100% Oscar Nomination Rate for Palm Springs Film Awards Honorees
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All 11 honorees from the Palm Springs International Film Awards on January 4 have received Academy Award nominations, along with three presenters. The event showcased significant overlap with Oscar nominations, including categories like Best Picture, Best Director, and more, highlighting its role as a key precursor to the Oscars.On January 23, 2024, the Palm Springs International Film Festival announced a remarkable achievement: all 11 recipients of the Palm Springs International Film Awards, held on January 4, were nominated for Academy Awards. This achievement underscores the festival's reputation as an essential indicator of Oscar favorites. Festival Chairman Nachhattar Singh Chandi expressed his pride and anticipation for the upcoming Oscars in March.
The Academy Award nominations encompassed a broad range of categories. For Best Picture, the Film Awards celebrated seven out of the ten nominees, including "American Fiction," "Barbie," "The Holdovers," "Killers of the Flower Moon" (which also received the Vanguard Award), "Maestro," "Oppenheimer," and "Poor Things."
In the Best Director category, Martin Scorsese was nominated for "Killers of the Flower Moon," receiving the Vanguard Award at the Palm Springs event. The Best Actor category saw nominations for Colman Domingo in "Rustin" (Spotlight Award, Actor), Paul Giamatti in "The Holdovers" (Icon Award), Cillian Murphy in "Oppenheimer" (Desert Palm Achievement Award, Actor), and Jeffrey Wright in "American Fiction" (Career Achievement Award).
The Best Actress nominees included Lily Gladstone for "Killers of the Flower Moon" (Vanguard Award), Carey Mulligan for "Maestro" (International Star Award, Actress), and Emma Stone for "Poor Things" (Desert Palm Achievement Award, Actress).
Supporting roles were also recognized, with Robert Downey, Jr. and Mark Ruffalo for "Oppenheimer," and Robert De Niro for "Killers of the Flower Moon" (all presenters) in the Best Supporting Actor category, and Danielle Brooks in "The Color Purple" (Spotlight Award, Actress), America Ferrera in "Barbie" (Presenter), and Da’Vine Joy Randolph in "The Holdovers" (Breakthrough Performance Award) for Best Supporting Actress.
The festival also honored Billie Eilish and Finneas O’Connell with the Chairman’s Award for their original song in "Barbie," and Greta Gerwig received the Director of the Year for her adapted screenplay for the same film.
The Palm Springs International Film Festival, which ran until January 15, 2024, screened 184 films from over 70 countries, including 48 premieres and 41 International Feature Film Oscar® Submissions. Notable international features and documentaries that received Academy nominations and were showcased at the festival include "Io Capitano," "Perfect Days," "Society of the Snow," "The Teacher’s Lounge," "The Zone of Interest," "20 Days in Mariupol," "Four Daughters," and "To Kill a Tiger."
This synergy between the Palm Springs International Film Awards and the Academy Awards nominations highlights the festival's crucial role in the film awards season, celebrating the industry's finest achievements and serving as a barometer for Oscar success.
