# Martin McDonagh to Receive Outstanding Achievement in Directing Award at Palm Springs International Film Festival (Exclusive)

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/martin-mcdonagh-to-receive-outstanding-achievement-in-directing-award-at-palm-springs-international-film-festival-exclusive/
- Published: 2026-11-05T17:00:00+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-05T17:52:05+00:00
- Original publisher: The Hollywood Reporter
- Original article: https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/martin-mcdonagh-directing-award-palm-springs-film-festival-1236746957/
- Topics: Entertainment, Film

## Key points

- Martin McDonagh will receive Palm Springs’ directing achievement award.
- The award recognises his film *Wild Horse Nine*.
- The festival runs from 7 to 18 January 2027.

## Summary

Martin McDonagh will receive the Outstanding Achievement in Directing Award at the Palm Springs International Film Festival for his new film, *Wild Horse Nine*. The recognition highlights a career spanning acclaimed films and plays, and comes as the festival prepares to run from 7 to 18 January 2027.

The film stars John Malkovich and Sam Rockwell as CIA agents travelling to Easter Island shortly before Chile’s 1973 coup, where they meet two rebellious students played by Mariana di Girolamo and Ailin Salas. The Film Awards ceremony is on 7 January; McDonagh’s credits include *In Bruges*, *Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri* and *The Banshees of Inisherin*, and he has won six BAFTAs and three Golden Globes.

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