Film Festival 2026
Talking Pictures
One of the distinctive features of the Palm Springs International Film Festival is the chance to directly interact with filmmakers and actors, gaining firsthand insights and observations from them. Checkout our list of this year's Talking Pictures.
HAMNET | Sat, Jan 3
Join us for a Talking Pictures discussion in partnership with Kering Women In Motion . Academy Award®–winning director Chloé Zhao ( Nomadland , TIFF ’20 People’s Choice Award) helms this lush and tender drama about William Shakespeare (Paul Mescal) and his family, as seen through the eyes of his thoughtful wife Agnes (a... Read More
Running Time: 126
ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER | Sat, Jan 3
Bob is a washed-up revolutionary who survives off-grid with his spirited daughter. When his evil nemesis resurfaces and she goes missing, the former radical scrambles to find her.
In conversation with Chase Infiniti and Teyana Taylor, Regina Hall no longer able to attend.
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Running Time: 161
THE TESTAMENT OF ANN LEE | Sat, Jan 3
Join us for a Talking Pictures discussion in partnership with Kering Women In Motion . Writer-director Mona Fastvold ( The World to Come , The Brutalist ) tells the extraordinary true legend of Ann Lee, founder of the devotional sect known as the Shakers, starring Academy Award® nominee Amanda Seyfried as the Shakers’... Read More
Running Time: 130
KING HAMLET | Sun, Jan 4
While preparing for the title role in a stage production of Hamlet, actor Oscar Isaac weathers his mother’s cancer, impending fatherhood—and an eccentric cellist—in this vivid and soul-bare exploration of a singular performer balancing life, loss, and art.
In conversation with director Elvira Lind and subject Oscar Isaac.
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Running Time: 90
FRANKENSTEIN | Sun, Jan 4
Oscar®-winning director Guillermo del Toro adapts Mary Shelley’s classic tale of Victor Frankenstein,a brilliant but egotistical scientist who brings a creature to life in a monstrous experiment that ultimatelyleads to the undoing of both the creator and his tragic creation. Please join us January 4th for an extended... Read More
Running Time: 149
BLUE MOON | Sun, Jan 4
On the evening of March 31, 1943, legendary lyricist Lorenz Hart confronts his shattered self-confidence in Sardi’s bar as his former collaborator Richard Rodgers celebrates the opening night ofhis ground-breaking hit Oklahoma! By the time this night is over, Hart will have confronted both a world that no longer values his... Read More
Running Time: 100
WICKED: FOR GOOD | Mon, Jan 5
In Universal Picture’s epic conclusion of the untold story of the witches of Oz, Elphaba and Glinda, now estranged and living with the consequences of their choices. With their singular friendship now the fulcrum of their futures, they will need to truly see each other, with honesty and empathy, if they are to change... Read More
Running Time: 137
THE LIBRARIANS | Tue, Jan 6
As an unprecedented wave of book banning is sparked in Texas, Florida, and beyond, librarians under siege join forces as unlikely defenders fighting for intellectual freedom on the front lines of democracy. January 6: In conversation with Subject Marie Masferrer January 8: In conversation with Palm Springs Library Director... Read More
Running Time: 92
NUREMBERG | Tue, Jan 6
The Allies, led by the unyielding chief prosecutor, Robert H. Jackson (Michael Shannon), havethe task of ensuring the Nazi regime answers for the Holocaust while a US Army psychiatrist(Rami Malek) is locked in a dramatic psychological duel with former Reichsmarschall HermannGöring (Russell Crowe). In conversation with... Read More
Running Time: 148
TRAIN DREAMS | Fri, Jan 9
Based on the novella of the same name, Train Dreams is the portrait of Robert Grainier, a logger and railroad worker who leads a life of unexpected depth and beauty in the rapidly-changing America of the early 20th Century.
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Running Time: 102
THE HOUSEMAID | Sat, Jan 10
A struggling young woman takes a live-in housemaid job for a wealthy couple, only to discover their lives are filled with dark secrets and danger, turning a dream job into a twisted game of survival.
In conversation with director Paul Feig.
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Running Time: 131