Palm Springs to honour Javier Bardem this January

MUMBAI: This year‘s Cannes Film Festival award winner Javier Bardem for Biutiful, will be honoured with the International Star Award at the Palm Springs International Film Festival‘s awards gala on 8 January next year.

Said Palm Springs International Film Society board chairman Harold Matzner, “Having honed his skills in a family of film actors, Bardem brings a stinging intensity to his performances. He riveted audiences with his portrayal in No Country for Old Men and continues to raise the bar in his latest film Biutiful. Javier Bardem now ranks among the cinematic elite.”

Bardem is currently working on a Terrence Malick‘s new untitled film.