Palm Springs International Film Festival 2025

  • 01 Feb - 07 Feb, 2025
  • Mag The Weekly
  • Awards

The stars descended upon the desert at the 2025 Palm Springs International Film Festival Awards; the 36th annual event honoured the year’s best movies and top actors, including the Vanguard Award for Emilia Pérez and an Ensemble Performance Award for Conclave.

Individual recipients were Colman Domingo (Spotlight Award, Actor for Sing Sing), Adrien Brody (Desert Palm Achievement Award, Actor for The Brutalist), Angelina Jolie (Desert Palm Achievement Award, Actress for Maria), Nicole Kidman (International Star Award for Babygirl), Kieran Culkin (Breakthrough Performance Award, Actor for A Real Pain), Mikey Madison (Breakthrough Performance Award, Actress for Anora), Timothée Chalamet (Chairman’s Award for A Complete Unknown), Ariana Grande (Rising Star Award for Wicked), and Denis Villeneuve (Visionary Award for Dune: Part Two). The film festival took place between Jan. 2 and Jan. 13 and screened 165 films from over 71 countries.

Launched in 1990, the PSIFF is a premier presenter of world cinema located in the beautiful Coachella Valley at the base of Mt. San Jacinto in southern California. The film festival brings together a sophisticated and diverse audience, including industry, film aficionados from across the country and filmmakers from around the world. PSIFF aims to cultivate and promote the art and science of film through education and cross-cultural awareness.

Winners’ List
FIPRESCI Prize for Best International Feature Film
I’m Still Here (Brazil), Director Walter Salles

FIPRESCI Prize for Best International Screenplay
Vermiglio (Italy), Director Maura Delpero

FIPRESCI Prize for the Best Actress in an International Feature Film
Zoe Saldaña –b Emilia Pérez (France), Director Jacques Audiard

FIPRESCI Prize for Best Actor in an International Feature Film
Mo Chara, Móglaí Bap, and DJ Provái – Kneecap (Ireland), Director Rich Peppiatt

Best Documentary Award
No Other Land (Palestine), Directors Yuval Abraham, Basel Adra, Hamdan Ballal, Rachel Szor

Best Documentary Award Special Mention
Blue Road – The Edna O’Brien Story (Ireland/United Kingdom), Director Sinéad O’Shea

New Voices New Visions Award
The New Year That Never Came (Romania), Director Bogdan Mure?anu

New Voices New Visions Special Mention
Don’t Let’s Go to the Dogs Tonight (South Africa), Director Embeth Davidtz

Best Narrative Feature Audience Award
Tinâ (Mother) (New Zealand), Director Miki Magasiva

Best Documentary Feature Audience Award
Checkpoint Zoo (United States/Ukraine), Director Joshua Zeman

Ibero-American Award
Sujo (Mexico), Director Astrid Rondero, Fernanda Valadez

Ibero-American Special Mention
Manas (Brazil/Portugal), Director Marianna Brennand

Desert Views Award Winner
Checkpoint Zoo (United States/Ukraine), Director Joshua Zeman

Desert Views Special Mention
Desert Angel (United States), Director Vincent DeLuca

Young Cineastes Award Winner
Tatami (Georgia/Israel/Iran), Directors Zar Amir Ebrahimi and Guy Nattiv

Young Cineastes Special Mention
Superboys of Malegaon (India/United States), Director Reema Kagti

Bridging the Borders Award
Souleymane’s Story (France), Director Boris Lojkine

Bridging the Borders Special Mention
Happy Holidays (Palestine/Germany/France/Italy/Qatar), Director Scandar Copti

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