Annunciato il programma completo ufficiale della 36esima edizione del Palm Springs International Film Festival.
Il Palm Springs International Film Festival (PSIFF) ha annunciato il programma ufficiale della 36esima edizione, che, come riportato da AwardsWatch, vede come film d’apertura: Better Man, il biopic musicale diretto da Michael Gracey e incentrato su Robbie Williams, e come film chiusura: The Penguin Lessons, diretto da Peter Cattaneo.
Il Festival proietterà 158 film da 71 paesi, tra cui 68 anteprime (3 mondiali, 3 internazionali, 15 nordamericane, 15 statunitensi e 32 della California) dal 2 al 13 gennaio 2025. La scaletta include 35 candidature agli Oscar per lungometraggi internazionali insieme a Talking Pictures, un focus sui film spagnoli con un focus su Pedro Almodóvar, New Voices New Visions, Modern Masters, Queer Cinema, Cine Latino, True Stories, World Cinema Now e altro ancora.
“La nostra scaletta di quest’anno è davvero qualcosa di speciale. In vero stile PSIFF, abbraccia i generi e attraversa i confini per portare un mix emozionante di film nella Coachella Valley”, ha affermato la direttrice artistica Lili Rodriguez. “Nell’ultimo anno, il nostro team del Palm Springs International Film Festival ha elaborato con cura un programma che celebra l’arte della narrazione e promette una serie di film, da quelli per famiglie a quelli stimolanti e urgenti. Si tratta di promuovere quella comunità dinamica di amanti del cinema che si riunisce qui a Palm Springs ogni anno per vivere storie trasformative e creare connessioni significative”.
Venerdì 3 gennaio inoltre si terranno i Palm Springs International Film Awards, tra i cui premiati figurano Kieran Culkin (Breakthrough Performer Award), Jennifer Lopez (Legend & Groundbreaker Award), Colman Domingo (Spotlight Award, attore), Mikey Madison (Breakthrough Performance Award), Nicole Kidman (International Star Award), Angelina Jolie (Desert Palm Achievement Award, attrice), Adrien Brody (Desert Palm Achievement Award, attore), Conclave (Ensemble Performance Award) assegnato agli attori Ralph Fiennes, Isabella Rossellini, Stanley Tucci, John Lithgow e Lucian Msamati ed Emilia Pérez (Vanguard Award) assegnato al regista Jacques Audiard e agli attori Karla Sofia Gascón, Zoe Saldaña, Selena Gomez ed Edgar Ramírez.
DI SEGUITO IL PROGRAMMA COMPLETO
MIGLIORI LUNGOMETRAGGI INTERNAZIONALI PRESENTATI
Questa sezione è stata selezionata dai programmatori del Festival come la più forte candidatura per gli Academy Awards® di quest’anno e presenterà 35 candidature ufficiali dalla categoria Best International Feature Film. Una giuria speciale di critici cinematografici internazionali esaminerà questi film per assegnare il premio FIPRESCI per il miglior lungometraggio internazionale dell’anno, nonché per il miglior attore, la migliore attrice e la migliore sceneggiatura in questa categoria.
