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SANDRA BULLOCK, STAR OF ACCLAIMED HIT GRAVITY, TO RECEIVE DESERT PALM ACHIEVEMENT AWARD AT THE 25th ANNUAL PALM SPRINGS INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL AWARDS GALA
Palm Springs, CA (November 15, 2013) – The 25th annual Palm Springs International Film Festival (PSIFF) will present Academy Award®-winning actress Sandra Bullock with the Desert Palm Achievement Award, Actress, at its annual Awards Gala. Each ...
The film ‘Breakaway’ (2012) by the breakout director Ian Loreños is a gripping and heart-wrenching story about the love of a father for his son. Told in a succinct and seamless narrative, this is a real-like ‘Taken’ story about trafficking in modern day Manila, Philippines. 'Robert Lim' (Jericho Rosales) is a frustrated and anxious, albeit loving, father raising his motherless son 'Brian' alone. Despite a genuine love for his son, Robert is beset ...
Iceland’s official Oscar entry for 2012 ‘The Deep’ (Djúpið Iceland, 2012), directed by native Icelander Baltasar Kormákur (‘Contraband’, 2012; 'Two Guns', 2013), tells the true story of a seemingly impossible survival after a terrible sea squall off the coast of Iceland. In 1984, a fishing boat named ‘Breki’ took to sea and was completely destroyed during a disastrous storm. All souls on deck perished, save one- ‘Gulli&r...
PALM SPRINGS INTERNATIONAL SHORT FILM FESTIVAL & FILM MARKET
June 18-24, 2013
Call for Entries
We are happy to extend a special FilmFestivals.com rate for any reader who submit their film to ShortFest.
Our Early Submission rate was valid from December 17, 2012 to January 21, 2013, however we will extend that rate to any of you readers if you follow the instructions (att...
"Sadourni’s Butterflies"
("Las Mariposas de Sadourni", 2012) is the first feature film by Argentinian director Dario Nardi. The film made its international premier at the 10th Dubai Film Festival and its North American premier at the 24th Palm Springs International Film Festival in the 'New Voices/New Visions' section. It most recently screened at the EFM market during the 63rd Berlinale.
Nardi began work on the film fifteen years ago in 1998 until at last...
Inch’ Allah.
Canada, 2012.
Canadian filmmaker Anais Barbeau-Lavalette’s film “Inch'Allah” is about a Quebecer female doctor ‘Chloe’ (played by Evelyne Brochu) working for the Red Cross in a Palestinian refugee camp in Ramallah who finds herself in the midst of war. Every day she crosses the border between the Israeli side of the border where she lives, to the Palestinian side where she works, witness to the quotidian horror of this tragic divide.
La...
Winner of last year’s Golden Bear Award for Best Film in Berlin 2012 was the Italian film ‘Cesare Deve Morire’ (Caesar Must Die, 2012). Directed by art-house filmmakers Paolo and Vittorio Taviani (Padre Padrone, Night of the Shooting Stars and Kaos), the film is set in the Rebibbia prison in Rome and tells the story about a group of prisoners (from murderers to mafia) who love Shakespeare so much that they perform the play ‘Julius Caesar’ from within their jail ce...
Arguably one of the most talked about films on the 2012 international festival circuit was the extreme realism drama ‘War Witch' (aka 'Rebelle’), 2012. Written and directed by Kim Nguyen, the film is in French and Lingala and filmed on location in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Canada’s entry for Best Foreign Film for the 85th Academy Awards, ‘War Witch: Rebelle’ tells the story of Komona (Rachel Mwanza) who is kidnapped by Congolese guerilla soldiers....
Leave it to the Danish, once again. The little country between Sweden and Germany is a giant when it comes to international cinema.
With its national cinema state funded by the DFI (Danish Film Institute), Denmark has been a mainstay on the cinema scene for decades, having produced some of the world’s most influential and greatest directors of contemporary film- Carl Th. Dreyer (The Passion of Joan of Arc, 1928; Vampyr, 1932), Erik Balling (Qivitoq, 1956), Gabriel Axel (Babette’s ...
‘Are you a traveler or a tourist?’ That is the question. What Is the difference? A tourist thinks about going home the minute he/she has arrived at his/her destination, whereas a traveler gets so wrapped up in the adventure he/she rarely ever returns home (Paul Bowles’ ‘The Sheltering Sky’). Norwegian adventurer Thor Heyerdahl was a true ‘traveler’ and made history with his epic voyage ‘Kon-Tiki’, now a major motion picture nominate...
Director Catriona McKenzie’s Australian film ‘Satellite Boy’ (2012) made its US premier at the 24th Palm Springs International Film Festival in the ‘New Voices/New Visions’ section.
Set in the dry and expansive Australian Outback, the film is a perfect arrival for the theme and mood of the synergetic Aquarian Age, confronting the issues of past, present and future for Australia and the world at large. A young Aboriginal boy, Pete (played by Cameron Wallaby), is c...
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24th ANNUAL PALM SPRINGS INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL AWARDS GALA PRESENTED BY CARTIER
Festival Honorees included: Ben Affleck, Alan Arkin, Bryan Cranston, Bradley Cooper, Helen Hunt, Helen Mirren, Mychael Danna, Naomi Watts, Richard Gere, Robert Zemeckis, Sally Field and Tom Hooper.
The 24th Annual Palm Springs International Film Festival (PSIFF) Awards Gala, presented by Cartier, was held Saturday, January 5, 2013 at the Palm Springs Convention Center hosted by Mary ...
On Saturday January 5th, the PSIFF program 'Talking Pictures' featured actress Naomi Watts on panel where she spoke to a full audience about her work on her latest feature: 'The Impossible' (2012).
