Michael Gracey’s Robbie Williams biopic musical Higher Man will open The thirty sixth annual Palm Springs Worldwide Movie Competition (PSIFF) on Thursday, January 2, and can shut Sunday January 12 with The Penguin Classes directed by Peter Cattaneo and starring Steve Coogan within the heartwarming story of a trainer who rescues and adopts an cute penguin. Each movies had premieres on the Toronto Movie Competition earlier this 12 months, and Higher Man first had its World Premiere at Telluride.
As at all times an indicator of PSIFF are screenings of quite a few entries into the Oscar Worldwide Movie race, this 12 months with 35 scheduled to display screen within the desert.
The Competition has programmed 158 movies from 71 international locations, together with 68 premieres (3 World, 3 Worldwide, 15 North American, 15 U.S., and 32 California) from January 2-13, 2025. The lineup additionally contains sections like Speaking Photos, a concentrate on Spanish movies with a highlight on Pedro Almodóvar, New Voices New Visions, Trendy Masters, Queer Cinema, Cine Latino, True Tales, World Cinema Now, and extra.
‘Higher Man’
Paramount Photos
Different highlights for this 12 months, with filmmakers in individual, embody the native highlight function Bob Mackie: Bare Phantasm with clothier Bob Mackie; Drive Again House with actor Alan Cumming; Group Remedy with comic London Hughes; Lilly with actress Patricia Clarkson; one other TIFF debut, Millers in Marriage with actor/author/director Edward Burns; Studying Lolita in Tehran with actress Zar Amir Ebrahimi and a Household Day screening of Circulation with director Gints Zilbalodis. The competition can have three world premiere titles: Bun Tikki with director Faraz Arif Ansari; The Stamp Thief with director Dan Sturman; and You’re No Indian with director Ryan Flynn.
‘The Penguin Classes’
Courtesy of TIFF
“Our lineup this 12 months is actually one thing particular. In true PSIFF style, it spans genres and crosses borders to convey an thrilling mixture of movies to the Coachella Valley,” shared Creative Director Lili Rodriguez. “Over the previous 12 months, our Palm Springs Worldwide Movie Competition group has rigorously crafted a program that celebrates the artwork of storytelling, and guarantees an array of movies– from family-friendly movies, to thought-provoking and pressing works. It’s all about fostering that dynamic neighborhood of movie lovers who collect right here in Palm Springs annually to expertise transformative tales and forge significant connections.”
The annual PSIFF Gala celebrating quite a few beforehand introduced Oscar contenders will happen on January 3, 2025.
Right here is the lineup:
AWARDS BUZZ – BEST INTERNATIONAL FEATURE FILM SUBMISSIONS
This part is chosen by Competition programmers because the strongest entries on this 12 months’s Academy Awards® race and can display screen 35 official submissions from the Greatest Worldwide Characteristic Movie class. A particular jury of worldwide movie critics will overview these movies to current the FIPRESCI Award for Greatest Worldwide Characteristic Movie of the 12 months, in addition to Greatest Actor, Greatest Actress, and Greatest Screenplay on this class. On Monday, January 6, The Hollywood Reporter will even host an in-depth panel dialogue with among the administrators which have made the Greatest Worldwide Characteristic Movie short-list.