Armand (Norway), Director Halfdan Ullmann Tøndel
Come Closer (Israel), Director Tom Nesher
Dahomey (Senegal), Director Mati Diop
Drowning Dry (Lithuania), Director Laurynas Bareiša (North American Premiere)
Emilia Pérez (France), Director Jacques Audiard
Everybody Loves Touda (Morocco), Director Nabil Ayouch
Flow (Latvia), Director Gints Zibalodis
From Ground Zero (Palestine), Anthology featuring 22 contributing directors, see website for full list (California Premiere)
The Girl with The Needle (Denmark), Director Magnus von Horn
Grand Tour (Portugal), Director Miguel Gomes
How To Make Millions Before Grandma Dies (Thailand), Director Pat Boonnitipat
The Hungarian Dressmaker (Slovakia), Director Iveta Grófová
I’m Still Here (Brazil), Director Walter Salles
Julie Keeps Quiet (Belgium), Director Leonardo Van Dijl (California Premiere)
Kill the Jockey (Argentina), Director Luis Ortega (U.S. Premiere)
Kneecap (Ireland), Director Rich Peppiatt
La Suprema (Colombia), Director Felipe Holguín Caro
The Last Journey (Sweden), Director Filip Hammar & Fredrik Wikingsson
Life (Turkey), Director Zeki Demirkubuz
Lost Ladies (India), Director Kiran Rao
Meeting With Pol Pot (Cambodia), Director Rithy Panh (North American Premiere)
Memories of a Burning Body (Costa Rica), Director Antonella Sudasassi Furniss (California Premiere)
My Late Summer (Bosnia-Herzegovina), Director Danis Tanović (U.S. Premiere)
Old Fox (Taiwan), Director Hsiao Ya-Chuan
Santosh (United Kingdom), Director Sandhya Suri
Saturn Return (Spain), Director Isaki Lacuesta, Pol Rodríguez
The Seed of The Sacred Fig (Germany), Director Mohammad Rasoulof
Shambhala (Nepal), Director Min Bahadur Bham (U.S. Premiere)
Sujo (Mexico), Director Astrid Rondero, Fernanda Valadez
Three Kilometers to The End of The World (Romania), Director Emanuel Pârvu (California Premiere)
Touch (Iceland), Director Baltasar Kormákur
Twilight Of the Warriors: Walled In (Hong Kong), Director Soi Cheang
Universal Language (Canada), Director Matthew Rankin
Vermiglio (Italy), Director Maura Delpero
Waves (Czech Republic), Director Jiří Mádl
TALKING PICTURES
The Talking Pictures program includes in-depth discussions with directors, writers and actors from the year’s top titles. The following film selected for this year’s program with guests attending are:
Emilia Pérez (France) with director Jacques Audiard and actors Zoe Saldaña, Karla Sofía Gascón, Selena Gomez, and Edgar Ramírez
Sing Sing (United States) with actor Colman Domingo
MODERN MASTERS
New films, classic auteurs.
Hard Truths (United Kingdom/Spain), Director Mike Leigh
Never Alone (Estonia/Finland), Director Klaus Härö (North American Premiere)
Parthenope (Italy), Director Paolo Sorrentino
Presence (United States), Director Steven Soderbergh
A Traveler’s Needs (South Korea), Director Hong Sangsoo
When Fall Is Coming (France), Director François Ozon (U.S. Premiere)
NEW VOICES NEW VISIONS
Unique viewpoints from first- and second-time directors.
Bob Trevino Likes It (United States), Director Tracie Laymon
Bonjour Tristesse (Canada/Germany), Director Durga Chew-Bose
Color Book (United States), Director David Fortune
Don’t Let’s Go to the Dogs Tonight (South Africa), Director Embeth Davidtz (California Premiere)
Hanami (Switzerland/Portugal/Cape Verde), Director Denise Fernandes
The New Year That Never Came (Romania), Director Bogdan Mureșanu (California Premiere)
To A Land Unknown (United Kingdom/Palestine/France/Greece/Netherlands/Germany/Qatar/Saudi Arabia), Director Mahdi Fleifel
AMERICAN INDIES
Independent films from rising American filmmakers.
Bad Shabbos (United States), Director Daniel Robbins
The Friend (United States), Directors Scott Mcgehee, David Siegel (California Premiere)
I Don’t Understand You (United States/Italy), Directors Brian Crano, David Craig
Lilly (United States), Director Rachel Feldman (California Premiere)
Love Me (United States), Director Sam Zuchero & Andy Zuchero
Millers In Marriage (United States), Director Edward Burns (U.S. Premiere)
Paper Flowers (United States), Director Mahesh Pailoor
Sacramento (United States), Director Michael Angarano
TRUE STORIES
Non-fiction filmmaking at its most urgent and illuminating.
