The 35th Annual Palm Springs International Film Festival (PSIFF), held its Film Awards at the Palm Springs Convention Center on 4th January 2024, hosted by Mary Hart. Honourees were presented with either the John Kennedy “The Entertainer” statue or a Chihuly Glass Sculpture.
The following awards were presented at this year’s Film Awards: Billie Eilish and Finneas O’Connell (Chairman’s Award), Carey Mulligan (International Star Award, Actress), Cillian Murphy (Desert Palm Achievement Award, Actor), Colman Domingo (Spotlight Award, Actor), Danielle Brooks (Spotlight Award, Actress), Da’Vine Joy Randolph (Breakthrough Performance Award), Emma Stone (Desert Palm Achievement Award, Actress), Greta Gerwig (Director of the Year), Jeffrey Wright (Career Achievement Award), Paul Giamatti (Icon Award), and Killers of the Flower Moon – Director, Martin Scorsese, Executive Producer and Actor, Leonardo DiCaprio and Actress, Lily Gladstone (Vanguard Award).
The presenters were America Ferrera, Blitz Bazawule, Lenny Kravitz, Leslie Uggams, Margot Robbie, Mark Ruffalo, Meryl Streep, Robert Downey, Jr., Sandra Oh, Taraji P. Henson, and Willem Dafoe.
Other guests scheduled to attend included Osage Nation Principal Chief Geoffrey Standing Bear, festival representatives Festival Chairman Nachhattar Singh Chandi and Lili Rodriguez (Artistic Director).
The event was sponsored by Entertainment Tonight and IHG Hotels & Resorts.
Awards Show Honourees/Presenters In Show Order
| Honouree | Award | Presenter | Past Honourees |
| Danielle Brooks
The Color Purple |
Spotlight Award, Actress | Taraji P. Henson + Blitz Bazawule | Kristen Stewart, Amy Adams, Jessica Chastain, Helen Hunt, Allison Janney, Julia Roberts and Yuh-Jung Youn |
| Paul Giamatti
The Holdovers |
Icon Award | Sandra Oh | Glenn Close, Willem Dafoe, Michael Douglas, Robert Duvall, Tom Hanks and Meryl Streep |
| Greta Gerwig
Barbie |
Director of the Year | Margot Robbie + America Ferrera | Sarah Polley, Jane Campion, Chloé Zhao, Quentin Tarantino, Bradley Cooper, Alejandro G. Iñárritu, Steve McQueen, David O. Russell |
| Colman Domingo
Rustin |
Spotlight Award, Actor | Lenny Kravitz | Brendan Fraser, Bryan Cranston and Andrew Garfield |
| Da’Vine Joy Randolph
The Holdovers |
Breakthrough Performance Award | Paul Giamatti | Danielle Deadwyler, Andra Day, Cynthia Erivo, Brie Larson, Jennifer Hudson, Lupita Nyong’o, Mary J. Blige, Rosamund Pike |
| Cillian Murphy
Oppenheimer |
Desert Palm Achievement Award, Actor | Robert Downey, Jr. | Colin Farrell, Riz Ahmed, Adam Driver, Bradley Cooper, Daniel Day-Lewis, Colin Firth, Matthew McConaughey, Gary Oldman, Brad Pitt, Eddie Redmayne |
| Emma Stone
Poor Things |
Desert Palm Achievement Award, Actress | Mark Ruffalo + Willem Dafoe | Jessica Chastain, Viola Davis, Renée Zellweger, Olivia Colman, Cate Blanchett, Charlize Theron, Halle Berry, Julianne Moore, Sandra Bullock, Natalie Portman |
| Jeffrey Wright
American Fiction |
Career Achievement Award | Leslie Uggams | Nicole Kidman, Annette Bening, Kevin Costner, Laura Dern, Clint Eastwood, Sally Field, Morgan Freeman, Anthony Hopkins, Samuel L. Jackson and Spike Lee |
| Billie Eilish+ Finneas O’Connell
Barbie |
Chairman’s Award | Greta Gerwig | Viola Davis, Jennifer Hudson, Gary Oldman, Joaquin Phoenix, George Clooney, Matt Damon, Nicole Kidman, Regina King, Reese Witherspoon, Tom Hanks |
| Carey Mulligan
Maestro |
International Star Award | Meryl Streep | Michelle Yeoh, Penélope Cruz, Carey Mulligan, Charlize Theron, Javier Bardem, Nicole Kidman, Helen Mirren, Gary Oldman |
| Martin Scorsese, Leonardo DiCaprio, Lily Gladstone, Robert DeNiro, Jesse Plemons, Talee Redcorn, Yancey Redcorn, Tantoo Cardinal, Cara Jade Myers, JaNaoe Collins, Jillian Dion, Tatanka Means, William Belleau
Killers of the Flower Moon |
Vanguard Award | The Fabelmans, Belfast, Green Book, La La Land, Little Miss Sunshine, Shape of Water, The Trial of the Chicago 7, Young Adult |
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