Day 2: Talking Pictures & Film Awards #PSIFF2025

The Palm Springs International Film Awards

Tonight, we’re joined by the radiant 2025 Film Awards Honorees to celebrate the art of cinema. The annual Film Awards at the Palm Springs Convention Center celebrates groundbreaking performances and bold stories. If you’re not attending in-person, follow our PSFILMFEST Instagram. We’ll be sharing updates from the red carpet, and more!!

Talking Pictures, Book to Screen, & Special Guests

Every film has an origin story. When directors and actors join us for in-depth conversations in our Book to Screen and Talking Pictures programs, you’ll learn the genesis of their creative inspiration and unique behind-the-scenes stories. Today, our special guests include Colman Domingo of SING SING, Nicole Kidman and director Halina Reijn of BABYGIRL, and Angelina Jolie of MARIA. Each, a master of their craft, discussing their captivating films.

Today is a day we celebrate movies. Join us!!

Palm Springs International Film Awards – SOLD OUT!

The red carpet, shimmering gowns, sharp tuxedos, and the world’s most electrifying stars. The quintessential glamour and enchantment of the movies come alive here at the Palm Springs International Film Awards

Palm Springs Convention Center

277 N Avenida Caballeros, Palm Springs, CA 92262

Black Tie Attire

Doors open at 4:30 pm

WILLIAM TELL

Friday, January 3, 2025

7:15 pm, Camelot

Tickets available

Legendary crossbow marksman William Tell gets an epic drama that goes beyond the apple on his son’s head. In 1307, the power-hungry Austrian Hapsburgs encroach on peaceful Switzerland. Tell (masterfully played by Claes Bang, also at the festival in Bonjour Tristesse) realizes what matters most: his family and preserving his country’s independence for future generations.

EVERYBODY LOVES TOUDA

Friday, January 3, 2025

5 pm, Festival Theaters

Tickets available

Inspired by the fierce female poets who came before her, small-town chanteuse Touda dreams of becoming a true Sheikha (a traditional Moroccan performer). Tired of performing in provincial bars under men’s lustful gazes, she sets her sights on Casablanca.

HOW TO MAKE MILLIONS BEFORE GRANDMA DIES

Friday, January 3, 2025

4:45 pm, Palm Springs High School

Tickets available

A lazy college dropout quits his job to care for his grandmother, hoping to inherit her fortune. This deeply affecting portrait offers an honest look at a family grappling with clashing values and dynamics as they face the impending loss of their matriarch.

Congratulations to the How to Make Millions Before Grandma Dies team on making the shortlist for Best International Feature Film for the 97th Academy Awards!

PAUL ANKA: HIS WAY

Saturday, January 4, 2025

1:30 pm, Palm Springs High School

With a career spanning eight decades, Ottawa-born singer-songwriter Paul Anka has left a lasting mark on the music industry. In this all-encompassing tribute, brimming with archival footage and candid moments, Anka – still going strong – offers in his own words a vivid glimpse into his remarkable life and enduring legacy.

FOUR MOTHERS

Saturday, January 4, 2025

4:45 pm, Palm Springs High School

Winner of the Audience Award at the 2024 London Film Festival, this Irish twist on Mid-August Lunch (PSIFF 2009) follows a shy, commitment-phobic gay novelist living with his elderly mother. When his friends take off for Pride weekend, he finds himself caring for four eccentric, combative and wildly different women.

NEVER ALONE

Saturday, January 4, 2025

4:45 pm, Camelot

Winner of the Audience Award at the 2024 London Film Festival, this Irish twist on Mid-August Lunch (PSIFF 2009) follows a shy, commitment-phobic gay novelist living with his elderly mother. When his friends take off for Pride weekend, he finds himself caring for four eccentric, combative and wildly different women.