The 31st Annual Palm Springs International Film Festival (PSIFF), held its Film Awards Gala at the Palm Springs Convention Center on Thursday, January 2, 2020 hosted by Mary Hart. Honorees were presented with either the John Kennedy “The Entertainer” statue or a Chihuly Glass Sculpture. The presenting sponsor of the Film Awards Gala was American Express and major sponsors were AT&T and Entertainment Tonight.
The following awards were presented at this year’s Film Awards Gala:Antonio Banderas (International Star Award, Actor); Laura Dern (Career Achievement Award); Adam Driver (Desert Palm Achievement Award, Actor); Cynthia Erivo (Breakthrough Performance Award); Jamie Foxx (Spotlight Award, Actor); Zack Gottsagen (Rising Star Award); Jennifer Lopez (Spotlight Award, Actress); Joaquin Phoenix (Chairman’s Award); Martin Scorsese (Sonny Bono Visionary Award); Quentin Tarantino (Director of the Year Award); Charlize Theron (International Star Award, Actress); Renée Zellweger (Desert Palm Achievement Award, Actress).
Presenters were: Noah Baumbach, Robert De Niro, Greta Gerwig, Rupert Goold, Salma Hayek, Tyler Nilson, Todd Phillips, Jay Roach, Lorene Scafaria, Michael Schwartz, Bryan Stevenson, and Lena Waithe.
Other guests included festival representatives Harold Matzner (Festival Chairman) and Lili Rodriguez (Artistic Director); Albert Berger, Barbara Boxer, Bo Burnham, James Duff, Mike Hatton, Phillip Keene, Udo Kier, Kasi Lemmons, David Permut, Charles Randolph, Alex Rodriguez, and Jane Rosenthal.
AWARDS SHOW HONOREES/PRESENTERS IN SHOW ORDER
| Honoree | Award | Presenter | Past Honorees |
| Cynthia ErivoHarriet | Breakthrough Performance Award | Lena Waithe | Brie Larson, Jennifer Hudson, Lupita Nyong’o, Marion Cotillard, Mary J. Blige, Rosamund Pike |
| Joaquin PhoenixJoker | Chairman’s Award | Todd Phillips | Amy Adams, George Clooney, Matt Damon, Nicole Kidman, Regina King, Reese Witherspoon, Tom Hanks |
| Antonio BanderasPain & Glory | International Star Award, Actor | Salma Hayek | Javier Bardem, Nicole Kidman, Helen Mirren, Gary Oldman. Saoirse Ronan |
| Laura DernMarriage StoryLittle Women | Career Achievement Award | Noah Baumbach | Annette Bening, Clint Eastwood, Glenn Close, Holly Hunter, Kevin Costner, Sally Field, Samuel L. Jackson, Spike Lee |
| Zack GottsagenThe Peanut Butter Falcon | Rising Star Award | Tyler Nilson and Michael Schwartz | Dakota Fanning, Gal Gadot, Anna Kendrick, Scarlett Johansson, Jennifer Lawrence, Alicia Vikander |
| Quentin TarantinoOnce Upon a Time… in Hollywood | Director of the Year | Greta Gerwig | Bradley Cooper, Alejandro G. Iñárritu, Steve McQueen, Jason Reitman, David O. Russell, Robert Zemeckis |
| Jennifer LopezHustlers | Spotlight Award, Actress | Lorene Scafaria | Allison Janney, Amy Adams, Helen Hunt, Jessica Chastain, Julia Roberts, Melissa McCarthy |
| Jamie FoxxJust Mercy | Spotlight Award, Actor | Bryan Stevenson | Timothée Chalamet, Bryan Cranston, J.K. Simmons, Sam Rockwell |
| Charlize TheronBombshell | International Star Award, Actress | Jay Roach | Javier Bardem, Nicole Kidman, Helen Mirren, Gary Oldman, Saoirse Ronan. |
| Adam DriverMarriage Story | Desert Palm Achievement Award, Actor | Laura Dern | Jeff Bridges, Bradley Cooper, Daniel Day-Lewis, Colin Firth, Matthew McConaughey, Gary Oldman, Brad Pitt, Eddie Redmayne. |
| Renée ZellwegerJudy | Desert Palm Achievement Award, Actress | Rupert Goold | Olivia Colman, Cate Blanchett, Charlize Theron, Halle Berry, Julianne Moore, Sandra Bullock, Natalie Portman, Saoirse Ronan |
| Martin ScorseseThe Irishman | Sonny Bono Visionary Award | Robert De Niro | Danny Boyle, Alfonso Cuarón, Richard Linklater, Tom Hooper, Tom McCarthy, Quentin Tarantino, Gus Van Sant |
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