Palm Springs International Film Festival

Location: Palm Springs, California, USA
The Palm Springs International Film Festival is dedicated to showcasing the work of exceptional, new and emerging talents as well as the celebrated work of established directors. The festival provides an industry-friendly launch pad for new films and filmmakers, combining the best aspects of a casual film marketplace with its well-established reputation as a great audience festival that filmmakers love to attend.

Awards for 2012

Audience Award

Best Documentary Feature

WINNERS

Wish Me Away: Bobbie Birleffi, Beverly Kopf

The Girls in the Band: Judy Chaikin
IN-COMPETITION

First Position: Bess Kargman
Runner-Up

Follow Me: The Yoni Netanyahu Story: Jonathan Gruber, Ari Daniel Pinchot
Runner-Up

Shakespeare High: Alex Rotaru
Runner-Up

The Story of Film: An Odyssey: Mark Cousins
Runner-Up

Vito: Jeffrey Schwarz
Runner-Up

Best Narrative Feature

WINNER

Starbuck: Ken Scott
IN-COMPETITION

War of the Buttons: Christophe Barratier
Runner-Up

If I Were You: Joan Carr-Wiggin
Runner-Up

Sonny Boy: Maria Peters
Runner-Up

Salmon Fishing in the Yemen: Lasse Hallström
Runner-Up

The Flowers of War: Yimou Zhang
Runner-Up

A Simple Life: Ann Hui
Runner-Up

Simon & the Oaks: Lisa Ohlin
Runner-Up

Wunderkinder: Markus Rosenmüller
Runner-Up

Come as You Are: Geoffrey Enthoven
Runner-Up

Monsieur Lazhar: Philippe Falardeau
Runner-Up

In Darkness: Agnieszka Holland
Runner-Up

New Voices/New Visions Grand Jury Prize

WINNER

Dom: Zuzana Liová
IN-COMPETITION

Almanya - Willkommen in Deutschland: Yasemin Samdereli

Habibi Rasak Kharban: Susan Youssef

Old Goats: Taylor Guterson

Las Acacias: Pablo Giorgelli

Wreckers: Dictynna Hood

Generation P: Victor Ginzburg

The Invader: Nicolas Provost

Last Winter: John Shank

Off-White Lies: Maya Kenig

Breakthrough Performance Award

WINNER

The Help: Octavia Spencer

John Schlesinger Award

WINNER

El lugar más pequeño: Tatiana Huezo
IN-COMPETITION

Bert Stern: Original Madman: Shannah Laumeister

Diana Vreeland: The Eye Has to Travel: Lisa Immordino Vreeland

Arranged Happiness: Daniela Creutz

Morir de pie: Jacaranda Correa

First Position: Bess Kargman

Les trois disparitions de Soad Hosni: Rania Stephan

Wish Me Away: Beverly Kopf, Bobbie Birleffi

Unfinished Spaces: Alysa Nahmias, Benjamin Murray

You've Been Trumped: Anthony Baxter

Bridging the Borders Award

WINNER

Terraferma: Emanuele Crialese
IN-COMPETITION

Le Havre: Aki Kaurismäki
Runner-Up

Chairman's Vanguard Award

WINNER

Young Adult: Patton Oswalt (actor), Diablo Cody (writer), Jason Reitman (director), Charlize Theron (actress)

Spotlight Award

WINNER

The Debt, Take Shelter, The Tree of Life, Coriolanus, The Help: Jessica Chastain

Frederick Loewe Award for Film Composing

WINNER

Hugo: Howard Shore

Director of the Year Award

WINNER

Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close: Stephen Daldry

Sonny Bono Visionary Award

WINNER

Michel Hazanavicius

Chairman's Award

WINNER

The Descendants, The Ides of March: George Clooney

Desert Palm Achievement Award

WINNERS

My Week with Marilyn: Michelle Williams

The Tree of Life, Moneyball: Brad Pitt

Career Achievement Award

WINNER

Glenn Close

FIPRESCI Prize

Best Actor

WINNER

Bullhead: Matthias Schoenaerts

Best Actress

WINNER

A Separation: Leila Hatami, Sareh Bayat, Sarina Farhadi

Best Foreign Language Film

WINNER

The Turin Horse: Béla Tarr

Directors to Watch

WINNERS

Casa de mi Padre: Matt Piedmont

The Raid: Redemption: Gareth Evans

Monsieur Lazhar: Philippe Falardeau

Declaration of War: Valérie Donzelli

Beasts of the Southern Wild: Benh Zeitlin

Bullhead: Michaël R. Roskam

Your Sister's Sister: Lynn Shelton

Sound of My Voice: Zal Batmanglij

Act of Valor: Mike McCoy, Scott Waugh

Miss Bala: Gerardo Naranjo