Palm Springs Film Festival Awards: ‘The Fabelmans’ Set For Vanguard Honor
01.12.2022 - 22:51
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UPDATED, 8:16 AM: Steven Spielberg’s The Fabelmans will receive the Vanguard Award at the 2023 Palm Springs Film Festival’s gala in January.
The semi-autographical film centers on a young man’s discovery of a shattering family secret and an exploration of the power of movies to help us see the truth about each other and ourselves. Gabriel LaBelle, Michelle Williams, Paul Dano, Seth Rogen, Jeannie Berlin, Julia Butters, Robin Bartlett, Keeley Karsten and Judd Hirsch star in the pic penned by Spielberg and Tony Kushner.
The Fabelmans began its limited rollout last month, scoring a $40k per-theater average at four New York and Los Angeles venues.
Last year’s Vanguard honoree, Kenneth Branagh’s Belfast, when on to earn seven Oscar nominations including Best Picture, and won for Branagh’s original screenplay.
Read about other Palm Springs fest honorees below.
PREVIOUSLY, November 29: Michelle Yeo will receive the International Star Award, Actress at the 2023 Palm Springs Film Festival’s gala in January.
Yeo was picked for her work starring in A24’s Everything Everywhere All at Once, which just scooped up the Best Feature prize Monday at the Gotham Awards. She is the latest to join the fest’s honorees list; the group will receive their honors January 5 in kickoff ceremony at the Palm Springs Convention Center.
Last year’s Palm Springs honoree in the International Star, Actress category, Penélope Cruz, when on to earn a Oscar Best Actress nomination. Previous winners include Nicole Kidman, Helen Mirren, Saoirse Ronan and Charlize Theron.
In the Daniels-directed Everything Everywhere All at Once, Yeo plays Evelyn, an overwhelmed immigrant mother. When an interdimensional rupture threatens to unravel reality, the fate of the