- Armand (Norway), Director Halfdan Ullmann Tøndel
- Come Nearer (Israel), Director Tom Nesher
- Dahomey (Senegal), Director Mati Diop
- Drowning Dry (Lithuania), Director Laurynas Bareiša (North American Premiere)
- Emilia Pérez (France), Director Jacques Audiard
- Everyone Loves Touda (Morocco), Director Nabil Ayouch
- Circulation (Latvia), Director Gints Zibalodis
- From Floor Zero (Palestine), Anthology that includes 22 contributing administrators, see web site for full listing (California Premiere)
- The Lady with The Needle (Denmark), Director Magnus von Horn
- Grand Tour (Portugal), Director Miguel Gomes
- How To Make Tens of millions Earlier than Grandma Dies (Thailand), Director Pat Boonnitipat
- The Hungarian Dressmaker (Slovakia), Director Iveta Grófová
- I’m Nonetheless Right here (Brazil), Director Walter Salles
- Julie Retains Quiet (Belgium), Director Leonardo Van Dijl (California Premiere)
- Kill the Jockey (Argentina), Director Luis Ortega (U.S. Premiere)
- Kneecap (Eire), Director Wealthy Peppiatt
- La Suprema (Colombia), Director Felipe Holguín Caro
- The Final Journey (Sweden), Director Filip Hammar & Fredrik Wikingsson
- Life (Turkey), Director Zeki Demirkubuz
- Misplaced Girls (India), Director Kiran Rao
- Assembly With Pol Pot (Cambodia), Director Rithy Panh (North American Premiere)
- Recollections of a Burning Physique (Costa Rica), Director Antonella Sudasassi Furniss (California Premiere)
- My Late Summer season (Bosnia-Herzegovina), Director Danis Tanović (U.S. Premiere)
- Previous Fox (Taiwan), Director Hsiao Ya-Chuan
- Santosh (United Kingdom), Director Sandhya Suri
- Saturn Return (Spain), Director Isaki Lacuesta, Pol Rodríguez
- The Seed of The Sacred Fig (Germany), Director Mohammad Rasoulof
- Shambhala (Nepal), Director Min Bahadur Bham (U.S. Premiere)
- Sujo (Mexico), Director Astrid Rondero, Fernanda Valadez
- Three Kilometers to The Finish of The World (Romania), Director Emanuel Pârvu (California Premiere)
- Contact (Iceland), Director Baltasar Kormákur
- Twilight Of the Warriors: Walled In (Hong Kong), Director Soi Cheang
- Common Language (Canada), Director Matthew Rankin
- Vermiglio (Italy), Director Maura Delpero
- Waves (Czech Republic), Director Jiří Mádl
TALKING PICTURES
The Speaking Photos program contains in-depth discussions with administrators, writers and actors from the 12 months’s high titles. The next movie chosen for this 12 months’s program with visitors attending are:
- Emilia Pérez (France) with director Jacques Audiard and actors Zoe Saldaña, Karla Sofía Gascón, Selena Gomez, and Edgar Ramírez
- Sing Sing (United States) with actor Colman Domingo
MODERN MASTERS
New movies, basic auteurs.
- Laborious Truths (United Kingdom/Spain), Director Mike Leigh
- By no means Alone (Estonia/Finland), Director Klaus Härö (North American Premiere)
- Parthenope (Italy), Director Paolo Sorrentino
- Presence (United States), Director Steven Soderbergh
- A Traveler’s Wants (South Korea), Director Hong Sangsoo
- When Fall Is Coming (France), Director François Ozon (U.S. Premiere)
NEW VOICES NEW VISIONS
Distinctive viewpoints from first- and second-time administrators.
- Bob Trevino Likes It (United States), Director Tracie Laymon
- Bonjour Tristesse (Canada/Germany), Director Durga Chew-Bose
- Shade Ebook (United States), Director David Fortune
- Don’t Let’s Go to the Canines Tonight (South Africa), Director Embeth Davidtz (California Premiere)
- Hanami (Switzerland/Portugal/Cape Verde), Director Denise Fernandes
- The New 12 months That By no means Got here (Romania), Director Bogdan Mureșanu (California Premiere)
- To A Land Unknown (United Kingdom/Palestine/France/Greece/Netherlands/Germany/Qatar/Saudi Arabia), Director Mahdi Fleifel
AMERICAN INDIES
Unbiased movies from rising American filmmakers.
- Dangerous Shabbos (United States), Director Daniel Robbins
- The Pal (United States), Administrators Scott Mcgehee, David Siegel (California Premiere)
- I Don’t Perceive You (United States/Italy), Administrators Brian Crano, David Craig
- Lilly (United States), Director Rachel Feldman (California Premiere)
- Love Me (United States), Director Sam Zuchero & Andy Zuchero
- Millers In Marriage (United States), Director Edward Burns (U.S. Premiere)
- Paper Flowers (United States), Director Mahesh Pailoor
- Sacramento (United States), Director Michael Angarano
TRUE STORIES
Non-fiction filmmaking at its most pressing and illuminating.
