Provincetown International Film Festival to Honor Out 'Sex and the City' Star Cynthia Nixon

The Provincetown International Film Festival (PIFF) announced today that Emmy, Tony and Grammy Award-winner Cynthia Nixon will be honored with the 2016 Excellence in Acting Award at this year's festival, running June 15 - 19, 2016 in Provincetown, MA. Nixon will be on hand to accept the award at a special ceremony on Saturday, June 18 at Provincetown's historic Town Hall.

"We are thrilled to honor Cynthia Nixon's remarkable versatility and talent as evidenced by the sheer depth and volume of her film, TV, and stage performances, her work with the top directors in the world, and her ability to successfully engage the worlds of super stardom and the art house elite," said Christine Walker, Executive Director of PIFF and CEO of the Provincetown Film Society.

A tour-de-force actress with a long r�sum� on film, television and stage, Nixon began her career at age 12 in the feature film "Little Darlings" and made her Broadway debut in "The Philadelphia Story" for which she won a Theatre World Award. On television, she received much critical praise and her first Emmy Award in the role of Miranda Hobbes on HBO's hit series "Sex and the City," which also earned her multiple Golden Globe nominations. She went on to co-star in the two wildly successful "Sex and the City" films.

Nixon can currently be seen in Pamela Romanowsky's film "The Adderall Diaries" and later this year will star in Terence Davies' biopic "A Quiet Passion" as reclusive poet Emily Dickinson. Recent projects include Showtime's "The Affair," Comedy Central's "Broad City," Josh Mond's "James White" (Independent Spirit Award nominee, Best Supporting Female), Richard Loncraine's 5 FLIGHTS UP, and Nikole Beckwith's "Stockholm," "Pennsylvania" (Critics' Choice Television Award nominee, Best Supporting Actress in a Movie or Limited Series).

On stage, Nixon has won a Tony Award ("Rabbit Hole"), earned two Tony nominations ("Indiscretions" and "Wit") and has appeared in 40 plays, 10 of them on Broadway. In Winter 2014, she made her directorial debut at The New Group with Joel Johnson's "Rasheeda Speaking." She recently wrapped directing two New York City plays, including New Group's "Steve," starring Mario Cantone, and "MotherStruck!," starring Staceyann Chin.

She lives in downtown Manhattan with her wife Christine and their children Sam, Charlie and Max.

Previous recipients of the Excellence in Acting Award include Patricia Clarkson, Parker Posey, Vera Farmiga, Tilda Swinton, Alessandro Nivola, Gael Garc�a Bernal and Alan Cumming.

Festival passes are now on sale. Tickets go on sale to the public on May 23. For more information, visit www.ptownfilmfest.org.

The 2016 Excellence In Acting Award is sponsored by The Palette Fund. Partner sponsors of the 2016 Provincetown International Film Festival include: HBO and Xfinity/Comcast.

About The Provincetown Film Society & The Provincetown International Film Festival

To make Provincetown - with its unique combination of art institutions, culture, history and natural beauty - the global destination for creative exploration in film.

The Provincetown Film Society (PFS) is a non-profit dedicated to continuing the founding mission of the Provincetown Art Colony - to provide a welcoming, nurturing and inspiring environment for boundless and authentic creative exploration - in film. From the time it was founded in 1998 the Society has been committed to serving its communities who are often outside of the mainstream, in the margins, or otherwise underserved - but have a voice critical to the evolution of artistic expression. It has also been dedicated to the celebration of Provincetown - an American treasure nestled amongst spectacular National Seashore beaches, and a shining example of diversity and inclusion. Through its Festival, Cinema and Institute, the Society endeavors to give year-round support to aspiring and up-and-coming, and established independent filmmakers, and to connect them with curious and engaged audiences globally.

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About the Palette Fund

The Palette Fund is dedicated to breaking down barriers and advancing social change in communities that are under-resourced and facing significant challenges. The foundation supports trailblazers creating change throughout the world and places a priority on funding collaborative partnerships among organizations that strengthen the health and leadership of the LGBTQ community. Honoring the philanthropic legacy and pioneering vision of our co-founder Rand Harlan Skolnick, who lost his battle to pancreatic cancer in July 2008, a portion of our grant making supports patient services and breakthrough discoveries that impact individuals and families facing this disease.