The 2025 Palm Springs International Film Festival kicked off Friday at the Palm Springs Convention Center to celebrate the year’s very best in film and performance. The Friday night gala had some of the industry’s boldest names — and awards season frontrunners — in attendance and hitting the red carpet.

The stars descended upon the desert at the 2025 Palm Springs International Film Festival Awards on Friday night. The 36th annual event honored the year’s best movies and top actors, including the Vanguard Award for the cast and director of Emilia Pérez and the Ensemble Performance Award for Conclave.

It was a much more star-studded Palm Springs International Film Awards on Friday night (January 3, 2024) at the Palm Springs Convention Center in Palm Springs, CA. Timothée Chalamet, Nicole Kidman, Selena Gomez,