2008: Sonny Bono Visionary Award: Joe Wright; Desert Palm Achievement: Halle Berry and Daniel Day-Lewis; Breakthrough Performance: Marion Cotillard, “La Vie en Rose”; Rising Star: Nikki Blonsky and Emile Hirsch; Chairman's Vanguard: “Juno”; Ensemble Cast: “Hairspray” (Nikki Blonsky, Amanda Bynes, Zac Efron, Allison Janney, Elijah Kelley, Queen Latifah, James Marsden, Michelle Pfeiffer, Brittany Snow, John Travolta, Christopher Walken); Director of the Year: Sean Penn, “Into the Wild”; Frederick Loewe Award for Film Composing: James Newton Howard; Screen Actors Guild Foundation Patron of the Arts: Jerry Weintraub; emcee: Mary Hart

Festival awards: Audience Award Best Narrative: “Then She Found Me,” Helen Hunt (U.S.); Audience Award Best Documentary Feature: “Autism: The Musical,” Tricia Regan (U.S.).

2007: Sonny Bono Visionary: Todd Field; Career Achievement: Cate Blanchett; Desert Palm Achievement: Kate Winslet; Breakthrough Performance: Jennifer Hudson, “Dreamgirls,” Rising Star: Adam Beach, Jessica Biel; Chairman's Vanguard: “Little Miss Sunshine”; Ensemble cast: “Babel” (Adriana Barraza, Gael García Bernal, Cate Blanchett, Boubker Ait El Caid, Rinko Kikuchi, Brad Pitt, Said Tarchani, Kôji Yakusho); Director of the Year: Alejandro González Iñárritu, “Babel,” Frederick Loewe for Film Composing: Philip Glass; Screen Actors Guild Foundation Patron of the Arts: Sydney Pollack; emcee: Mary Hart.

Festival awards: Audience Award Best Narrative: “The Lives of Others,” Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck (Germany); Audience Award Best Documentary: “Blindsight,” Lucy Walker (UK).

2006: Sonny Bono Visionary: David Cronenberg; Lifetime Achievement: Shirley MacLaine; Desert Palm Achievement: Jake Gyllenhaal, Charlize Theron; Breakthrough Performance: Felicity Huffman, “Transamerica:; Rising Star: Terrence Howard; Frederick Loewe for Film Composing: Thomas Newman; Producer of the Year: Michael London; emcee: Mary Hart

Festival awards: Audience Award for Best Narrative: “Mrs. Palfrey at the Claremont,” Dan Ireland (UK), “Mother of Mine,” Klaus Härö (Finland); Audience Award for Best Documentary: “Five Days in September,” Barbara Willis Sweete (Canada).

2005: Sonny Bono Visionary for Acting, Producing & Directing: Kevin Spacey; Lifetime Achievement in the Arts & Humanities: Kirk Douglas; Career Achievement in Acting: Samuel L. Jackson; Desert Palm Achievement: Laura Linney, Liam Neeson; Rising Star: Bryce Dallas Howard; Chairman's Award for Distinguished Achievement in the Arts: Nicole Kidman; Director of the Year: Alexander Payne; Frederick Loewe Award for Film Composing: Howard Shore; emcee: Mary Hart

Festival awards: Audience Award Best Narrative: “The Sea Inside,” Alejandro Amenábar (Spain); Audience Award Best Documentary: “Watermarks,” Yaron Zilberman (France/Israel/USA).

2004: Sonny Bono Visionary: Sidney Sheldon; Lifetime Achievement in Film Production: Richard D. Zanuck; International Filmmaker Award for Writing & Directing: Anthony Minghella; Career Achievement Award in Art of Cinema: Kevin Costner; Career Achievement Award in Production Design: Dante Ferretti; Desert Palm Achievement: Naomi Watts; Rising Star: Scarlett Johansson; Frederick Loewe for Film Composing: Danny Elfman; Distinguished Achievement in Directing & Producing: Jim Sheridan; emcee: Mary Hart.

Festival awards: Audience Award Best Narrative: “The Best of Youth,” Marco Tullio Giordana (Italy); Audience Award Best Documentary: “Paper Clips,” Joe Fab, Elliott Berlin (U.S.).

2003: Sonny Bono Visionary: Christopher Nolan; Lifetime Achievement: Stephen Frears; International Filmmaker: Stephen Daldry; Career Achievement in Acting: Lynn Redgrave; Career Achievement in Cinematography: Conrad Hall; Career Achievement in Producing: Mace Neufeld; Director's Achievement: Franco Zeffirelli; Frederick Loewe for Film Composing: Michel Legrand; emcee: Lily Tomlin.

Festival awards: Audience Award Best Documentary: “OT: Our Town,” Scott Hamilton Kennedy (U.S.).