Adrianne & The Castle (Canada), Director Shannon Walsh
Agent of Happiness (Bhutan/Hungary), Director Arun Bhattarai & Dorottya Zurbó
Apocalypse in the Tropics (Brazil), Director Petra Costa (California Premiere)
Billy Preston: That’s The Way God Planned It (United States), Director Paris Barclay
Blue Road – The Edna O’Brien Story (Ireland/United Kingdom), Director Sinéad O’shea (California Premiere)
Bring Them Home (United States), Directors Ivan Macdonald, Ivy Macdonald, Daniel Glick
Checkpoint Zoo (United States/Ukraine), Director Joshua Zeman
Counted Out (United States), Director Vicki Abeles
Desert Angel (United States), Director Vincent Deluca (California Premiere)
The Diamond King (United States), Director Marq Evans (California Premiere)
Diane Warren: Relentless (United States), Director Bess Kargman
Driver (United States), Director Nesa Azimi (California Premiere)
Every Little Thing (Australia), Director Sally Aitken (California Premiere)
Good Men (United States), Director Bobby Roth
Group Therapy (United States), Director Neil Berkeley
Headhunting To Beatboxing (India), Director Rohit Gupta (North American Premiere)
His Own Way – The Cinema of Avi Nesher (Israel), Director Yair Raveh
Homegrown (United States), Director Michael Premo
Igualada (Colombia/Mexico/United States), Director Juan Mejía
Janis Ian: Breaking Silence (United States), Director Varda Bar-Kar
Jean Cocteau (United States), Director Lisa Immordino Vreeland (California Premiere)
Liza: A Truly Terrific Absolutely True Story (United States), Director Bruce David Klein (California Premiere)
Mistress Dispeller (China/United States), Director Elizabeth Lo
My Sweet Land (Jordan/United States/France/Ireland), Director Sareen Hairabedian
Nasty (Romania), Directors Tudor Giurgiu, Tudor D. Popescu, Cristian Pascariu (North American Premiere)
No Other Land (Palestine), Directors Yuval Abraham, Basel Adra, Hamdan Ballal, Rachel Szor
Paul Anka: His Way (United States), Director John Maggio (California Premiere)
Sabbath Queen (United States), Director Sandi DuBowski
Schindler Space Architect (United States), Director Valentina Ganeva
Shelf Life (United States/Japan/Switzerland/Georgia/England/Egypt/Spain/Wales), Director Ian Cheney (California Premiere)
Space Cowboy (United States), Directors Marah Strauch, Bryce Leavitt
The Stamp Thief (United States/Poland/Germany), Director Dan Sturman (World Premiere)
A Sudden Glimpse to Deeper Things (United Kingdom), Director Mark Cousins (California Premiere)
Tokito: The 540-Day Journey of A Culinary Maverick (Japan), Director Aki Mizutani (North American Premiere)
Transfers (Argentina/Uruguay), Director Nicolás Gil Lavedra (North American Premiere)
Walk With Me (United States), Director Heidi Levitt
Whatever It Takes (United Kingdom/United States), Director Jenny Carchman
You’re No Indian (United States), Director Ryan Flynn (World Premiere)
Zurawski V. Texas (United States), Directors Maisie Crow, Abbie Perrault
SPANISH FOCUS
Stories from Spanish filmmakers.
Afternoons of Solitude (Spain/France/Portugal), Director Albert Serra
The Exiles (Spain/Chile), Director Belén Funes (U.S. Premiere)
Holy Mother (Spain/Belgium), Director Antonio Chavarrías (California Premiere)
I Am Nevenka (Spain/Italy), Director Icíar Bollaín (California Premiere)
Marco, The Invented Truth (Spain), Directors Aitor Arregi, Jon Garaño (California Premiere)
Rioja, The Land of a Thousand Wines (Spain), Director José Luis López-Linares
The Wailing (Spain/France/Argentina), Director Pedro Martín-Calero (U.S. Premiere)
SPOTLIGHT: PEDRO ALMODÓVAR
As part of the Spanish Focus there will be a spotlight selection featuring films from celebrated filmmaker, Pedro Almodóvar.
All About My Mother (1999)
Matador (1986)
The Room Next Door (2024)
Talk To Her (2002)
QUEER CINEMA TODAY & THE GAYLA
Poignant, heartfelt and insightful stories from the LGBTQ community.
Bun Tikki (India), Director Faraz Arif Ansari (World Premiere)
Desire Lines (United States), Director Jules Rosskam
Drive Back Home (Canada), Director Michael Clowater
Four Mothers (Ireland/United Kingdom), Director Darren Thornton
A House Is Not a Disco (United States), Director Brian J. Smith
I’m Your Venus (United States), Director Kimberly Reed (California Premiere)
Misericordia (France/Spain/Portugal), Director Alain Guiraudie
A Nice Indian Boy (United States/Canada), Director Roshan Sethi (California Premiere, Gayla Spotlight)
Sally! (United States), Director Deborah Craig, Jörg Fockele, Ondine Rarey (Gay!la Spotlight)
FAMILY DAY
Movies to enjoy with the whole family.
