Eye For Film >> Festivals >> A-Z >> Palm Springs International Film Festival >> 2020
![Bombshell](/images/festivals/palm-springs-2020-01-02.jpg)
The first big international event on the 2020 film calendar, Palm Springs had the bumper line-up we've come to expect, with an extensive list of awards nominees and several of the most interesting small independent films from around the world.
The festival ran from 2 to 12 January.
View previous years coverage of the Palm Springs International Film Festival festival:
Palm Springs Latest Reviews
![Changing The Game](/images/stills/c/changing_the_game_2019.jpg)
Transgender high school athletes from across the US compete at the top of their fields, while also challenging the boundaries and perceptions of fairness and discrimination.
![Sequin In A Blue Room](/images/stills/s/sequin_in_a_blue_room_2019.jpg)
When a teenager's thrill-seeking leads to a memorable encounter at an anonymous sex party, he resolves to track down the mystery guy - even if he has to rely on a menacing former hook-up to help him.
![Martin Eden](/images/stills/m/martin_eden_2019.jpg)
A man struggles to better his circumstances, motivated by his love for a woman from a bourgeois family.
![Two Of Us](/images/stills/t/two_of_us_2019.jpg)
Two retired women, who have been in a secret relationship for decades, find their relationship turned upside down when the truth begins to come out.
![The Painted Bird](/images/stills/p/painted_bird_2019.jpg)
A lone Jewish boy has to fend for himself in Nazi-occupied eastern Europe.
![Patrick](/images/stills/p/patrick_2019.jpg)
Patrick lives with his parents on a naturist campsite. When his dad dies and he finds himself in charge he has other things on his mind... namely a quest for his lost hammer.
![Red Penguins](/images/stills/r/red_penguins_2019.jpg)
The story of what happened when Americans bought a Russian ice hockey team.
![Papicha](/images/stills/p/papicha_2019.jpg)
A student becomes determined to stage a fashion show despite religious opposition.
![The Vast Of Night](/images/stills/v/vast_of_night_2019.jpg)
A late night radio presenter and a switchboard operator begin to suspect something odd is happening in their small town.
![The Whistlers](/images/stills/w/whistlers_2019.jpg)
Film noir sees a corrupt cop learn a whistling language to beat detection while trying to double-cross the mob.
Palm Springs International Film Festival Features
![News](/images/wobs/newswob.png)
59th New York Film Festival early bird highlights Futura, Jane By Charlotte, James Baldwin: From Another Place and The Velvet Underground
Eye For Film continues to support festivals both locally and across the world. At the moment, we're covering:
Karlovy Vary International Film Festival
Frameline
The 48th edition of the San Francisco festival
Transilvania International Film Festival
Key international festival in Romania
Sheffield DocFest
The UK's best known factual film festival
![In the Archive](/images/wobs/archivewob.png)
Cannes Film Festival
Archive of festival coverage.
Sundance Film Festival
Daily diary and reviews from 2005-2018.
Berlin Film Festival
Coverage of the lynchpin German festival.
![Search](/images/wobs/searchwob.png)
![Google](/images/Google_logo_transparent.png)