Film fest to fete director Ron Howard

The Palm Springs International Film Festival will present its Director's Lifetime Achievement Award to Oscar-winner Ron Howard on Jan. 6 to launch its 20th annual festival, it was announced Thursday. More

Ron Howard to be honored at film festival

Oscar-winner Ron Howard will receive the Palm Springs International Film Festival's Director’s Lifetime Achievement Award. More

Film fest award going to Anne Hathaway

Anne Hathaway will receive the Palm Springs International Film Festival's Desert Palm Achievement Award for acting for her stand-out performance in “Rachel Getting Married.” More

• Anne Hathaway Gallery

Dakota Fanning is '09 Palm Springs International Film Festival's rising star

Dakota Fanning, the teenage star of 20 films, will be the next recipient of the Palm Springs International Film Festival Rising Star Award. More

• PS Film Fest Awards Gala
• 2008 Palm Springs International Film Festival Awards Gala
• Helen Hunt at the 2008 Film Fest

Dakota Fanning named female Rising Star for 2009 Palm Springs Film Festival

Dakota Fanning currently stars in “The Secret Life of Bees” alongside Queen Latifah, Alicia Keys and Jennifer Hudson and will receive her award at the film festival gala awards dinner on Jan. 6, 2009. More

• Houston's 2008 Film Fest Gala
• 2008 Palm Springs International Film Festival Awards Gala

Palm Springs International Film Festival Winners

Audience Award, Best Narrative Feature: "Then She Found Me," U.S. More

Gala signals end of 2008 Palm Springs International Film Festival

"Welcome to Jackie Lee's little tent in the desert," said Jim Houston, greeting about 350 guests at his wife's gala event Saturday night. The annual bash marks the end of the Palm Springs International Film Festival, now in its 19th year. More

Lasting impressions at the Palm Springs International Film Festival

Nearly 20 years ago, Sonny Bono founded the Palm Springs International Film Festival to bump up tourism and bring a little glamour back to the city. More