First award for Leo! Leonardo DiCaprio Set For Palm Springs Film Festival’s Desert Palm Achievement AwardEXCLUSIVE: It could be one awards show after another for Leonardo DiCaprio this season, and the Palm Springs Film Festival is out in front of it. The One Battle After Another star is set to receive the 2026 fest’s Desert Palm Achievement Award, Actor. “In One Battle After Another, Leonardo DiCaprio delivers a riveting and emotionally charged performance, embodying a man pushed to his breaking point in the face of relentless adversity,” said Festival Chairman Nachhattar Singh Chandi. “Across his career, DiCaprio has continually redefined what is possible in screen acting — bringing emotional depth, artistic integrity and fearless commitment to every role.” Written, directed and produced by Paul Thomas Anderson, One Battle After Another follows Bob (DiCaprio), a washed-up revolutionary who exists in a state of stoned paranoia, surviving off the grid with his spirited, self-reliant daughter, Willa (Chase Infiniti). When his evil nemesis (Sean Penn) resurfaces after 16 years and she goes missing, the former radical scrambles to find her, with father and daughter both battling the consequences of his past. The Revenant Oscar winner and seven-time nominee DiCaprio has been getting strong reviews for the film. One Battle After Another has grossed more than $200 million worldwide since its late-September release, far outpacing any other Anderson-helmed movie after scoring his best opening weekend domestically and globally. ince launching his screen career in the early 1990s with This Boy’s Life and What’s Eating Gilbert Grape, DiCaprio has become one of the world’s biggest movie stars — solidified by his lead role in James Cameron 1997’s behemoth Titanic. Along with his close ties to director Martin Scorsese on films such as The Aviator, The Departed, Shutter Island, Gangs of New York and Killers of the Flower Moon, the actor has starred in features including The Wolf of Wall Street, Inception, The Great Gatsby and Quentin Tarantino’s Once Upon a Time in Hollywood and Django Unchained. His upcoming films including Michael Mann’s Heat 2 and Scorsese’s What Happens at Night with Jennifer Lawrence. The Palm Springs International Film Festival launched in 1990 in the desert city east of Los Angeles, and its 2026 event runs January 2-11. Its film awards will be handed out January 3 at the Palm Springs Convention Center. See the other announced honorees here. https://deadline.com/2025/11/leonardo-dicaprio-palm-springs-film-festival-one-battle-after-another-1236620897/