Emilia Pérez director Jacques Audiard will be honored with Variety’s Creative Impact in Directing Award at the 2025 Palm Springs International Film Festival as part of Variety’s annual 10 Directors to Watch and Creative Impact Awards brunch.
Film Festivals
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‘Emilia Pérez’ Director Jacques Audiard to Receive Variety’s Creative Impact in Directing Award
Jacques Audiard on the set of Emilia Perez. (credit: Shanna Besson/PAGE 114 – WHY NOT PRODUCTIONS – PATHÉ FILMS – FRANCE 2 CINÉMA)
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Ariana Grande to Receive Rising Star Award at Palm Springs Film Awards for Wicked
Ariana Grande in Wicked (Photo; Giles Keyte | Universal Pictures) Ariana Grande has been named the recipient of the Rising Star Award at the upcoming Palm Springs International Film Awards for her performance in Universal Pictures’ Wicked. The Film Awards will take place on January 3, 2025, at the Palm Springs Convention Center, with the festival running January 2-13, 2025.
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Colman Domingo to Receive Prestigious Montecito Award at Santa Barbara Film Festival
Colman Domingo in Sing Sing (Credit: Dominic Leon, A24) Colman Domingo will receive the prestigious Montecito Award at the 40th annual Santa Barbara International Film Festival for his “powerhouse performance” in Greg Kwedar’s Sing Sing as Divine G. This announcement follows Domingo’s win at last night’s Gotham Awards, where he took home the honor for Outstanding Lead Performance.
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Timothée Chalamet to Receive Chairman’s Award for ‘A Complete Unknown’ at Palm Springs Film Awards
Timothée Chalamet in A Complete Unknown. (Macall Polay, Searchlight Pictures.) Timothée Chalamet will receive the Chairman’s Award for his performance in James Mangold’s A Complete Unknown, at the Palm Springs International Film Awards.
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Runt, ‘Genocide in the Wildflower State’, ‘Stubbornly Here’ Win at WA Screen Culture Awards
courtesy WA Screen Culture Awards Runt, the Australian family film by John Sheedy, following ten-year-old Annie and Runt, her stray dog, as they attempt to win the Dog Show so they can save the family farm, dominated Western Australian WA Screen Culture Awards (WASCA) taking home all four of its nominations. The film won Innovation in Narrative Feature Film with a budget over $1m and Outstanding Achievement in Writing, Production Design and Original Music.
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‘The Brutalist’ Cinematographer Lol Crawley to Receive Roby Müller Award at IFFR
Lol Crawley (courtesy IFFR) Cinematographer Lol Crawley, most recently known for Brady Corbet’s epic post-war drama The Brutalist has been named the recipient of the sixth annual Roby Müller Award at International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR). During IFFR 2025, Crawley will give an IFFR Talk on his work, along with presenting the Dutch premiere of the The Brutalist.
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IFFR Unveils First Titles in Short & Mid-Length Strand + Matthew Lax and Timoteus Anggawan Kusno Focus Programs
a river holds a perfect memory directed by Hope Strickland (courtesy IFFR) International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR) 2025 unveiled the first selections for the Short & Mid-Length strand including ten world premieres and two international premieres.
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‘Silent City Driver’ Wins Top Award at 28th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival | Full List of Winners
Silent City Driver directed by Sengedorj Janchivdorj (courtesy PÖFF) Sengedorj Janchivdorj’s Silent City Driver was awarded the Grand Prix for Best Film along with the Best Production Design Award at the 28th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival. The Mongolian film follows a man who, after enduring 14 brutal years in prison, lives in isolation with his only companions, the stray dogs he has rescued over time. His life takes an unexpected turn when he finds work as a hearse driver and encounters two people who will reshape his existence.
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‘Better Man’ and ‘The Penguin Lessons’ Bookend 36th Palm Springs International Film Festival Lineup
The Penguin Lessons directed by Peter Cattaneo Better Man directed by Michael Gracey will open the 36th Palm Springs International Film Festival (PSIFF) taking place from January 2-13, 2025. The film is based on the true story of the meteoric rise, dramatic fall, and remarkable resurgence of British pop superstar Robbie Williams.
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DOC NYC Winners – Stone Mountain, Yalla Parkour, The Falling Sky, Art Spiegelman, Slumlord Millionaire Win Grand Jury Prizes
Stone Mountain directed by Daniel Kaufman (courtesy DOC NYC) Stone Mountain, Yalla Parkour, The Falling Sky, and Art Spiegelman: Disaster is My Muse took the Grand Jury Prizes in the juried U.S. Competition, International Competition, Kaleidoscope and Metropolis at the 2024 DOC NYC film festival. Slumlord Millionaire was voted Audience Award Winner.
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Timothée Chalamet to Receive Arlington Artist of the Year Award at Santa Barbara Film Festival
Timothée Chalamet (courtesy SBIFF) Timothée Chalamet will be honored with the prestigious Arlington Artist of the Year Award at the 40th Santa Barbara International Film Festival (SBIFF).
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Jin Ong’s ‘Abang Adik’ Wins Best Picture at 10th Asian World Film Festival | Full List of Winners
Abang Adik directed by Jin Ong The Malaysian crime/drama film Abang Adik directed by Jin Ong won the Snow Leopard Award for Best Film at the 10th Asian World Film Festival (AWFF). The film also won the Snow Leopard Best Actor Award for Wu Kang-ren.