WINNERS: Palm Springs Intl Film Fest 2014

AND THE WINNERS ARE... PSIFF is on its 25th year. Image from the PSIFF Facebook page

The festival that kicked off Hollywood's awards season announces this year's winners

MANILA, Philippines - Palm Springs International Film Festival 2014 held their gala night one week ago, January 5 (January 6, Philippine time) and is ongoing until January 13 (January 14, Philippine time).

The winners of the festival have just been announced, and among them is my favorite Mads Mikkelsen of TV's "Hannibal" fame.

Here are the winners announced so far:

• FIPRESCI BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM: The Broken Circle Breakdown (Belgium), Felix van Groeningen
• FIPRESCI BEST ACTOR IN A FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM: Mads Mikkelsen, The Hunt, (Denmark), Thomas Vinterberg
• FIPRESCI BEST ACTRESS IN A FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM: Bérénice Bejo, The Past (Iran), Asghar Farhadi
• NEW VOICES/NEW VISIONS: Medeas (USA), Andrea Pallaoro
• CINE LATINO: Heli (Mexico), Amat Escalante and Living Is Easy With Eyes Closed (Spain), David Trueba 
• JOHN SCHLESINGER AWARD: Finding Vivian Maier (USA), John Maloof and Charlie Siskel 
• HP BRIDGING THE BORDERS AWARD: Walesa. Man of Hope (Poland), Andrzej Wajda 
• HP BRIDGING THE BORDERS SPECIAL JURY AWARD: Plot for Peace (South Africa), Carlos Agulló and Mandy Jacobson

Yet to be announced as of writing are: 

• Mercedes-Benz Audience Award for Best Narrative Feature
• Audience Award for Best Documentary Feature

Audience Award winners will be announced on Sunday, January 12 (January 23, Philippine time).

In case you missed it, honored at the January 5 (January 6, Philippine time) gala were:

• Sandra Bullock
• Julia Roberts
• Meryll Streep
• Lupita Nyong'o (12 Years a Slave)
• Tom Hanks
• Matthew McConaughey
• Steve McQueen (12 Years a Slave)
• American Hustle cast
• U2's Bono and The Edge

Watch Sandra Bullock at the PSIFF and her hilarious speech about googling herself:

- #CoffeeWithKai