Andrew Garfield to Be Honored With Spotlight Award at Palm Springs International Film Awards

Andrew Garfield will receive the Actor Spotlight Award at the Palm Springs International Film Awards for playing Sam Altman in the film “Artificial”. The award recognises his performance in a drama about a struggle for control of technology, a subject the film presents as having potentially far-reaching consequences.

The awards ceremony is scheduled for 7 January 2027 at the Palm Springs Convention Center, ahead of the film festival, which runs from 8 to 18 January. “Artificial”, from Neon, also stars Mark Rylance, Ike Barinholtz, Yura Borisov, Monica Barbaro, Cooper Hoffman and Jason Schwartzman. Other announced honorees include Seth Rogen, Olivia Wilde, Penélope Cruz, Edward Norton, Martin McDonagh and Andrew Scott.