Miley Cyrus to Receive Artistic Achievement Award from Palm Springs International Film Festival
The Palm Springs International Film Awards has announced that GRAMMY Award-winning artist Miley Cyrus is the recipient of the Outstanding Artistic Achievement Award on behalf of her new song “Dream As One” featured in Avatar: Fire and Ash. The Film Awards will take place on January 3, 2026, at the Palm Springs Convention Center, with the festival running January 2-12, 2026. The event will be presented by Kering and sponsored by Entertainment Tonight.
“A musician who needs no introduction, Miley Cyrus is a force in everything she does. Her song ‘Dream as One’ from Avatar: Fire and Ash is already a triumph, resonating with audiences around the globe,” said Festival Chairman Nachhattar Singh Chandi. “It is with tremendous excitement that we welcome Miley Cyrus to Palm Springs and present her with the Outstanding Artistic Achievement Award.”
In Avatar: Fire and Ash, legendary filmmaker James Cameron transports audiences back to the breathtaking world of Pandora in an immersive new adventure with Marine turned Na’vi leader Jake Sully (Sam Worthington), Na’vi warrior Neytiri (Zoe Saldaña), and the Sully family returning. The film also stars Sigourney Weaver, Stephen Lang, Oona Chaplin, Cliff Curtis, Joel David Moore, CCH Pounder, Edie Falco, David Thewlis, Jemaine Clement, Giovanni Ribisi, Britain Dalton, Jamie Flatters, Trinity Jo-Li Bliss, Jack Champion, Brendan Cowell, Bailey Bass, Filip Geljo, Duane Evans, Jr., and Kate Winslet. Featured song “Dream as One” is performed by Miley Cyrus, with music and lyrics by Cyrus, Andrew Wyatt, Mark Ronson, and Simon Franglen. The ballad appears in the end credits and is featured on the film’s original soundtrack as well. The 20th Century Studios film releases in theaters nationwide this weekend.
Miley Cyrus is a GRAMMY Award-winning, multi-platinum artist. At the 2024 GRAMMYs, she performed “Flowers,” 2023’s top-selling single, winning Best Pop Solo Performance and Record of the Year. In 2025, her collaboration with Beyoncé won the Grammy for Best Country Duo Performance. Her eighth album, “Endless Summer Vacation,” dominated the charts, and her visual album “Something Beautiful” released in spring 2025. As part of her multimedia infiltration, she appeared in one of the most popular episodes of Netflix’s Black Mirror as Ashley O, performing Nine Inch Nails re-imaginings and transfixing viewers. Miley introduced her 501(c)3, Happy Hippie Foundation, in 2014. It has raised millions to support youth suffering from homelessness, especially those identifying as LGBTQ+. In 2024, she announced the launch of The Miley Cyrus Foundation, an extension of her philanthropic work focusing on supporting mothers in all their diversity.
Cyrus joins this year’s previously announced honorees Timothée Chalamet (Spotlight Actor of the Year Award), Michael B. Jordan (Icon Award, Actor), Rose Byrne (Breakthrough Performance Award), Leonardo DiCaprio (Desert Palm Achievement Award, Actor), Ethan Hawke (Career Achievement Award), Kate Hudson (Icon Award, Actress), Adam Sandler (Chairman’s Award), Amanda Seyfried (Desert Palm Achievement Award, Actress), Frankenstein director Guillermo del Toro and actors Oscar Isaac, Jacob Elordi and Mia Goth (Visionary Award), Hamnet director Chloé Zhao as well as actors Jessie Buckley and Paul Mescal (Vanguard Award), and Sentimental Value cast members Renate Reinsve, Stellan Skarsgård, Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas, and Elle Fanning (International Star Award).
He is a Rotten Tomatoes-approved critic, accredited by the Cannes Film Festival, Telluride Film Festival, Toronto International Film Festival and more, is a member of the International Cinephile Society (ICS), The Society of LGBTQ Entertainment Critics (GALECA), Critics Choice Association (CCA), San Francisco Bay Area Film Critics Circle (SFBAFCC) and the International Press Academy. Among his many achieved goals with AwardsWatch, he has given a platform to underrepresented writers and critics and supplied them with access to film festivals and the industry and calls the Bay Area his home where he lives with his husband and son.
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