 11, 2025). “Dwayne Johnson to Be Honored With Creative Impact in Acting Award From Variety at 2026 Palm Springs Film Festival”. Variety. Retrieved December 12, 2025.
- ^ William Earl (December 10, 2025). “Teyana Taylor to Receive Creative Impact in Breakthrough Performance Award From Variety at 2026 Palm Springs Film Festival”. Variety. Retrieved December 13, 2025.
- ^ William Earl (December 16, 2025). “Guillermo del Toro Set to Receive the Creative Impact in Directing Award from Variety at Palm Springs International Film Festival 2026”. Variety. Retrieved December 17, 2025.
- ^ Debruge, Peter (December 4, 2025). “Variety’s 10 Directors to Watch for 2026: Kristen Stewart, Harry Lighton and Dave Green Among Honorees”. Variety. Retrieved December 13, 2025.
