{"id":10377,"date":"2014-12-21T17:55:40","date_gmt":"2014-12-22T01:55:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/moviesharkdeblore.com\/site\/?p=10377"},"modified":"2014-12-21T17:55:40","modified_gmt":"2014-12-22T01:55:40","slug":"26th-annual-palm-springs-international-film-festival-announces-line-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/behindthelensonline.net\/site\/festivals\/26th-annual-palm-springs-international-film-festival-announces-line-up\/","title":{"rendered":"26th Annual Palm Springs International Film Festival Announces Line-Up"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The 26th<\/sup> annual Palm Springs International Film Festival<\/strong> (PSIFF) announces its complete line-up including Premieres, New Voices\/New Visions and Modern Masters. 192 films from 65 countries, including 65 premieres (7 World, 5 International, 20 North American and 33 U.S.) will unspool at the Festival, running from January 2-12, 2015 in Palm Springs, California.\u00a0 For a complete list of films visit: www.psfilmfest.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis year\u2019s lineup is particularly noteworthy not only for the overall excellence of the 190+ films included, but for the extraordinary quality of storytelling involved\u201d said Darryl Macdonald, Festival Director. \u201cIn this era of mega-blockbusters, filmmakers worldwide seem to be reacting by eschewing traditional genres and formats in favor of innovative and audacious new approaches to storytelling, with newly emerging talents from regions like Eastern Europe, the Arab countries and Latin America leading the charge.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cChange is in the air and circulating around the globe at warp speed. Under-represented countries are making themselves heard in the Oscar race,\u201d said Helen du Toit, Artistic Director. \u201cFilmmakers are mining the personal stories behind political movements. Marginalized women are asserting their rights. Emerging directors are staking their claims. These are exciting times in cinema and we are thrilled to be sharing them with our audience who comes from near and far.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Festival will offer a selection of 65 premieres of highly anticipated films, showcasing the diversity of international cinema. In addition, the festival\u2019s ever popular Secret Screening will take place on Tuesday, January 6th at 8:00 p.m. at the Camelot Theatre.<\/p>\n

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World premieres include: <\/strong>Don Quixote: The Ingenious Gentleman of La Mancha<\/em> (USA) starring James Franco, Horatio Sanz, Luis Guzman and Lin Shaye, <\/strong>Packed In A Trunk: The Lost Art of Edith Lake Wilkinson<\/em> (USA), Some Kind of Love <\/em>(Canada), Spirit \/ Will \/ Loss<\/em> (USA), Twenty-Five Palms<\/em>\u00a0 (Luxembourg) a documentary on the 25th<\/sup> anniversary of the Palm Springs International Film Festival directed by Fabrizio Maltese, and Walter<\/em> (USA) starring Justin Kirk, Virginia Madsen, William H. Macy, Neve Campbell and Peter Facinelli.<\/p>\n

International premieres include: <\/strong>Accused <\/em>(Netherlands), Arteholic <\/em>(Germany), a documentary featuring Udo Kier and Lars von Trier among others, The Grandad <\/em>(Iceland), Manpower <\/em>(Israel) and Never Die Young\u00a0 <\/em>(Luxembourg).<\/p>\n

North American premieres include: <\/strong>40-Love <\/em>(Belgium), Afterlife <\/em>(Hungary), Beatles <\/em>(Norway), The Breach <\/em>(USA), Chubby <\/em>(Belgium), Eyes of a Thief <\/em>(Palestine), Flowers <\/em>(Spain), Kebab & Horoscope <\/em>(Poland), The Monk <\/em>(Myanmar), A Moonless Night <\/em>(Uruguay), Mother of the Lamb <\/em>(Chile), NN <\/em>(Peru), No One\u2019s Child <\/em>(Serbia), Not All Is Vigil <\/em>(Spain), See You in Montevideo <\/em>(Serbia) starring in Aramand Assante, She\u2019s Funny That Way <\/em>(USA) directed by Peter Bogdanovich and starring Imogen Poots, Owen Wilson, Will Forte, Kathryn Hahn, Rhys Ifans and Jennifer Aniston, These Are the Rules <\/em>(Croatia), Three Windows and a Hanging <\/em>(Kosovo), Unlikely Heroes <\/em>(Switzerland), What\u2019s Between Us <\/em>(Switzerland) and Halla Halla <\/em>(Sweden).<\/p>\n

U.S. premieres include<\/strong>: Boychoir <\/em>(USA), Chagall \u2013 Malevich <\/em>(Russia), Ciudad Delirio <\/em>(Colombia), Cut Snake <\/em>(Australia), The Dark Horse <\/em>(New Zealand), D\u00e9cor <\/em>(Egypt), The Farewell Party <\/em> (Israel), Fidelio, Alice\u2019s Journey <\/em>(France), Grand Street <\/em>(USA) starring Kelly McGillis and Sam Robards, The Grump <\/em>(Finland), Henri Henri <\/em>(Canada), Hope and Wire <\/em>(New Zealand), In Her Place <\/em>(Canada), In the Crosswind <\/em>(Estonia), Kurmanjan Datka Queen of the Mountains <\/em>(Kyrgyzstan), The Lesson <\/em>(Bulgaria), Life in a Fishbowl <\/em>(Iceland), The Light Shines Only There <\/em>(Japan), Magical Girl <\/em>(Spain), Margarita, with a Straw <\/em>(India), Mirage <\/em>(Hungary), Monsoon<\/em> (Canada), Paper Planes <\/em> (Australia) starring Sam Worthington, The Perfect Dictatorship <\/em>(Mexico), The Reaper <\/em>(Croatia), The Search <\/em>(France), directed by Michel Hazanavicius and starring Annette Bening and B\u00e9r\u00e9nice Bejo, Sorrow and Joy <\/em>(Denmark), Theeb <\/em>(Jordan), Tigers<\/em> (India) directed by Danis Tanovic, Tokyo Fianc\u00e9e <\/em>(Belgium), White God <\/em>(Hungary), Who Am I – No System is Safe <\/em>(Germany), X + Y <\/em>(UK) starring Asa Butterfield, Sally Hawkins and Rafe Spall.<\/p>\n

The New Voices\/New Visions Award<\/strong> will honor one of 10 films from top emerging international directors marking their feature film debut at the Festival, with the additional criteria that the films selected are currently without US distribution.\u00a0 The winner is selected by a jury of US distributors and will receive a glass sculpture designed for the Festival by renowned artist Dale Chihuly.\u00a0 Films selected for this year include:<\/p>\n