Leonardo DiCaprio was unable to attend the Palm Springs International Film Festival Awards in person this year. His absence was caused by travel disruptions across the Caribbean and parts of the United States.Palm Springs International Film Festival Awards' 2026 winners are as follows,Spotlight Award: Timothée Chalamet for Marty SupremeChairman’s Award: Adam Sandler for Jay KellyIcon Award: Michael B. Jordan for SinnersDesert Palm Achievement Award, Actress: Amanda Seyfried for The Testament of Ann LeeDesert Palm Achievement Award, Actor: Leonardo DiCaprio for One Battle After AnotherCareer Achievement Award: Ethan Hawke for Blue MoonVanguard Award: Paul Mescal for HamnetBreakthrough Performance Award: Rose Byrne for If I Had Legs I’d Kick YouIcon Award: Kate Hudson for Song Sung BlueOutstanding Artistic Achievement Award: Miley Cyrus for Avatar: Fire and AshVisionary Award: Mia Goth, Oscar Isaac, Jacob Elordi, and Guillermo del Toro for FrankensteinInternational Star Award: Renate Reinsve, Stellan Skarsgård, Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas, and Elle Fanning for Sentimental ValueLeonardo DiCaprio was officially set to receive the Desert Palm Achievement Award (Actor) at the 2026 Palm Springs International Film Awards. He won the award for his acting in One Battle After Another, which was written and directed by Paul Thomas Anderson. View this post on Instagram Instagram PostMore on Leonardo DiCaprio and the 2026 Palm Springs International Film FestivalFestival chairman Nachhattar Singh Chandi announced DiCaprio's selection for the Desert Palm Achievement Award at the 2026 Palm Springs International Film Festival on November 18, 2025. A spokesperson for the Palm Springs International Film Festival told Variety:"Leonardo DiCaprio is unable to join us in person tonight due to unexpected travel disruptions and restricted airspace."President Donald Trump recently announced military strikes to dismantle the regime of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro. It caused flight cancellations.Reports suggest that Leonardo DiCaprio was in St Barths at the time. Due to the air restrictions, he was unable to return to the United States. However, he shared a pre-recorded video message for the 2026 Palm Springs International Film Festival. The clip was played at the 2026 Palm Springs International Film Festival. The actor said,"I will start by thanking two extraordinary women, Chase and Teyana. Thank you for that introduction. Thank you for standing across from me every day in the film. It was an absolute privilege."Leonardo DiCaprio also added,"To the entire team at Warner Bros, because this movie exists because you believed in it, and to Paul Thomas Anderson. Thank you for inviting all of us to something bold and original to never settling and for trusting the process."Complete list of films screened at the Palm Springs International Film Festival 2026Best International Feature Film Submissions at the 2026 Palm Springs International Film Festival100 Liters of Gold: Teemu Nikki (Finland)2000 Meters to Andriivka: Mstyslav Chernov (Ukraine)A Poet: Simón Mesa Soto (Colombia)A Sad Beautiful World: Cyril Aris (Lebanon)A Useful Ghost: Ratchapoom Boonbunchachoke (Thailand)All That’s Left of You: Cherien Dabis (Jordan)Belén: Dolores Fonzi (Argentina)Beloved Tropic: Ana Endara (Panama)Eagles of the Republic: Tarik Saleh (Sweden)Familia: Francesco Costabile (Italy)Father: Tereza Nvotová (Slovakia)Franz: Agnieszka Holland (Poland)Happy Birthday: Sarah Goher (Egypt)Hijra: Shahad Ameen (Saudi Arabia)Homebound: Neeraj Ghaywan (India)It Was Just an Accident: Jafar Panahi (France)Kokuhô: Sang-il Lee (Japan)Late Shift: Petra Volpe (Switzerland)Left Handed Girl: Shih-Ching Tsou (Taiwan)Little Trouble Girls: Urška Djukić (Slovenia)Magellan: Lav Diaz (Philippines)Mr. Nobody Against Putin: David Borenstein and Pavel Talankin (Denmark)My Father’s Shadow: Akinola Davies (United Kingdom)No Other Choice: Park Chan-wook (South Korea)Orphan: László Nemes (Hungary)Palestine 36: Annemarie Jacir (Palestine)Reedland: Sven Bresser (Netherlands)Sirât: Oliver Laxe (Spain)Sound of Falling: Mascha Schilinski (Germany)The Last Dance: Chan Mou Yin Anselm (Hong Kong)The Love That Remains: Hlynur Pálmason (Iceland)The Mysterious Gaze of the Flamingo: Diego Cespedes (Chile)The President’s Cake: Hasan Hadi (Iraq)The Sea: Shai Carmeli-Pollak (Israel)The Secret Agent: Kleber Mendonça Filho (Brazil)The Tale of Silyan: Tamara Kotevska (North Macedonia)The Things You Kill: Alireza Khatami (Canada)The Tower of Strength: Nikola Vukčević (Montenegro)The Voice of Hind Rajab: Kaouther Ben Hania (Tunisia)Traffic: Teodora Ana Mihai (Romania)Under the Flags, the Sun: Juanjo Pereira (Paraguay)Young Mothers: Jean-Pierre Dardenne and Luc Dardenne (Belgium)Talking PicturesKing Hamlet: Elvira Lind (USA)The Housemaid: Paul Feig (USA)The Librarians: Kim A. Snyder (USA)After DarkGood Luck, Have Fun, Don’t Die: Gore Verbinski (USA)Mārama: Taratoa Stappard (New Zealand)The Book of Sijjin and Illiyyin: Hadrah Daeng Ratu (Indonesia)The Plague: Charlie Polinger (Romania)American IndiesBurt: Joe Burke (USA)Fantasy Life: Matthew Shear (USA)Honeyjoon: Lilian T. Mehrel (USA)Idiotka: Nastasya Popov (USA)She Dances: Rick Gomez (USA)Tow: Stephanie Laing (USA)Close-upsBoorman and the Devil: David Kittredge (USA)Coroner to the Stars: Ben Hethcoat and Keita Ideno (USA)It’s Dorothy!: Jeffrey McHale (USA)Kim Novak’s Vertigo: Alexandre O. Philippe (USA)The Eyes of Ghana: Ben Proudfoot (USA)Third Act: Tadashi Nakamura (USA)Gateway FilmsFire: Deepa Mehta (India)In the Mood for Love: Wong Kar-Wai (Hong Kong)Medea: Lars Von Trier (Denmark)German FocusA Land Within: Michael Kofler (Germany)Amrum: Fatih Akin (Germany)Bad Painter: Albert Oehlen (Germany)Islands: Jan-Ole Gerster (Germany)Miroirs No. 3: Christian Petzold (Germany)Silent Friend: Ildikó Enyedi (Germany)Stars: Konrad Wolf (Germany)The Last Spy: Katharina Otto-Bernstein (Germany)What Marielle Knows: Frédéric Hambalek (Germany)Local SpotlightItalian Wannabe: Steve Dabal (USA)Ramona and the Ballad of Juan Diego: Jason Sklaver (USA)Modern MastersA Magnificent Life: Sylvain Chomet (France)Below the Clouds: Gianfranco Rosi (Italy)Cover-Up: Laura Poitras and Mark Obenhaus (USA)Dreams: Michel Franco (Mexico)Hen: György Pálfi (Greece)Orwell: 2+2=5: Raoul Peck (USA)The Captive: Alejandro Amenábar (Spain)The Last Viking: Anders Thomas Jensen (Denmark)The Soundman: Frank Van Passel (Netherlands)Two Prosecutors: Sergei Loznitsa (France)Yes: Nadav Lapid (France)New Voices New Visions at the 2026 Palm Springs International Film FestivalBroken Voices: Ondřej Provazník (Czech Republic)Deaf: Eva Libertad (Spain)God Will Not Help: Hana Jušić (Croatia)Lucky Lu: Lloyd Lee Choi (Canada)Mad Bills to Pay: Joel Alfonso Vargas (USA)On the Sea: Helen Walsh (United Kingdom)Silent Rebellion: Marie-Elsa Sgualdo (Switzerland)The Nature of Invisible Things: Rafaela Camelo (Brazil)The Negotiator: Alessandro Tonda (Italy)True StoriesAdaptation to Darkness: Shay Fogelman (Israel)ASCO: Without Permission: Travis Gutiérrez Senger (USA)Ask E. Jean: Ivy Meeropol (USA)Elvis, Rocky & Me: The Carol Connors Story: Alex Rotaru (USA)La Salsa Vive: Juan Carvajal (Colombia)Modern Whore: Nicole Bazuin (Canada)Natchez: Suzannah Herbert (USA)Raoul Wallenberg: Missing Inaction: Brad Rothschild and Brian Mait (USA)Remaining Native: Paige Bethmann (USA)Runa Simi: Augusto Zegarra (Peru)Speak.: Jennifer Tiexiera and Guy Mossman (USA)Steal This Story, Please!: Tia Lessin and Carl Deal (USA)Sweet Störy: Sarah Justine Kerruish and Matt Maude (United Kingdom)The Gas Station Attendant: Karla Murthy (USA)The Golden Spurtle: Constantine Costi (United Kingdom)Trade Secret: Abraham Joffe (Australia)Whistle: Christopher Nelius (Australia)Yanuni: Richard Ladkani (Austria)Queer Cinema Today & The Gayla3670: Joonho Park (South Korea)Dope Queens: Grafton Doyle (USA)Drunken Noodles: Lucio Castro (USA)Jimpa: Sophie Hyde (Australia)Manok: Lee Yu-jin (South Korea)Maspalomas: Jose Mari Goenaga and Aitor Arregi (Spain)State of Firsts: Chase Joynt (USA)The Little Sister: Hafsia Herzi (France)We Are Pat: Ro Haber (USA)World Cinema NowA Private Life: Rebecca Zlotowski (France)Battle of Oslo: Daniel Fahre (Norway)Beginnings: Jeanette Nordahl (Denmark)Colours of Time: Cédric Klapisch (France)Damned If You Do, Damned If You Don’t: Gianni Di Gregorio (Italy)Frontier: Judith Colell (Spain)Fuze: David Mackenzie (United Kingdom)Gustaakh Ishq: Vibhu Puri (India)H Is for Hawk: Philippa Lowthorpe (United Kingdom)Hello Betty: Pierre Monnard (Switzerland)It Would Be Night in Caracas: Mariana Rondón and Marité Ugás (Mexico)Ky Nam Inn: Leon Le (Vietnam)Lovely Day: Philippe Falardeau (Canada)Made in EU: Stephan Komandarev (Bulgaria)Meadowlarks: Tasha Hubbard (Canada)Mr. Burton: Marc Evans (United Kingdom)No Comment: Petter Næss (Norway)Once Upon My Mother: Ken Scott (France)Primavera: Damiano Michieletto (Italy)Project Y: Lee Hwan (South Korea)Promised Sky: Erige Sehiri (France)Renoir: Chie Hayakawa (Japan)Saipan: Lisa Barros D'Sa and Glenn Leyburn (Ireland)Spices and Lies: Amine Adjina (France)Spit: Jonathan Teplitzky (Australia)Sundays: Alauda Ruiz de Azúa (Spain)The Altar Boys: Piotr Domalewski (Poland)The Blue Trail: Gabriel Mascaro (Brazil)The Choral: Nicholas Hytner (United Kingdom)The Condor Daughter: Álvaro Olmos Torrico (Bolivia)The Party's Over: Antony Cordier (France)The Richest Woman in the World: Thierry Klifa (France)The Sun Rises on Us All: Cai Shangjun (China)To the Victory!: Valentyn Vasyanovych (Ukraine)Two Pianos: Arnaud Desplechin (France)Youngblood: Hubert Davis (Canada)Family Day at the 2026 Palm Springs International Film FestivalArco: Ugo Bienvenu (France)KPop Demon Hunters: Chris Appelhans and Maggie Kang (USA)Zootopia 2: Jared Bush and Byron Howard (USA)Congratulations to the winners at the 2026 Palm Springs International Film Festival.Also Read: How are Critics' Choice Awards winners selected? 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