Behind the Scenes: Babette’s Feast

Posted by Shaun Joseph Stewart in HIFF Behind-the-Scenes

Post sponsored by This past weekend, the Hamptons International Film Festival (@hamptonsfilm) and Film Society of Lincoln Center (@FilmLinc) hosted a 25th anniversary screening of the Academy Award winning Danish film, Babette's Feast , in honor of the ongoing celebration of 50 years...

Leveraging Passion & Purpose at the Crossroads of Social Media and Independent Film

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"In the long history of humankind, those who learned to collaborate and improvise most effectively have prevailed." -- Charles Darwin The world of independent film is in constant flux.  For over 30 years, independent filmmakers have introduced theatergoers to new worlds, new ideas, or simply just a new view of the familiar.  The  filmmakers themselves must also be adapters -- often creating impactful and meaningful art under some of the...

Behind the Scenes: SummerDocs Screening of Detropia (PHOTO)

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This past Saturday, the Hamptons International Film Festival (#HIFF12) hosted Detropia at Guild Hall as the second film in our annual SummerDocs series hosted by Alec Baldwin.

HIFF Interview: Detropia Directors Heidi Ewing and Rachel Grady

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Post sponsored by This Saturday, July 21 at 8 PM the Hamptons International Film Festival (#HIFF12) hosts Detropia as part of its SummerDoc series. The film explores the depths and depressions Detroit suffered after the Automotive and manufacturing crash and examines its current state. An elegiac portrait of a former "boom-town," once the fastest-growing and now the fastest-shrinking. The...