The Day the Earth Blew Up: A Looney Tunes Movie (United States), Director Pete Browngardt
Flow (Latvia/France/Belgium), Director Gints Zibalodis
The Mountain (New Zealand), Director Rachel House (U.S. Premiere)
WORLD CINEMA NOW
Travel the world without leaving your seat.
Arcadia (Greece/Bulgaria/United States), Director Yorgos Zois (North American Premiere)
Auction (France), Director Pascal Bonitzer
Audrey (Australia), Director Natalie Bailey (California Premiere)
Black Dog (China), Director Guan Hu
Bushido (Japan), Director Kazuya Shiraishi
The Correspondent (Australia), Kriv Stenders (International Premiere)
From Hilde, With Love (Germany), Director Andreas Dresen (U.S. Premiere)
Ghost Trail (France/Germany/Belgium), Director Jonathan Millet (California Premiere)
Happy Holidays (Palestine/Germany/France/Italy/Qatar), Director Scandar Copti (California Premiere)
John Cranko (Germany), Director Joachim Lang (North American Premiere)
Maldoror (Belgium/France), Director Fabrice du Welz
Manas (Brazil/Portugal), Director Marianna Brennand (North American Premiere)
My Favourite Cake (Iran/France/Sweden/Germany), Directors Maryam Moghaddam, Behtash Sanaeeha
Odd Fish (Iceland/Finland/Czech Republic), Director Snævar Sölvason (International Premiere)
On Becoming a Guinea Fowl (Zambia/United Kingdom/Ireland), Director Rungano Nyoni
Pink Lady (Israel/Italy), Director Nir Bergman (California Premiere)
The Quiet Ones (Denmark/United States), Director Frederik Louis Hviid (California Premiere)
Quisling – The Final Days (Norway), Director Erik Poppe (U.S. Premiere)
Sex (Norway/United States), Director Dag Johan Haugerud (California Premiere)
The Shameless (Switzerland/France/Bulgaria/Taiwan/India), Director Konstantin Bojanov (North American Premiere)
Sons (Denmark/Sweden), Director Gustav Möller (North American Premiere)
Souleymane’s Story (France), Director Boris Lojkine
Sunshine (Philippines), Director Antoinette Jadaone (U.S. Premiere)
Superboys Of Malegaon (India/United States), Director Reema Kagti
Tatami (Georgia/Israel/Iran), Directors Zar Amir Ebrahimi, Guy Nattiv (U.S. Premiere)
There’s Still Tomorrow (Italy/United States), Director Paola Cortellesi
Through Rocks and Clouds (Peru/Chile), Director Franco García Becerra (California Premiere)
Tinā (Mother) (New Zealand), Director Miki Magasiva (California Premiere)
To Kill a Mongolian Horse (Malaysia/Hong Kong/South Korea/Japan/Saudi Arabia/Thailand/United States), Director Xiaoxuan Jiang (North American Premiere)
Trifole (Italy/South Africa/United States), Director Gabriele Fabbro (International Premiere)
Waltzing With Brando (United States/French Polynesia), Director Bill Fishman
The Way, My Way (Australia), Director Bill Bennett (North American Premiere)
William Tell (United Kingdom), Director Nick Hamm (U.S. Premiere)
LOCAL SPOTLIGHT
Highlighting films from the Coachella Valley.
Bob Mackie: Naked Illusion (United States), Director Matthew Miele
I premi della giuria per i film in concorso saranno annunciati domenica 12 gennaio per sette categorie, tra cui il premio FIPRESCI per i film del programma International Feature Film Oscar® Submissions; il premio New Voices New Visions per punti di vista unici di registi esordienti e secondi; il premio Best Documentary per un’avvincente produzione cinematografica non-fiction; il premio Ibero-American per il miglior film proveniente dall’America Latina, dalla Spagna o dal Portogallo; il premio Desert Views (giuria locale) per un film che promuove la comprensione e l’accettazione tra le persone; il premio Young Cineastes per un film scelto dalla nostra giuria dei giovani; e il premio Bridging the Borders presentato da Cinemas Without Borders per un film che riesce ad avvicinare le persone del nostro mondo.
