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  • Video: 2012 Palm Springs Film Festival Gala

Rewatch the 2012 Palm Springs International Film Festival Awards Gala - featuring Tom Hanks, George Clooney, Brad Pitt, Glenn Close, Michelle Williams, Al Pacino, Adrien Brody and more - in its entirety below.

Note: The audio problem in the video feed clears up around the 25-minute mark.

Photos from the Red Carpet

Follow us on Twitter throughout the 2012 Palm Springs Film Festival - we'll be using the hashtag #psiff. And check out the photos we snapped on the red carpet on gala night below.

Palm Springs Film Festival News

  1. Jennifer Lawrence and Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences President Tom Sherak announce the Best Actor in a Leading Role nominations for the 84th Annual Academy Awards on Tuesday in Beverly Hills. Three Palm Springs film festival honorees were nominated for the actor honor. Matt Sayles, The Associated Pres

    9 film fest honorees score Oscar nods

    Nine of the 11 awards handed out at the Palm Springs International Film Festival gala earlier this month translated into Oscar nominations Tuesday morning.

    • Jan. 24, 2012
  2. Shahab Hosseini is shown in a scene from the Iranian film “A Separation,” which screened at the Palm Springs International Film Festival. The movie won best foreign film at the Golden Globe Awards this week and is on the Shortlist for the Academy Awards in the foreign language category. Habib Madjidi/Sony Pictures Classics, via The Associated Press

    For first time, all foreign language Oscar contenders screened at Palm Springs film fest

    For the first time since the creation of the Shortlist, all nine Academy Award submissions on a short list for Best Foreign Language Oscar nominations played the Palm Springs International Film Festival.

    • Jan. 19, 2012
  3. Palm Springs International Film Festival attendees wait in line last week for a screening of “Dolphin Boy” at the Regal. Jay Calderon/The Desert Sun

    Palm Springs is ready to leap into the fray

    The Palm Springs International Film Festival has done almost everything it originally set out to do. It hasn't secured a theater to call its home, but it's done everything else.

    • Jan. 17, 2012
  4. Director Yasemin Samdereli (left) and Palm Springs International Film Festival Director Darryl Macdonald pause on the red carpet at Palm Springs High School before a screening of Samdereli's film “Almanya, Welcome to Germany.” Crystal Chatham/The Desert Sun

    Palm Springs International Film Festival wraps today; ticket sales up

    PALM SPRINGS — “A Separation,” the Iranian 2012 Golden Globe winner for Best Foreign Language Film, solidified its position as the Oscar favorite Sunday at the Palm Springs International Film Festival awards luncheon.

    • Jan. 16, 2012
  5. Golden Globe nominees Jean Dujardin and Berenice Bejo in “The Artist.” The Weinstein Company

    Fest honorees could strike gold

    Hollywood's first big show on the road to the Academy Awards will help determine if silence is golden this season. The black-and-white silent film “The Artist” leads contenders for tonight's Golden Globes.

    • Jan. 15, 2012
  6. Actor Patton Oswalt on the red carpet prior to the Palm Springs International Film Festival awards gala. Denise Goolsby, The Desert Sun

    Celebs share behind-scenes dish

    One of the best things about the annual Palm Springs film festival is the personal face time one can get with actors and filmmakers.

    • Jan. 15, 2012

  7. Fessier on Film: It's a wrap; best of the fest screenings named

    Bobby Sacks and Judy Columbus are among the elite of Palm Springs festival filmgoers. Together, they see so many festival films each year, it's worth their while to buy a Platinum Pass for $450.

    • Jan. 14, 2012
  8. Former mixed martial arts champion Gina Carano (left) plays a black-ops contractor who is double-crossed by her employers in “Haywire.” The cast also includes Ewan McGregor, Michael Douglas and Channing Tatum (right). Photos by Relativity Media

    Action as an art form

    It’s been one year since Gina Carano fired a gun, but you wouldn’t know it watching her shoot one. The former mixed martial arts champion, who makes her feature film debut in the Steven Soderbergh’s action movie “ “Haywire,” is engaged in lively target practice with Aaron Cohen, an ex-Israeli special ops fighter who served as her tactical train

    • Jan. 14, 2012
  9. A scene from “A Separation,” a film by Iranian writer-director Asghar Farhadi. Courtesy photo

    Palm Springs film festival selections and other films that get your heart racing

    Here are some foreign-language films we've enjoyed recently, including two (“Le Havre” “A Separation”) that screened in Palm Springs.

    • Jan. 14, 2012
  10. Broadway legend Carol Channing is the subject of a documentary by filmmaker Dori Berinstein. Courtesy photo

    Carol Channing's heart captured in 'Larger Than Life'

    A bonbon for buffs of all things Broadway, “Carol Channing: Larger Than Life” is a celebration and a lament — a celebration of Channing's seven decades as musical comedy star, and a lament that there's really no one like her anymore, a performer who eclipsed most of the roles she played by force of personality, and defined the word “trouper.

    • Jan. 14, 2012

  11. Palm Springs film festival Shortcut: Fest highlights

    As the curtain closes on this year’s festival, we look back on our favorite films and moments. Also, get the skinny on tonight’s closing night gala screening and reception with today’s Shortcut.

    • Jan. 15, 2012

  12. Film festival announces some of 'Best of the Fest'

    The Palm Springs film festival released a preliminary schedule and began ticket sales Saturday night for Monday's Best of the Fest screenings. A complete list will be announced along with award winners on Sunday, according to the festival.

