Dear Friends, For the past 26 years, HIFF has served the East End community by celebrating global and independent film that inspires and educates audiences of all ages. HIFF is a year-round 501 (c)3 non-profit that supports the entire East End community with: First-run film screenings HIFF Jr. Educational Initiatives, showcasing a United Nationspartnership that involves East […]
HIFF Jr. Presented United Nations Plural+ at HIFF 2018
November 8, 2018 by
Guest Blog by Linda Biscardi Fuller, HIFF Board member who oversees our HIFF Jr. Education Programs alongside Marissa Friedes Cangiolosi, Manager of Education. Our annual partnership with the United Nations Plural + program encourages empathy, compassion, and respect for all by screening films about diversity, migration and social inclusion. During HIFF 2018, the festival hosted over […]
HIFF 2018 Audiences Have Spoken
October 9, 2018 by
HIFF 2018 Audience Awards were announced today! The HIFF2018 Audience Award for Narrative Feature went to THE HATE U GIVE, directed by George Tillman Jr., and starring Amandla Stenberg. As a way to escape the limited options of the streets she grew up on, sixteen-year-old black teenager Starr Carter (Amandla Stenberg) is torn between two […]
HIFF 2018: Sunday Slideshow
October 8, 2018 by
Sunday felt like our busiest day at #HIFF2018, with movies, conversations and celebrations happening throughout the East End! We welcomed Rosamund Pike and Jamie Dornan for A PRIVATE WAR at Guild Hall, Rupert Everett for THE HAPPY PRINCE in East Hampton, Dolly Wells for the Sunday Centerpiece CAN YOU EVER FORGIVE ME?, and Damien Chazelle for A […]
