Launched in 1990, the Palm Springs International Film Festival (PSIFF) is a premier presenter of world cinema located in the beautiful Coachella Valley at the base of Mt. San Jacinto in southern California. The Festival brings together a sophisticated and diverse audience, including industry, film aficionados from across the country and filmmakers from around the world.
The 36th annual Palm Springs International Film Festival is scheduled to be held physically from January 2 – 13, 2025. The annual star-studded Film Awards, honoring the best and brightest performances of the year, is scheduled for January 3, 2025.
PSIFF is organized by the Palm Springs International Film Society, a 501(c)(3) charitable non-profit organization dedicated to cultivating and promoting the art and science of film through education and cross-cultural awareness.
To learn more about 2025 Palm Springs International Film Festival (PSIFF) we had a conversation with Alissa Simon, the Lead Programmer for the Palm Springs International Film Festival:
Alissa is a long-time film curator and does program consulting work through her company Cinequanon. She was named a 1999 “Chicagoan of the Year” for her innovative work at the Film Center of the School of the Art Institute. She has served on international film festival juries in Karlovy Vary, Belgrade, Amsterdam, San Francisco, Sarajevo, Torino, Montreal, Vancouver and Pusan, and film critics’ juries in Cannes, Venice and Toronto. A member of FIPRESCI, she writes about films, filmmakers and film festivals for the American trade paper Variety.