TOM MCCARTHY
:: Sonny Bono Visionary Award ::
MATT DAMON
:: Chairman's Award ::
CATE BLANCHETT
:: Desert Palm Achievment Award, Actress ::
JOHNNY DEPP
:: Desert Palm Achievment Award, Actor ::
SAOIRSE RONAN
:: International Star Award, Actress ::
MICHAEL FASSBENDER
:: International Star Award, Actor ::
ROONEY MARA
:: Spotlight Award ::
ALICIA VIKANDER
:: Rising Star ::
The PSIFF awards were presented at this year’s Awards Gala: The Big Short – Christian Bale, Steve Carell, Jeremy Strong, Finn Wittrock (in attendance) - (Ensemble Performance Award), Cate Blanchett (Desert Palm Achievement Award, Actress), Bryan Cranston(Spotlight Award, Actor), Matt Damon (Chairman’s Award), Johnny Depp (Desert Palm Achievement Award, Actor), Michael Fassbender (International Star Award, Actor), Brie Larson(Breakthrough Performance Award), Rooney Mara (Spotlight Award, Actress), Tom McCarthy(Sonny Bono Visionary Award), Saoirse Ronan (International Star Award, Actress) and Alicia Vikander (Rising Star Award).
Presenters were Lenny Abrahamson, Scott Cooper, Paul Dano, Amber Heard, Michael Keaton, Adam McKay, Ben Mendelsohn, Helen Mirren, Saoirse Ronan, Ridley Scott, Jacob Tremblay, and Kate Winslet.
Other celebrity guests included: Udo Kier, Ed Lachman, along with festival representatives Harold Matzner (Festival Chairman) and Helen du Toit (Artistic Director).
The 27th Annual Palm Springs International Film Festival (PSIFF) held its Awards Gala at the Palm Springs Convention Center on Saturday, January 2, 2016 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 Awards Gala was BIGHORN and major sponsors Entertainment Tonight and Mercedes-Benz.
CHIHULY
Honoree | Award | Presenter | Past Honorees |
Alicia Vikander
The Danish Girl | Rising Star Award | Amber Heard | Dakota Fanning, Bryce Dallas Howard, Terrence Howard, Anna Kendrick, Jennifer Lawrence, Scarlett Johansson |
Tom McCarthy
Spotlight | Sonny Bono Visionary Award | Michael Keaton | Richard Linklater, Danny Boyle, Todd Field, Tom Hooper, Quentin Tarantino, Gus Van Sant, U2 |
Brie Larson
Room | Breakthrough Performance Award | Lenny Abrahamson and Jacob Tremblay | Marion Cotillard, Jennifer Hudson, Carey Mulligan, Lupita Nyong’o, Rosamund Pike, Jeremy Renner |
Rooney Mara
Carol | Spotlight Award, Actress | Ben Mendelsohn | Amy Adams, Jessica Chastain, Helen Hunt, Julia Roberts |
Michael Fassbender
Steve Jobs | International Star Award, Actor | Kate Winslet | Gary Oldman, Javier Bardem |
Saoirse Ronan
Brooklyn | International Star Award, Actress | Paul Dano | Helen Mirren |
Bryan Cranston
Trumbo | Spotlight Award, Actor | Helen Mirren | J.K. Simmons
|
Johnny Depp
Black Mass | Desert Palm Achievement Award – Actor | Scott Cooper | Eddie Redmayne, Bradley Cooper, Colin Firth, Daniel Day-Lewis, Matthew McConaughey, Sean Penn |
Christian Bale, Steve Carell, Jeremy Strong, Finn Wittrock (attending)
The Big Short | Ensemble Performance Award | Adam McKay | American Hustle, Argo, Babel, The Imitation Game, The Social Network |
Cate Blanchett
Carol | Desert Palm Achievement Award – Actress | Saoirse Ronan | Julianne Moore, Halle Berry, Sandra Bullock, Marion Cotillard, Natalie Portman, Charlize Theron, |
Matt Damon
The Martian
| Chairman’s Award | Ridley Scott | Reese Witherspoon, Ben Affleck, George Clooney, Richard Gere, Tom Hanks, Nicole Kidman |