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22nd PSIFF Winners and closing gala
22nd ANNUAL
Festival Director Darryl Macdonald said, “It’s been a hugely successful year for the Festival, with record attendance, incredibly smooth operations, and much higher numbers of filmmakers and industry guests attending, with a marked jump in film sales activities as a result. Everything, from our film line-up to the stellar Awards Gala honorees, to our Talking Pictures events and our tribute to Michael Douglas, have been warmly embraced by audiences and industry alike, marking this as a banner year for us. This year’s success bodes extremely well for the future of the event.” Director of Programming Helen du Toit added, “Audience excitement is fanning the flames of buyer interest. Various distributors, including our New Voices/New Visions jury, are circling films and we expect to announce some sales in the coming days - which is fantastic news! I also delighted to see that Xavier Beauvois’ Of Gods and Menhas not only won over audiences but also our FIPRESCI jury, and feel this bodes very well for the Oscar run. Our Bridging the Borders Award singles out another very strong contender in Iciar Bollain’s Even the Rain. In addition, the spotlight is being shone on outstanding new directors by the Schlesinger jury’s choice of Summer Pasture and the New Voices/New Visions’ jury's choice of Mikkel Munch-Fals's audacious debut Nothing's All Bad from Denmark. In terms of audience and industry feedback, it has been our best year ever.” AUDIENCE AWARDThis year’s Festival attendees selected The Whistleblower (Canada) directed by Larysa Kondracki, as the Mercedes-Benz Audience Award for Best Narrative Feature. Based on a true story, this tough-minded and unsparing conspiracy thriller follows an American cop to Bosnia, where her job as a peacekeeper leads her to uncover a ring of human traffickers that includes fellow U.N. workers. The film stars Rachel Weisz, Vanessa Redgrave, Monica Bellucci, and David Strathairn. The runner-up narrative films in alphabetical order include Aftershock (China), Goethe (Germany), The Hedgehog (France), Paper Birds (Spain) and Simple Simon (Sweden).
Louder Than a Bomb (USA) directed by Greg Jacobs and Jon Siskel received the Audience Award for Best Documentary Feature. Thefilmtells the story of the world's largest youth poetry slam competition held annually in Chicago. The vividly drawn, richly complex The runner-up documentary films in alphabetical order include Bill Cunningham New York (USA), Jane’s Journey (Germany), A Not So Still Life (USA), Waste Land (Brazil) and Wild Horse, Wild Ride (USA). Both winners will receive the John Kennedy Statue (“The Entertainer”) specially designed for the Festival.
FIPRESCI AWARD
Lars Rosing received the FIPRESCI Award for Best Actor “for his affecting portrayal of a young man facing death against the stark landscape of Greenland,” in Nuummioq (Greenland) directed by Otto Rosing & Torben Bech. Anne Coesens received the FIPRESCI Award for Best Actress “for her intense and uncompromising performance as an immigrant facing an inhumane legal system” in Illegal
NEW VOICES/NEW VISIONS AWARD The New Voices/New Visions jury also announced Special Mentions to Sound of Noise (Sweden/France) “for its highly original concept, whimsical charm and masterful execution” and 40 (Turkey)“for its energy and stylish direction.” The films were juried by Marc Mauceri, vice president of First Run Features; Farhad Arshad, president and CEO of Olive Films; and Frederic Demey, senior vice president, international sales and acquisitions, Neoclassics Films.
THE JOHN SCHLESINGER AWARD
BRIDGING THE BORDERS AWARD The Best of the Fest screenings will take place on Monday, January 17. For a complete list of screenings visit www.psfilmfest.org.
The Festival’s 22nd Annual Awards Gala is presented by Cartier and sponsored by Mercedes Benz and Entertainment Tonight.Renewing sponsors of this year’s Festival are Title Sponsor The City of Palm Springs and Presenting Sponsors The Desert Sun, the City of Indian Wells, Spencer’s Restaurant and KPSP Local 2. Major Sponsors include Bank of America, Penfolds, Regal Entertainment, Diageo, Desert Regional Medical Center, Integrated Wealth Management, Wessman Development, Guthy-Renker, Wells Fargo, Chihuly Art Glass, and Ocean Properties Development. PSIFF FILM PRESS
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