2023 Palm Springs International Film Awards brings the stars out to the desert
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The 34th Annual Palm Springs International Film Festival (PSIFF), held its Film Awards Gala at the Palm Springs Convention Center on Thursday, January 5, 2023, co-hosted by Entertainment Tonight’s Kevin Frazier and Nischelle Turner. Honorees were presented with either the John Kennedy “The Entertainer” statue or a Chihuly Glass Sculpture. The event was presented by American Express and sponsored by Entertainment Tonight and IHG Hotels & Resorts.
The following awards were presented to and by plus previous recent honorees:
Honoree | Award | Presenter | Past Honorees |
Danielle Deadwyler Till | Breakthrough Performance Award, Actress | Brian Tyree Henry | Andra Day, Cynthia Erivo, Brie Larson, Jennifer Hudson, Lupita Nyong’o, Marion Cotillard, Mary J. Blige, Rosamund Pike |
Brendan Fraser The Whale | Spotlight Award, Actor | Hong Chau | Bryan Cranston and Andrew Garfield |
Sarah Polley Women Talking | Director of the Year | Eric Idle | Jane Campion, Chloé Zhao, Quentin Tarantino, Bradley Cooper, Alejandro G. Iñárritu, Steve McQueen, Jason Reitman, David O. Russell, Robert Zemeckis |
Austin Butler Elvis | Breakthrough Performance Award, Actor | Baz Luhrmann | Rami Malek, Jeremy Renner, Mahershala Ali |
Michelle Yeoh Everything Everywhere All at Once | International Star Award, Actress | Stephanie Hsu | Penélope Cruz, Carey Mulligan, Charlize Theron, Javier Bardem, Nicole Kidman, Helen Mirren, Gary Oldman, Saoirse Ronan. |
Colin Farrell The Banshees of Inisherin | Desert Palm Achievement Award, Actor | Sam Rockwell | Andrew Garfield, Riz Ahmed, Adam Driver, Jeff Bridges, Bradley Cooper, Daniel Day-Lewis, Colin Firth, Matthew McConaughey, Gary Oldman, Brad Pitt, Eddie Redmayne. |
Cate Blanchett Tár | Desert Palm Achievement Award, Actress | Jamie Lee Curtis | Jessica Chastain, Viola Davis, Renée Zellweger, Olivia Colman, Cate Blanchett, Charlize Theron, Halle Berry, Julianne Moore, Sandra Bullock, Natalie Portman, Saoirse Ronan |
Bill Nighy Living | International Star Award, Actor | Kazuo Ishiguro | Daniel Kaluuya, Antonio Banderas, Javier Bardem, Nicole Kidman, Helen Mirren, Gary Oldman. Saoirse Ronan |
Viola Davis The Woman King | Chairman’s Award (for acting and producing) | Cate Blanchett | Jennifer Hudson, Gary Oldman, Joaquin Phoenix, Amy Adams, George Clooney, Matt Damon, Nicole Kidman, Regina King, Reese Witherspoon, Tom Hanks |
Gabriel LaBelle, Keeley Karsten, Judd Hirsch, Julia Butters, Kristie Macosko Krieger, Michelle Williams, Paul Dano, Sam Rechner, Seth Rogen, Steven Spielberg The Fabelmans | Vanguard Award | Sally Field | Belfast, Green Book, La La Land, Little Miss Sunshine, Shape of Water, The Trial of the Chicago 7, Young Adult |
Other guests included festival representative Lili Rodriguez (Artistic Director); Phillip Keene, Udo Kier, Thuso Mbedu (The Woman King), Gina Prince-Bythewood (The Woman King), Julius Tennon (The Woman King), Todd Field (TÁR) and Nina Hoss (TÁR).
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