- Adrianne & The Citadel (Canada), Director Shannon Walsh
- Agent of Happiness (Bhutan/Hungary), Director Arun Bhattarai & Dorottya Zurbó
- Apocalypse within the Tropics (Brazil), Director Petra Costa (California Premiere)
- Billy Preston: That’s The Method God Deliberate It (United States), Director Paris Barclay
- Blue Highway – The Edna O’Brien Story (Eire/United Kingdom), Director Sinéad O’shea (California Premiere)
- Deliver Them House (United States), Administrators Ivan Macdonald, Ivy Macdonald, Daniel Glick
- Checkpoint Zoo (United States/Ukraine), Director Joshua Zeman
- Counted Out (United States), Director Vicki Abeles
- Desert Angel (United States), Director Vincent Deluca (California Premiere)
- The Diamond King (United States), Director Marq Evans (California Premiere)
- Diane Warren: Relentless (United States), Director Bess Kargman
- Driver (United States), Director Nesa Azimi (California Premiere)
- Each Little Factor (Australia), Director Sally Aitken (California Premiere)
- Good Males (United States), Director Bobby Roth
- Group Remedy (United States), Director Neil Berkeley
- Headhunting To Beatboxing (India), Director Rohit Gupta (North American Premiere)
- His Personal Method – The Cinema of Avi Nesher (Israel), Director Yair Raveh
- Homegrown (United States), Director Michael Premo
- Igualada (Colombia/Mexico/United States), Director Juan Mejía
- Janis Ian: Breaking Silence (United States), Director Varda Bar-Kar
- Jean Cocteau (United States), Director Lisa Immordino Vreeland (California Premiere)
- Liza: A Really Terrific Completely True Story (United States), Director Bruce David Klein (California Premiere)
- Mistress Dispeller (China/United States), Director Elizabeth Lo
- My Candy Land (Jordan/United States/France/Eire), Director Sareen Hairabedian
- Nasty (Romania), Administrators Tudor Giurgiu, Tudor D. Popescu, Cristian Pascariu (North American Premiere)
- No Different Land (Palestine), Administrators Yuval Abraham, Basel Adra, Hamdan Ballal, Rachel Szor
- Paul Anka: His Method (United States), Director John Maggio (California Premiere)
- Sabbath Queen (United States), Director Sandi DuBowski
- Schindler House Architect (United States), Director Valentina Ganeva
- Shelf Life (United States/Japan/Switzerland/Georgia/England/Egypt/Spain/Wales), Director Ian Cheney (California Premiere)
- House Cowboy (United States), Administrators Marah Strauch, Bryce Leavitt
- The Stamp Thief (United States/Poland/Germany), Director Dan Sturman (World Premiere)
- A Sudden Glimpse to Deeper Issues (United Kingdom), Director Mark Cousins (California Premiere)
- Tokito: The 540-Day Journey of A Culinary Maverick (Japan), Director Aki Mizutani (North American Premiere)
- Transfers (Argentina/Uruguay), Director Nicolás Gil Lavedra (North American Premiere)
- Stroll With Me (United States), Director Heidi Levitt
- No matter It Takes (United Kingdom/United States), Director Jenny Carchman
- You’re No Indian (United States), Director Ryan Flynn (World Premiere)
- Zurawski V. Texas (United States), Administrators Maisie Crow, Abbie Perrault
SPANISH FOCUS
Tales from Spanish filmmakers.
- Afternoons of Solitude (Spain/France/Portugal), Director Albert Serra
- The Exiles (Spain/Chile), Director Belén Funes (U.S. Premiere)
- Holy Mom (Spain/Belgium), Director Antonio Chavarrías (California Premiere)
- I Am Nevenka (Spain/Italy), Director Icíar Bollaín (California Premiere)
- Marco, The Invented Fact (Spain), Administrators Aitor Arregi, Jon Garaño (California Premiere)
- Rioja, The Land of a Thousand Wines (Spain), Director José Luis López-Linares
- The Wailing (Spain/France/Argentina), Director Pedro Martín-Calero (U.S. Premiere)
SPOTLIGHT: PEDRO ALMODÓVAR
As a part of the Spanish Focus there might be a highlight choice that includes movies from celebrated filmmaker, Pedro Almodóvar.
- All About My Mom (1999)
- Matador (1986)
- The Room Subsequent Door (2024)
- Discuss To Her (2002)
QUEER CINEMA TODAY & THE GAYLA
Poignant, heartfelt and insightful tales from the LGBTQ neighborhood.