    • Jan. 14, 2012
  13. Val Lauren portrays actor Sal Mineo in “Sal,” directed by James Franco. Courtesy Photo

    Film fest focus: James Franco directs bio-pic 'Sal

    The multifaceted James Franco's latest multifaceted project is a film about the late actor Sal Mineo.

    • Jan. 13, 2012

  14. Fessier on Film: Carol Channing film a bittersweet debut

    Rancho Mirage's irrepressible Broadway baby won't attend a screening of her documentary, “Carol Channing: Larger Than Life,” tonight at the Annenberg.

    • Jan. 13, 2012
  15. Tilda Swinton and John C. Reilly appear in a scene from “We Need to Talk About Kevin.” Nicole Rivelli

    Film fest focus: 'Kevin' is every mother's nightmare

    If you search online for photos of Tilda Swinton, you'll find one, from the 2008 Academy Awards, that particularly delights the actress.

    • Jan. 13, 2012
  16. “Jiro Dreams of Sushi” is as much about food as it is about family dynamics. Courtesy photo

    Film fest review: ‘Jiro Dreams of Sushi' more than a fish tale

    Cradling a cup of hot green tea, filmmaker David Gelb sits in an upstairs cafe in Berlin's Potsdamerplatz cinema complex.

    • Jan. 13, 2012

  17. Film fest review: Country star comes out with a 'Wish'

    A documentary about country star Chely Wright's struggle to find the courage to come out as a lesbian and risk losing her conservative country fans.

    • Jan. 13, 2012
  18. “The Perfect Stranger” centers on an Irishman who visits Spain in search of a lost love. Art imitates life — star Colm Meaney bought a house on the island of Mallorca in Spain after leaving the Coachella Valley. Courtesy Photo

    Mallorca move got Meaney job

    If Colm Meaney hadn't sold his house in La Quinta, “The Perfect Stranger” probably wouldn't be screening tonight at the Annenberg Theater.

    • Jan. 13, 2012
  19. 'Abu, Son of Adam' is a film about an aging couple's strong faith. Courtesy Photo

    Film fest review: Piety at heart of 'Abu, Son of Adam'

    An aging South Indian couple want to make a pilgrimage to Mecca. Unfortunately, they're short of cash and their Muslim religion dictates that they can only borrow money from family members, and they're estranged from their only son.

    • Jan. 12, 2012

  20. Fessier on Film: 'California State of Mind' recalls legacy of Pat Brown

    Sascha Rice's documentary, “California State of Mind: The Legacy of Pat Brown,” isn't just a love letter to her grandfather, Jerry Brown's father, former Gov. Pat Brown.

    • Jan. 12, 2012
  21. Scene from the film “Miss Bala,” directed by Gerard Naranjo. Courtesy Photo

    Miss Bala' director Gerard Naranjo shares vision, fears

    With “Miss Bala,” Mexican filmmaker Gerardo Naranjo brings to the screen a portrait of a country gripped in fear.

    • Jan. 12, 2012
  22. A boy struggles with death and coming of age in 'Gypsy.' Courtesy photo

    Film fest review: Real people make 'Gypsy' authentic

    In a poor village, 14-year-old Adam struggles with the death of his father. His mother, out of necessity, marries her husband's brother.

    • Jan. 12, 2012
  23. A scene from the Norwegian comedy “Happy, Happy,” screening today at Palm Springs High School. Courtesy Photo

    Film fest review: ‘Happy, Happy' may or may not be

    The tangy Norwegian comedy “Happy, Happy” is a romantic lark about optimism and infidelity that begins each of its many-chaptered stories with four Norwegian guys outfitted in what look like a series of bad wedding suits and singing gospel tunes.

    • Jan. 11, 2012
  24. Bruno Bernard's photo of Marilyn Monroe at the Racquet Club in Palm Springs. Courtesy Photo

    Our week with Marilyn Monroe

    One of the great Palm Springs legends is that Marilyn Monroe's career was launched at the swimming pool of the fabled, and now dilapidated, Racquet Club.

    • Jan. 12, 2012

  25. Fessier on Film: Singer Chely Wright makes a ‘Wish'

    Country star Chely Wright, the subject of the thoroughly chronicled documentary “Wish Me Away” couldn't do a telephone interview because she's honeymooning on a Caribbean island that doesn't have telephone service.

    • Jan. 11, 2012

Film Festival on Twitter

Red Carpet Video

    View video interviews with stars like Brad Pitt, George Clooney, Michelle Williams, Glenn Close and more from the Palm Springs International Film Festival red carpet.

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Palm Springs Film Festival Galleries

Film Festival Shortcuts

    Check back every day as Desert Sun reporters offer video tips on what films to see and how to get the most out of this year's festival.

Film Festival Trailers

    Browse through trailers for selected films from the 2012 Palm Springs International Film Festival.

About the Palm Springs Film Festival

    When: Jan. 5-16, 2012
    Tickets: Visit www.psfilmfest.org to view and purchase ticket packages.
    Schedule: The schedule of films will be available at www.psfilmfest.org.
    For more information, contact the Palm Springs International Film Festival at (760) 322-2930 or info@psfilmfest.org.

Films and Showtimes

Theater Locations

    Camelot Theatres: 2300 E. Baristo Rd, Palm Springs (MAP)

    Regal Cinemas Palm Springs: 789 E. Tahquitz Canyon Way, Palm Springs (MAP)

    Palm Springs High School: 2248 E. Ramon Rd., Palm Springs (MAP)

    Annenberg Theatre: 101 Museum Drive, Palm Springs (MAP)

    Palm Canyon Theatre: 538 N. Palm Canyon Drive, Palm Springs (MAP)

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