Watts is best known for her award-winning performance in David Lynch's Mulholland Drive (2001). Other films include: The Ring (2002), 21 Grams (2004), King Kong (2005), Eastern Promises (2007) and Fair Game (2010).
A Spanish production directed by Spain's Juan Antonio Bayon...
photo by Michael Buckner
LES MISÉRABLES (2012)
On Sunday January 6th at the 24th Palm Springs International Film Festival, the festival's 'Talking Pictures' program featured director Tom Hooper & actor Eddie Redmayne - Les Misérables (2012)- where they spoke about their journey adapting the epic musical to film.
English director Tom Hooper is best known for 'The Damned United' (2009), and his Oscar® winning...
The Slovenian film IZLET (A TRIP, 2011) by writer/director Nejc Gazvoda held its world premier in Sarajevo last year at the 17th Sarajevo Film Festival (SFF). The film screened in competition and was nominated for Best Film. The film has been nominated for Best Film in several festivals around the world and won the award for Best Feature Film at its national Slovene Film Festival by the Slovene Film Critics Association.
It most recently traveled to the 24th Palm Springs International ...
A TRIP (2011) producer Ales Pavlin
The Slovenian film IZLET (A TRIP, 2011) by writer/director Nejc Gazvoda and producer Ales Pavlin most recently traveled to the 24th Palm Springs International Film Festival (TIFF). This year it was chosen by the country of Slovenian as the nation's Oscar submission. It is the first feature film (of what promises to be many) for both writer/director Nejc and producer Ales.
I interviewed Producer Ales Pavlin in Skopje, Macedonia and...
The international singsong hit ‘The Sapphires’ (2012) held its world premier at the 2012 Cannes Film Festival and its North American premier at the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF). Most recently it screened to audiences at the 24th Palm Springs International Film Festival where it won the Mercedes-Benz Audience Award for Best Narrative.
The film is about a native Australian all-female soul band that travels to Vietnam during the Vietnam War to uplift the morale of the s...
Romanian director Cristian Mungiu is a prolific filmmaker with each of his feature films having held premiers at the Cannes Film Festival. His first feature ‘Occident’ (2002) screened in the Directors Fortnight at Cannes. He later won the Palme d’Or for his film ‘Four Months, Three Weeks and Two Days’ (2007). His most recent film ‘Beyond the Hills’ (2012) was nominated for the Palme d’Or and won awards for Best Screenplay and Best Actress...
‘I Do’ (2012) by director Glenn Gaylord featured at the 24th Palm Springs International Film Festival. The film confronts the issue of DOMA (Defense of Marriage Act). In the film Jack (played by David W. Ross) holds an expired work visa and faces the threat of deportation back to his native England. Jack marries his best friend Ali for a green card to stay in America in order to take care of his fatherless niece, Tara. Jack is gay and falls in love with an architect, Mano; ...
Actor Alan Cumming attended the 'Talking Pictures' program for his latest film 'Any Day Now' (2012) at the 24th Palm Springs International Film Festival.
Alan spoke about his latest performance as 'Rudy Donatello', a lonely drag queen in an L.A. drag bar set in the 1970's. Rudy masks his abysmal solitude while in drag costume until one day his life is changed by Marco, a young boy with Downs Syndrome, who serendipitously crosses his path. Rudy eventually seeks to b...
Director Mike Magidson brings Greenland to the world with his stunning film ‘Inuk’ (2012), which screened this past week at the 24th Palm Springs Film Festival.
Filmed entirely on location in Greenland, it gives one the sense of having been there after watching this sweeping cinematic masterpiece. With its majestic extensive wide shots of icy landscapes and endless rolling glaciers, it is a visual feast for the eye, a bouquet of contrasts between the timeless and the temporal.
Th...
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Shot with solar power by Ladakhi monk Ngawang Sodpa, the eco film 'PAD YATRA: A Green Odyssey' (2012) screened at the 24th Palm Springs International Film Festival. The film is executive produced by Michelle Yeoh narrated by Daryl Hannah and it is the debut feature project of writer/director Wendy J.N. Lee.
Winner of six International Awards, including Best Documentary and Audience Award Winner at three different festivals, 'PAD...
'Best of the Fest' is a handful of films picked out of the 180 films shown at the Palm Springs International Film Festival. These are chosen by audiences as favorites of the year's films screened at the festival and are screened again on the last day of the PSIFF; January 14th, 2013.
This Life - Some Must Die, So Others Can Live (122 min.) Allez, Eddy! (97 min.) A Royal Affair (137 min.) I Do (91 min.) Inuk (90 min.) English Vinglish (133 min.) Nuala (90 min.) More Than Honey (90 ...
Columbian director Juan Andres Arango Garcia’s film ‘LA Playa DC’ (2012) screened at the 24th Palm Springs International Film Festival in the World Cinema Now category. The film held its premier at 2012 Cannes Film Festival as an official selection of the Un Certain Regard category.
DIRECTOR: Juan Andrés Arango Garcia Producer: Jorge Andres Botero, Diana Bustamente Editor: Felipe Guerrero Screenwriter: Juan Andrés Arango Cinematographer: Nicolás Cannicci...
Danish film ‘The Hunt’ (2012) screened at the 24th Palm Springs International Film Festival. Directed by Thomas Vinterberg (Director of ‘The Celebration’, 1998, and co-founder of Dogme Films, Denmark) the film is about a modern day witch hunt where the main character ‘Lucas’ (played by Mads Mikkelsen) is innocently accused of child molestation and made an outcast in his hometown. The film won Best Actor award at 2012 Cannes Film Festival and the Ecumenical P...
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