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13-491: The Last Train may refer to: Film and television [ edit ] The Last Train (2002 film) , a Uruguayan and Argentinian comedy-drama film The Last Train (2006 film) , a German drama The Last Train (TV series) , a 1999 British, six-part, post-apocalyptic television drama series The Last Train , winner of the 2003 Thessaloniki International Film Festival Other uses [ edit ] Last Train (bridge) ,

26-558: A bidding convention in the card game contract bridge "Last Train" (Christine Anu and Paul Kelly song) , 1993 "Last Train" (Tiësto and Firebeatz song) , 2014 "The Last Train", a 1950 short story by Fredric Brown "The Last Train", a song by Mondo Generator from the 2012 album Hell Comes to Your Heart See also [ edit ] Last Train Home (disambiguation) All pages with titles containing Last Train Topics referred to by

39-701: A company in Hollywood. A group of elderly men known as "The Friends of the Rails" think that to do so would be to sell an important part of the country's history and so devise to steal the train. The group of hijackers is led by "El Professor" (Alterio), and the train itself is driven by Pepe, who claims to have learned how to do so during the Spanish Civil War . The group is also accompanied by Dante Minetti (Soriano), who suffers from Alzheimer's , and Guito, Pepe's neighbor/friend's nine-year-old great-nephew. The escapade takes

52-504: Is Liliana Rodriguez. In 2021 the main festival was not held, but the Palm Springs International Festival of Short Films on June 22–28 did go ahead. As of April 8, 2021, the next PSIFF was scheduled for January 6−17, 2022. However, due to rising cases of COVID-19 , the 2022 festival was canceled. The Gala awards are Sonny Bono Visionary Award, Career Achievement Award, Desert Palm Achievement Award, Director of

65-410: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages The Last Train (2002 film) The film's executive producer was Mariela Besuievski, and it was produced by Pablo Bossi, Gerardo Herrero, Oscar Kramer , and Carlos Mentasti. The film tells of an ambitious business man (Pauls) who wants to sell train 33, affectionately known as "Corazón de fuego," to

78-605: Is held annually in January. It is run by the Palm Springs International Film Society, which also runs the Palm Springs International Festival of Short Films (ShortFest), a festival of short films and film market in June. Though the festival does feature American independent films , the focus from its inception was to shine a spotlight on international cinema. The festival was cancelled in both 2021 and 2022 due to

91-679: Is noted for screening most foreign Oscar nominees. In 2013, the festival screened 42 of the 71 movies that were submitted by countries around the world to the Oscars for that year's foreign language film prize. In the days before the festival's opening, several of the foreign filmmakers convene at Sunnylands , the Annenberg estate in Rancho Mirage, to trade strategies on funding, producing and promoting their movies. The festival regularly attracts around 135,000 people, with some 70% coming from outside of

104-663: The COVID-19 pandemic in California . It was held from January 6 to January 16 in 2023. The 34th edition screened 134 films from 64 countries including 27 premieres. Film Awards ceremony on January 5 at the Palm Springs Convention Center started the celebrations. Michael Barker, co-president of Sony Pictures Classics , described the festival as a good place to show foreign-language movies and heralded this festival's ability to spread good word-of-mouth for movies. The event

117-718: The Cinémas d'Amérique Latine de Toulouse , France; the Copenhagen International Film Festival , Denmark; the Hamburg Film Festival, Germany; and others. Wins Nominations Palm Springs International Film Festival Palm Springs International Film Festival (sometimes stylized shortly as PSIFF ) is a film festival held in Palm Springs, California . Originally promoted by Mayor Sonny Bono and then sponsored by Nortel , it started in 1989 and

130-518: The Coachella Valley , including Canada and Europe. It is noted for its Award Ceremonies where such actors as Christian Bale , Brad Pitt , Clint Eastwood , Sean Penn , Dustin Hoffman , Anne Hathaway , Allison Janney , Brie Larson and Leonardo DiCaprio have appeared. In January 2011, the festival's honorees included Ben Affleck and Danny Boyle . The current artistic director of the festival

143-703: The Year Award, Frederick Loewe Award for Film Composing, Icon Award, Chairman's Award, Ensemble Performance Award and Spotlight Award. In 2014 the Desert Palm Achievement Award was given to Matthew McConaughey for his role in Dallas Buyers Club and Sandra Bullock for her role in Gravity , while Johnny Depp and Cate Blanchett received the Desert Palm Achievement Award in 2016 for Black Mass and Carol , respectively. Casey Affleck received

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156-417: The same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Last Train . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Last_Train&oldid=1161480454 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description

169-672: The train all across the small country, exhibiting Uruguay's vibrant landscape and varied climate, also revealing many abandoned towns and train stops. The film was released wide in Uruguay May 31, 2002, and in Argentina on August 22, 2002. The picture was screened at various film festivals, including: the Montréal World Film Festival , Canada; the Palm Springs International Film Festival , United States;

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