UPDATED with newest: The Palm Springs Movie Pageant mentioned in the present day that Colman Domingo will obtain its Highlight Award, Actor, for his “extremely uncooked and charming efficiency” in Sing Sing. It’s the second 12 months in a row he will probably be feted by the fest, which additionally celebrated his work in 2023’s Rustin with the Highlight Award.
“In Sing Sing, Colman Domingo delivers one other excellent efficiency based mostly on the true story of the wrongfully convicted Divine G, who finds function in jail by means of stage performing,” competition Chairman Nachhattar Singh Chandi mentioned.
The competition runs January 2-13 within the desert metropolis east of Los Angeles, and its movie awards will probably be handed out January 3 on the Palm Springs Conference Middle. The fest additionally will honor Netflix’s Emilia Pérez with its Vanguard Award.
PREVIOUSLY, October 30: The Palm Springs Movie Pageant kicked off its giving season Wednesday, revealing that Netflix’s audacious musical crime thriller Emilia Pérez has be bestowed the fest’s Vanguard Award. The glory will probably be introduced January 3 through the competition’s Movie Awards gala, an occasion that has turn out to be a must-stop for awards-season hopefuls.
The Vanguard Award, a gaggle honor distinguishing a movie’s forged and director in recognition of their work, will probably be introduced to writer-director Jacques Audiard and actors Karla Sofia Gascón, Zoe Saldaña, Selena Gomez and Edgar Ramírez, who’re anticipated to attend the ceremony on the Palm Springs Conference Middle.
The movie, which world premiered at Cannes, the place Gascón, Saldaña and Gomez have been awarded the Greatest Actress prize, has since been chosen as France’s submission for the Oscar Worldwide Function race. It facilities on fearsome cartel chief Emilia (Gascón), who enlists Rita (Saldaña), an unappreciated lawyer caught in a dead-end job, to assist pretend her demise in order that Emilia can lastly reside authentically as her true self.
It debuts on Netflix on November 13.
“Emilia Pérez is without doubt one of the biggest achievements in cinema this 12 months,” mentioned PSIFF chairman Nachhattar Singh Chandi. ‘This highly effective movie from visionary director Jacques Audiard, is led by excellent performances from Karla Sofia Gascón, Zoe Saldaña, Selena Gomez, Adriana Paz and Edgar Ramírez. The movie began its awards run on the Cannes movie competition, the place it received the Jury Prize and its foremost actresses shared the Greatest Actress prize. It’s our honor to have fun the director and forged of Emilia Perez with the Vanguard Award for this achievement in filmmaking.”
The Palm Springs Movie Pageant runs January 2-13.
