MUMBAI: Jeff Bridges will receive the 21st Annual Palm Springs International Film Festival‘s (PSIFF) Desert Palm Achievement Award. He is an awards contender for his portrayal of an alcoholic country music singer seeking redemption in Crazy Heart.

Bridges will collect The honour will be besotted on Bridges at the PSIFF awards gala on 5 January, when he will join a pantheon of previous honourees that includes Daniel Day-Lewis, Sean Penn, Liam Neeson, Nicolas Cage, John Travolta and James Stewart.

 
Said, festival chairman Harold Matzner of the four times Academy Award nominee, "Bridges‘ career is the very embodiment of the Desert Palm Achievement Award, which was created to acknowledge acting excellence, and years of consistent and memorable work."

"This year, in his remarkable performance in Crazy Heart, he once again shows us why he is considered one of America‘s greatest actors."

The festival will run from 5 to 18 January, next year.