for Film Composing, Icon Award, Chairman's Award, Ensemble Performance Award and Spotlight Award. In 2014 the Desert Palm Achievement Award was given to Matthew McConaughey for his role in Dallas Buyers Club and Sandra Bullock for her role in Gravity, while Johnny Depp and Cate Blanchett received the Desert Palm Achievement Award in 2016 for Black Mass and Carol, respectively. Casey Affleck received the Desert Palm Achievement Award in 2017 for Manchester by the Sea. Gary Oldman and Saoirse Ronan received the Desert Palm Achievement Award in 2018 for their films Darkest Hour and Lady Bird. Festival awards The following awards were presented at the 2019 Palm Springs International Film Festival: FIPRESCI Prize for Best Foreign Language Film FIPRESCI Prize for Best Actor in a Foreign Language Film FIPRESCI Prize for Best Actress in a Foreign Language Film New Voices New Visions Award John Schlesinger Award CV Cine Award Ricky Jay Magic of Cinema Award GoE Bridging the Borders Award Audience Award for Best Narrative Feature Audience Award for Best Documentary Feature References External links Palm Springs, California Film festivals in California Cinema of Southern California Annual events in Riverside County, California January events