MUMBAI: The International Palm Springs Film Festival will be presenting its International Star Award to Spanish actor Javier Bardem. The award will be given out at an awards gala on 8 January next year.

Bardem is an award-winning actor, and among his awards is an Oscar for Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in the Cohen Brother‘s film No Country for Old Men. This last summer women swooned by Bardem‘s performance as Julia Roberts‘ lover in Eat Pray Love.

The International Star Award recognises an actor or actress who has both critically and commercially made the successful cross over from foreign-language films to mainstream international recognition.

The film festival will run from 6 to 17 January.