Morgan Freeman will receive the Career Achievement Award For Acting at the The 21st Annual Palm Springs International Film Festival in January.
The festival runs from January 5-18, 2010. Freeman won the best supporting actor Academy Award in 2005 for Million Dollar Baby and is expected to figure prominently in this season’s awards race for his portrayal of Nelson Mandela in Clint Eastwood’s upcoming Invictus.
For further details visit the Palm Springs International Film Festival website.
Jeff Bridges, an awards contender for his portrayal of an alcoholic country music singer seeking redemption in Crazy Heart, will receive the 21st Annual Palm Springs International Film Festival’s (PSIFF) Desert Palm Achievement Award.
Best rough cut was awarded to Do You Love Me, an archive-based movie about Beirut.
Two spots on the Oscars shortlist of 15 last year for African and Middle East countries represented a modest improvement on recent years — but entries this year are down. Screen surveys a region that has made halting progress.
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