- Bun Tikki (India), Director Faraz Arif Ansari (World Premiere)
- Want Strains (United States), Director Jules Rosskam
- Drive Again House (Canada), Director Michael Clowater
- 4 Moms (Eire/United Kingdom), Director Darren Thornton
- A Home Is Not a Disco (United States), Director Brian J. Smith
- I’m Your Venus (United States), Director Kimberly Reed (California Premiere)
- Misericordia (France/Spain/Portugal), Director Alain Guiraudie
- A Good Indian Boy (United States/Canada), Director Roshan Sethi (California Premiere, Gayla Highlight)
- Sally! (United States), Director Deborah Craig, Jörg Fockele, Ondine Rarey (Homosexual!la Highlight)
FAMILY DAY
Motion pictures to take pleasure in with the entire household.
- The Day the Earth Blew Up: A Looney Tunes Film (United States), Director Pete Browngardt
- Circulation (Latvia/France/Belgium), Director Gints Zibalodis
- The Mountain (New Zealand), Director Rachel Home (U.S. Premiere)
WORLD CINEMA NOW
Journey the world with out leaving your seat.
- Arcadia (Greece/Bulgaria/United States), Director Yorgos Zois (North American Premiere)
- Public sale (France), Director Pascal Bonitzer
- Audrey (Australia), Director Natalie Bailey (California Premiere)
- Black Canine (China), Director Guan Hu
- Bushido (Japan), Director Kazuya Shiraishi
- The Correspondent (Australia), Kriv Stenders (Worldwide Premiere)
- From Hilde, With Love (Germany), Director Andreas Dresen (U.S. Premiere)
- Ghost Path (France/Germany/Belgium), Director Jonathan Millet (California Premiere)
- Glad Holidays (Palestine/Germany/France/Italy/Qatar), Director Scandar Copti (California Premiere)
- John Cranko (Germany), Director Joachim Lang (North American Premiere)
- Maldoror (Belgium/France), Director Fabrice du Welz
- Manas (Brazil/Portugal), Director Marianna Brennand (North American Premiere)
- My Favorite Cake (Iran/France/Sweden/Germany), Administrators Maryam Moghaddam, BehtashSanaeeha
- Odd Fish (Iceland/Finland/Czech Republic), Director Snævar Sölvason (Worldwide Premiere)
- On Turning into a Guinea Fowl (Zambia/United Kingdom/Eire), Director Rungano Nyoni
- Pink Woman (Israel/Italy), Director Nir Bergman (California Premiere)
- The Quiet Ones (Denmark/United States), Director Frederik Louis Hviid (California Premiere)
- Quisling – The Closing Days (Norway), Director Erik Poppe (U.S. Premiere)
- Intercourse (Norway/United States), Director Dag Johan Haugerud (California Premiere)
- The Shameless (Switzerland/France/Bulgaria/Taiwan/India), Director Konstantin Bojanov (North American Premiere)
- Sons (Denmark/Sweden), Director Gustav Möller (North American Premiere)
- Souleymane’s Story (France), Director Boris Lojkine
- Sunshine (Philippines), Director Antoinette Jadaone (U.S. Premiere)
- Superboys Of Malegaon (India/United States), Director Reema Kagti
- Tatami (Georgia/Israel/Iran), Administrators Zar Amir Ebrahimi, Man Nattiv (U.S. Premiere)
- There’s Nonetheless Tomorrow (Italy/United States), Director Paola Cortellesi
- By way of Rocks and Clouds (Peru/Chile), Director Franco García Becerra (California Premiere)
- Tinā (Mom) (New Zealand), Director Miki Magasiva (California Premiere)
- To Kill a Mongolian Horse (Malaysia/Hong Kong/South Korea/Japan/SaudiArabia/Thailand/United States), Director Xiaoxuan Jiang (North American Premiere)
- Trifole (Italy/South Africa/United States), Director Gabriele Fabbro (Worldwide Premiere)
- Waltzing With Brando (United States/French Polynesia), Director Invoice Fishman
- The Method, My Method (Australia), Director Invoice Bennett (North American Premiere)
- William Inform (United Kingdom), Director Nick Hamm (U.S. Premiere)
