Awards hopefuls will be heading to the desert for the 2027 Palm Springs International Film Awards. On Monday, it was announced that Obsession star Inde Navarrette will be feted with the Rising Star Award for her role in the Focus Features’ horror film.
Navarrette currently holds the third place spot for Best Actress on the Gold Derby prediction charts behind Julianne Moore (The Debut) and Olivia Wilde (The Invite).
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“Inde Navarrette delivers a performance in Obsession that is impossible to look away from,” said Festival Chairman Nachhattar Singh Chandi. “She brings a rare combination of emotional awareness and cinematic presence to the screen. The Rising Star Award exists to celebrate exactly this kind of breakthrough talent, and we could not be more excited to welcome Inde to Palm Springs.”
Past recipients of the Rising Star Award include Ariana Grande (Wicked), Timothée Chalamet (Call Me By Your Name), Alicia Vikander (The Danish Girl), Jennifer Lawrence (Winter’s Bone), Anna Kendrick (Up in the Air) and Scarlett Johansson (Lost in Translation).
Navarrette joins this year’s previously announced honorees The Invite’s Seth Rogen, Olivia Wilde, Penélope Cruz, Edward Norton (Vanguard Award).
Past recipients of the Vanguard Award include Oscar Best Picture winners Green Book and The Shape of Water, as well as Best Picture nominees Belfast, Emilia Pérez, Killers of the Flower Moon, La La Land, Little Miss Sunshine, The Fabelmans, The Trial of the Chicago 7, and last year’s Hamnet.
The awards will be presented Jan. 7 at the Palm Springs Convention Center. The annual festival runs Jan. 7–18.
This story was first published on Oct. 28 and updated on Nov. 2.
