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Blancanieves To Open Palm Springs Fest

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Thursday December 20, 2012 @ 4:01am PSTTags: Blancanieves, Palm Springs Film Festival

Spanish director Pablo Berger’s re-imagining of the Snow White fairytale Blancanieves will kick off the Palm Springs Film Festival on January 3. The festival’s closing-night presentation January 13 will be Paul Andrew Williams’ Unfinished Song starring Terence Stamp and Vanessa Redgrave. This year’s lineup, which as usual showcases numerous contenders for the Foreign Language Film Oscar, features 180 films from 68 countries. The festival concludes January 14. Additional films from the announcement: READ MORE »

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Robert Zemeckis To Receive Director Of The Year Award At Palm Springs Fest

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Wednesday November 28, 2012 @ 9:57am PSTTags: Flight, Palm Springs Film Festival, Robert Zemeckis

Palm Springs, CA (November 28, 2012) – The 24th annual Palm Springs International Film Festival (PSIFF) will present Academy Award® winning director Robert Zemeckis with the Director of the Year Award for Flight. Presented by Cartier, the Awards Gala

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Palm Springs Festival Set For January 3-14

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Wednesday September 12, 2012 @ 5:17pm PDTTags: Palm Springs Film Festival

Palm Springs, CA (September 12, 2012) – The Palm Springs International Film Festival (PSIFF), scheduled from January 3 – 14, 2013, will hold its annual star-studded Awards Gala on Saturday, January 5, 2013 at

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Canadian Comedy Wins Audience Award At Palm Springs International Film Festival

By DAVID LIEBERMAN, Executive Editor | Sunday January 15, 2012 @ 4:10pm PSTTags: Palm Springs Film Festival, Palm Springs International Film Festival

A Canadian comedy about a prolific sperm donor, and a U.S. documentary about the history of women jazz musicians, were among the top award winners today at the 23rd Annual Palm Springs International Film Festival. Sponsored by the city of Palm Springs, this is one of North America’s biggest film festival attracting about 130,000 people each year to consider features and documentaries from around the world. “This year’s line up encompassed a particularly satisfying blend of challenging but highly compelling works, more broadly accessible crowd pleasers and debut films distinguished by their distinctive storytelling craft and technical prowess,” Festival Director Darryl Macdonald said.

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‘Salmon Fishing In The Yemen’ To Open Palm Springs Festival

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Thursday December 22, 2011 @ 1:37pm PSTTags: Palm Springs Film Festival, Salmon Fishing in the Yemen

Lasse Hallstrom’s Salmon Fishing In The Yemen will open the 23rd annual Palm Springs International Film Festival on Thursday, January 5, fest officials announced today. Closing gala presentation January 15 will be Almanya, Welcome to Germany. Salmon Fishing In The Yemen stars Ewan McGregor, Emily Blunt and Kristin Scott Thomas in the unconventional comedy adapted by Simon Beaufoy from Paul Torday’s novel. Salmon Fishing opens March 9 in the US through CBS Fims. The closing movie Almanya, Welcome To Germany is also a comedy, observing multiple generations of a German-Turkish clan. It’s directed by Yasemin Samdereli. Traditionally a foreign-langage film showcase, the festival for 2012 features 187 films from 73 countries, including 60 premieres — 2 world, 22 North American and 36 U.S. Read More »

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Palm Springs Fest Announces First Films

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Monday December 19, 2011 @ 10:56am PSTTags: Oscars, Palm Springs Film Festival

The Palm Springs International Film Festival’s first offerings announced today include a new program focusing on Arab Cinema, the New Voices/New Visions section for emerging filmmakers, the John Schlesinger lineup for first documentary features as well as 40 of the 63 official submissions for the foreign-language film Oscar — perfect for those that need to get their screenings in before the Academy Awards. The fest’s complete lineup will be announced later this week for its 23rd edition January 5-16, but here’s the foreign-language slate from the Awards Buzz section. It includes early critics group favorite A Separation (Iran) and China’s Christian Bale-starrer The Flowers Of War:

· Breathing (Austria), Director: Karl Markovics

· Bullhead (Belgium/Netherlands), Director: Michaël R. Roskam

· Elite Squad: The Enemy Within (Brazil), Director: Jose Padilha

· Tilt (Bulgaria/Germany), Director: Viktor Chouchkov

· Monsieur Lazhar (Canada), Director: Philippe Falardeau

· The Flowers of War (China), Director: Yimou Zhang

· Alois Nebel (Czech Republic/Germany), Director: Tomáš Lunák

· Superclásico (Denmark), Director: Ole Christian Madsen

· Le Havre (Finland/France, Germany), Director: Aki Kaurismäki

· Declaration of War (France), Director: Valérie Donzelli

· Pina (Germany), Director: Wim Wenders

· Attenberg (Greece), Director: Athina Rachel Tsangari

· A Simple Life (Hong Kong/China), Director: Ann Hui

· The Turin Horse (Hungary/France, Germany, Switzerland), Director: Bela Tarr

· Volcano (Iceland/Denmark), Director: Rúnar Rúnarsson

· Abu, Son of Adam (India), Director: Salim Ahamed

· A Separation (Iran), Director: Asghar Farhadi

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