At the recent Palm Springs International Film Festival (USA, January 6-17, 2011), a jury of film critics focused on the submissions to the Foreign Language Academy Award and decided the "International Critics' Prize (FIPRESCI Prize) for the Best Foreign Language Film of the Year (2010)" in the categories of best film, best actor, best actress.

Best Film:
Of Gods and Men (Des dieux et des hommes)
by Xavier Beauvois (France, 2010)
"for its incisive, restrained, and deeply moving depiction of religious faith tested by political strive".

Best Actor: Lars Rosing
in "Nuummioq" by Otto Rosing and Torben Bech (Greenland, 2009)
"for his affecting portrayal of a young man facing death against the stark landscape of Greenland".

Best Actress: Anne Coessens
in "Illegal" (Illégal) by Olivier Masset-Depasse (Belgium, 2010) "for her intense and uncompromising performance as an immigrant facing an inhuman legal system".

Jury members were:
Elie Castiel, Canada
Mihai Chirilov, Romania
Godfrey Cheshire, USA