Bianca gives you a BTS look inside the Palm Springs International Film Festival

On Thursday night the desert was the place to be as the biggest names in Hollywood flocked to our beautiful city for the Palm Springs International Film Awards! The all-star lineup of honorees included – Viola Davis, Cate Blanchett, Michelle Yeoh, Steven Spielberg, Austin Butler and more!

24 hours later, the Palm Springs International Film Festival officially opened with another all-star lineup: Lily Tomlin, Jane Fonda, Rita Moreno and Sally Field.

The Palm Springs International Film Festival (PSIFF) kicked off its Opening Night screening and World Premiere of ‘80 For Brady’. Guests in attendance from the film included Lily Tomlin, Jane Fonda, Rita Moreno, Sally Field, Harry Hamlin, director Kyle Marvin, executive producer Mike Covino, and writers Sarah Haskins & Emily Halpern.

PALM SPRINGS, CALIFORNIA – JANUARY 06: Rita Moreno and Sally Field speak at the world premiere opening night screening of “80 For Brady” during the 34th Annual Palm Springs International Film Festival on January 06, 2023 in Palm Springs, California. (Photo by Vivien Killilea/Getty Images for Palm Springs International Film Society)

Additionally, the PSIFF Opening Day included the World Premiere of ‘Shot in the Arm’ with executive producer Neil deGrasse Tyson and director Scott Hamilton Kennedy, alongside Talking Pictures screenings with Angela Bassett and Ruth E. Carter (‘Black Panther: Wakanda Forever’), Colin Farrell (‘The Banshees of Inisherin’), and Bill Nighy and writer Kazuo Ishiguro (‘Living’).

PALM SPRINGS, CALIFORNIA – JANUARY 06: Ruth E. Carter (L) and Angela Bassett (R) attend the 34th Annual Palm Springs International Film Festival’s Talking Pictures Screening o”Black Panther: Wakanda Forever” Q&A on January 06, 2023 in Palm Springs, California. (Photo by Amy Sussman/Getty Images for Palm Springs International Film Society )

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