2002: Sonny Bono Visionary: Baz Luhrmann; Lifetime Achievement: Irwin Winkler; International Filmmaker: Alan Bates; Career Achievement: Jean-Pierre Jeunet and Mira Nair; Spotlight Award: Michael Apted; Desert Palm Achievement: Andy Garcia; Director's Achievement: Arthur Hiller; Da Vinci Cinematographer: Bruno Delbonnel; Frederick Loewe for Film Composing: Hans Zimmer; Excellence in Film Distribution: Miramax Films; emcee: Leonard Maltin.

Festival awards: Audience Award for Best Narrative: “I Love You Eugenio,” Francisco Josè Fernandez (Italy).

2001: Lifetime Achievement: Sean Connery; Lifetime Achievement in Cinematography: Giuseppe Rotunno; International Filmmaker: Ang Lee, Liv Ullmann; Career Achievement: John Schlesinger; Career Achievement in Art of Cinema: Lasse Hallström; Spotlight: Joan Allen; Charles A. Crain Desert Palm Achievement: Nicolas Cage; Director's Achievement: Ridley Scott; Da Vinci Cinematographer: Luciano Tovoli; Frederick Loewe for Film Composing: Randy Newman; Excellence in Film Distribution: Sony Pictures Classics; emcee: Nancy O'Dell

Festival awards: Audience Award Best Narrative: “Sky Hook,” Ljubisa Samardzic (Serbia).

2000: Sonny Bono Visionary: M. Night Shyamalan; International Filmmaker, Catherine Deneuve; Career Achievement, Pedro Almodóvar, Career Achievement in Art of Cinema: Owen Roizman; Career Achievement in Producing: Yimou Zhang; Charles A. Crain Desert Palm Achievement: Annette Bening; Director's Achievement: Milos Forman; Da Vinci Cinematographer: Janusz Kaminski, Dirk Brüel and Gernot Roll; Frederick Loewe for Film Composing: Alan and Marilyn Bergman; Distinguished Achievement in Directing & Producing: Dino DeLaurentiis; Excellence in Film Distribution: Landmark Theatres; emcee: Swoosie Kurtz.

Festival awards: Audience Award Best Narrative: “East-West,” Régis Wargnier (France).

1999: Sonny Bono Visionary: Jack Valenti; Lifetime Achievement: Debbie Reynolds; Charles A. Crain Desert Palm Achievement: John Travolta; Frederick Loewe for Film Composing: John Barry; Excellence in Film Distribution: Vittorio Cecchi Gori; emcee: Christine Baranski.

Festival awards: Audience Award Best Narrative: “Life is Beautiful,” Roberto Benigni (Italy).

1998: Lifetime Achievement: Michelangelo Antonioni; Charles A. Crain Desert Palm Achievement: Sylvester Stallone; Director's Achievement Award: Kasi Lemmons; Frederick Loewe for Film Composing: Jerry Goldsmith; emcee: Leonard Maltin.

1997: Lifetime Achievement: Lauren Bacall; Career Achievement: Sydney Guilaroff; Charles A. Crain Desert Palm Achievement: Richard Dreyfuss; Director's Achievement: Norman Jewison; Frederick Loewe for Film Composing: Bill Conti

Festival awards: Audience Award Best Documentary: “Blue Eyed,” Bertram Verhaag (Germany); “Queens of the Big Time,” Adriana Trigiani (U.S.); Audience Award Best Foreign Language Film: “The King of Masks,” Tian-Ming Wu (Hong Kong); Audience Award Best English Language Film: “Soulmates,” Duane Clark (U.S.)

1996: Lifetime Achievement: Leslie Caron; Career Achievement in Choreography: Michael Kidd; Charles A. Crain Desert Palm Achievement: Susan Sarandon; Director's Achievement: Stanley Donen; Frederick Loewe for Film Composing: Marvin Hamlisch; emcee: Donald O'Connor.

Festival awards: Audience Award Best Foreign Language Film: “French Twist,” Josiane Balasko (France); Audience Award Best English Language: “The Grass Harp,” Charles Matthau (U.S.); Best Director: Tim Robbins, “Dead Man Walking,” (U.S.)

1995: Career Achievement in Costume Design: Jean Louis; Charles A. Crain Desert Palm Achievement: Tony Curtis; Director's Achievement: George Sidney; Frederick Loewe for Film Composing: Henry Mancini; emcee: Donald O'Connor.

Festival awards: Audience Award Drama: “Farinelli,” Gérard Corbiau (Belgium); Audience Award Comedy: “Spider & Rose,” Bill Bennett (Australia).

1994: Desert Palm Achievement: Sophia Loren

Festival awards: Audience Award Best Narrative: “The Boys of St. Vincent,” John N. Smith (Canada).

1993: Lifetime Achievement: Marcello Mastroianni; Desert Palm Achievement: Frank Sinatra

1992: Desert Palm Achievement: James Stewart

Festival awards: Audience Award Best Narrative: “Mediterraneo,” Gabriele Salvatores (Italy).

1991: Desert Palm Achievement: Cyd Charisse and Ruby Keeler.

1990: Retrospective honorees: Denys Arcand, Lucille Ball, Bob Hope, Frank Capra and Kirk Douglas