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25th Annual Palm Springs International Film Festival 2014 Coverage
by Rick Soto

(PALM SPRINGS-100614) The Palm Springs International Film Festival Awards Gala honored the following entertainment actors / actresses (Amy Adams, Bradley Cooper, Paul Herman, Jeremy Renner, Elisabeth Rohm and Shea Whigham, Ensemble Performance Award, American Hustle; Bruce Dern, Career Achievement Award, Nebraska; Sandra Bullock, Desert Palm Achievement Award - Actress, Gravity; Tom Hanks, Chairman’s Award, Captain Phillips and Saving Mr. Banks; Lupita Nyong’o, Breakthrough Performance Award, 12 Years a Slave; Matthew McConaughey, Desert Palm Achievement Award - Actor, Dallas Buyers Club; Julia Roberts, Spotlight Award, August: Osage County; Meryl Streep, Icon Award, August: Osage County), directors (Steve McQueen, Director of the Year Award, 12 Years a Slave), film composer / scoring (Thomas Newman, Frederick Loewe Award, Saving Mr. Banks; U2, Sonny Bono Visionary Award, ‘Ordinary Love’ in Mandela: Long Walk To Freedom).

The following are highlights:

Thursday, January 02, 2014
The Palm Springs International Film Festival announces twenty-one (21) eligible films for the Cine Latino Award:

:: 15 Years and One Day (Spain), Director: Gracia Querejeta
:: Anina (Uruguay/Colombia), Director: Alfredo Soderguit
:: Coast of Death (Spain), Director: Lois Patiño
:: Gloria (Chile/Spain), Director: Sebastián Lelio - Special Mention
:: Grazing the Sky (Spain/Portugal/Mexico), Director: Horacio Alcalá
:: Heli (Mexico/Germany/Netherlands/France), Director: Amat Escalante - Winner
:: Ignasi M. (Spain), Director: Ventura Pons
:: La jaula de oro (Mexico/Spain), Director: Diego Quemada-Diez
:: Last Call (Mexico), Director: Francisco Franco
:: Living Is Easy with Eyes Closed (Spain), Director: David Trueba - Winner
:: Purgatorio (Mexico/USA), Director: Rodrigo Reyes
:: Rabbit Woman (Argentina/Spain), Director: Verónica Chen
:: Reaching for the Moon (Brazil), Director: Bruno Barreto
:: Roa (Colombia/Argentina), Director: Andrés Baiz
:: Root (Chile), Director: Matías Rojas Valencia
:: Tattoo (Brazil), Director: Hilton Lacerda
:: The German Doctor (Argentina), Director: Lucía Puenzo
:: The Magnetic Tree (Spain/Chile), Director: Isabel Ayguavives
:: The Mute (Peru/France, Mexico), Director: Daniel Vega & Diego Vega
:: The Searches (Mexico), Director: José Luis Valle
:: The Summer of Flying Fish (Chile/France), Director: Marcela Said

Sponsored by Guadalajara International Film Festival, University of Guadalajara Foundation/USA, and Mercedes-Benz

Saturday, January 04, 2014
Mary Hart hosted the Awards Gala presented by Cartier jewelry.


Julia Roberts presents Chairman's Award to Tom Hanks
(photo: Charley Gallay / Getty Images)



The Edge and U2 for Sonny Bono Visionary Award
(photo: Jeff Vespa / Getty Images)



Sandra Bullock arrives for Desert Palm Achievement Award -- Actress
(photo: Jeff Vespa / Getty Images)



Matthew McConaughey and Camila Alves-McConaughey arrive for Desert Palm Achievement Award -- Actor
(photo: Jeff Vespa / Getty Images)

Sunday, January 05, 2014
Variety's Creative Impact Awards, and 10 Directors to Watch brunch presented by Mercedes-Benz:

:: John Lee Hancock, Variety Creative Impact in Directing Award, Saving Mr. Banks
:: Jonah Hill, Variety Creative Impact in Acting Award, Wolf of Wall Street

"10 Directors to Watch":

:: Amma Asante, Belle
:: Clio Barnard, The Selfish Giant
:: Anthony Chen, Ilo Ilo
:: Paul Duane, Very Extremely Dangerous
:: Ben Falcone, Tammy
:: Maya Forbes, Infinitely Polar Bear
:: Aron Gaudet & Gita Pullapilly, Beneath the Harvest Sky
:: Dome Karukoski, Heart of a Lion
:: Justin Simien, Dear White People
:: Gren Wells, The Road Within


(L-R) President of Walt Disney Studios Motion Picture Production, Sean Bailey, writer John Lee Hancock and actor Colin Farrell
(photo: Michael Buckner / Getty Images)