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Looks like awards circuit habitués will have a little bit longer to recover over the winter holidays this season. The Palm Springs International Film Festival announced today that the date of its awards event is being moved back one day to Saturday, January 3. It had been scheduled for Friday, January 2.
Related Stories Oscars: Academy Sets Timeline, New Rules For 98th Edition, And Now Requires Voters To See All Films In A Category 2025-26 Awards Season Calendar: Dates For Tonys, Emmys, Oscars & More The Palm Springs International Film Awards are usually the first big, awards season event to take place after New Years. Given the fact that AMPAS just revealed a new procedural rule indicating that voters must now watch all nominated films in each category in order to be eligible to vote in the final round, an extra day to watch screeners or attend a screening or just plain rest up is welcome. Nearly all honorees at the Palm Springs International Film Awards went on to receive Oscar nominations, and four went on to win in their categories including Adrien Brody, Kieran Culkin, Mikey Madison and Zoe Saldana.
Watch on Deadline Film screenings for the 37th annual Palm Springs International Film Festival will begin on Friday, January 2, including the Opening Night presentation that evening. On January 12, there will be Best of Fest and special programming. In all, the 2026 festival will run from Friday, January 2 through Monday, January 12.
Palm Springs ShortFest is still scheduled to take place from June 24-30, 2025..
