The Palm Springs Film Festival
Palm Springs California is proud to be home and sponsor to a number of popular annual film festivals held each year in Palm Springs, Ca., the largest and most well-known of the film festivals is the Palm Springs International Film Festival, held the first week of January. The next Palm Springs International Film Festival will be held the dates of January 5th-18th, 2009.
Palm Springs International
Film Festival Palm Springs
Announcing 2010 Palm Springs Film Fest Dates:
January 5-18, 2010
Palm Springs Film Festival has announced the dates for the 2010 Palm Springs International Film Festival. The event dates are January 5-18, 2010, in Palm Springs, California.
The upcoming 2010 Palm Springs Film Festival will mark its 21st year for the annual event held in Palm Springs.
According to the film festival's promoters, the world-wide International Palm Springs Film Festival continues to grow in popularity and attendance each year. More than 400 screenings of 200 films from more than 60 countries are planned for the 2010 Festival. The selection of films for screening included a total of 69 premieres (4 World, 40 U.S. and 25 North American).
This year's Desert Palm Achieveman Award will be presented to 4-time Oscar nominee Jeff Bridges. The Career Achievement Award will be presented to Academy Award Winning Best Actress Helen Mirren.
The 2010 Breakthrough Performance Award will be presented to Mariah Carey, for her performance in "Precious," and Morgan Freeman will be awarded the Career Achievement Award for Action.
Also, 55 of the 63 films submitted for consideration in the Best Foreign Language Film category for the Academy Awards will be screened at this year's Festival, held from January 5-18, 2010. The entire run of the Festival setting new records in film screenings, box office and attendance.
The Palm Springs International Festival continues to grow at an impressive pace each year.
A record number of screenings and box office ticket sales puts the Palm Springs International Film Festival in a top box office position among film festivals in the USA.
The twelve-day Palm Springs Film Festival features films from 73 countries and seminars, special events, social gatherings, awards and gala receptions.
According to Palm Springs Film Fest Director Darryl Macdonald, the Palm Springs Film Festival is "positioned on the annual film calendar to be a key promotional platform and an integral indicator of the front runners in the year-end awards sweepstakes. Fully 38 Oscar¨ nominations went to films and filmmaking guests who were featured at this year's event."
About the Palm Springs Society of Film
The Palm Springs International Film Society Mission Statement
"Palm Springs International Film Society strives for a world in which enlightenment, knowledge and tolerance prevail. We believe film as an art form has the power to bridge cultures and illuminates the universality of the human experience.
The Palm Springs International Film Society is a 501(C)(3) charitable non-profit organization. You can help support the Palm Springs International Film Festival by making a tax-deductible donation to Programs Fund Drive."
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