SummerDocs announced!

Posted by Amelie Garin Davet in Festival Updates, Film News, HIFF Events, Home Page Feature, Home Page Feature

Get your tickets for the 5th Annual SummerDocs film series! In partnership with BEACH Magazine, the first two screenings announced below. TWENTY FEET FROM STARDOM Saturday, June 15, 8:30pm   Directed by Morgan Neville Presented by Wall Street Journal Triumphant and heartbreaking in equal measure, award-winning director Morgan Neville’s TWENTY FEET FROM STARDOM is a tribute to the unsung, yet unmistakable voices of the backup singers which brought shape and style to popular music over the years. UPDATE: due to unforeseen circumstances, Darlene Love will no longer attend the screening...

HIFF 2013 Screenwriters’ Lab Mentors & Participants, and Sloan Discretionary Fund Recipient

Posted by Amelie Garin Davet in Film News, Home Page Feature, Home Page Feature

The Hamptons International Film Festival announces the mentors and participants for the 2013 Screenwriters' Lab and the recipient of the $75,000 Discretionary Fund through the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, attributed to Casey Cooper Johnson for UNMANNED. For more information, please click here.

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SHORT TERM 12 wins SXSW!

Posted by Amelie Garin Davet in Festival Updates, Home Page Feature

SHORT TERM 12, from our 2011 Screenwriters Lab received the Narrative Feature Grand Jury Award at SXSW. The film was written and directed by Destin Daniel Cretton. The 2013 Screenwriters'Lab will take place April 12-14 in East Hampton. Selected projects and mentors will be announced next...

Congratulations to last night’s Oscar winners!

Posted by Amelie Garin Davet in Festival Updates, Home Page Feature

HIFF would like to congratulate all the winners, and highlight the 7 wins listed below that came from films in our 20th edition and our SummerDocs series. We are also honored that our Centerpiece film ARGO won Best Picture. This represents the 4th time in the last 5 years that the Hamptons International Film Festival has screened the eventual Best Picture Winner. Best Picture: ARGO Best Actress: Jennifer Lawrence, SILVER LININGS PLAYBOOK  Foreign Language Film: AMOUR Documentary Feature: SEARCHING FOR SUGAR MAN  Animated Short Film: PAPERMAN Adapted Screenplay: Chris Terrio, ARGO Film Editing: ARGO We...

HIFF announces 2013 Honorary Chairman, Shaun Woodward

Posted by Amelie Garin Davet in Festival Updates, Home Page Feature, Home Page Feature

Shaun Woodward was a Senior Cabinet Minister (and formerly Arts and Film Minister) in the last Labour Government under Tony Blair and Gordon Brown. His career began in the BBC as a television journalist and producer. For the last fifteen years Shaun has been a Member of the British Parliament He has served on numerous Boards and charities; has been closely involved with the Arts since his time at Cambridge University. Shaun Woodward concluded the peace negotiations in Northern...

2013 Submissions are Open!

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The 2013 Hamptons International Film Festival, taking place October 10-14, is now open for submissions online through Withoutabox (http://www.withoutabox.com/login/1160). Our Early Bird deadline is April 8th.