‘THE SQUARE’: May 4, Southampton Arts Center

HIFF is pleased to present NOW SHOWING, an exciting series of screenings that brings notable films currently in theaters to the Hamptons. Curated by HIFF, the series features acclaimed first-run art house, independent, and world cinema. “It affirms that art, this movie very much included, can tell us things about ourselves that we’d prefer not to know.” — Justin Chang, Los Angeles […]

2018 HIFF Screenwriters Lab Wraps Up

The 18th Annual HIFF Screenwriters Lab began last Friday with screenwriters and mentors arriving in Sag Harbor for a weekend of supportive guidance and collaboration. In between one-on-one mentor sessions, the group attended a Master Class in screenwriting from celebrated writer and mentor, James V. Hart, who has worked with Francis Ford Coppola, Robert Zemeckis […]

HIFF Screenwriters Lab: 2018 Selections & Mentors

HIFF is proud to announce the mentors and screenwriters for the 18th Annual Screenwriters Lab, which takes place April 6-8 in East Hampton and Sag Harbor. The Lab pairs up-and-coming screenwriters with established screenwriters, directors and producers for a series of one-on-one mentoring sessions. The three selected screenplays for 2018 are Esra Saydam’s THE MESOPOTAMIAN, Anu Valia’s […]

THAW Fest: The Breadwinner

Hamptons International Film Festival presents: Hamptons Arts Network THAW Fest Event THE BREADWINNER (ages 13+) Sunday, March 25 | 1:00pm Southampton Arts Center Ticket are free; reserve yours today! Director: Nora Twomey, Executive Producer: Angelina Jolie (Canada, Ireland, Luxembourg, 2017, 93 minutes) ​*2018 Academy Award® Nominee for Best Animated Feature (Nominated, 2018) THE BREADWINNER tells the story […]

THAW Fest: Master Class on Romeo + Juliet

Hamptons International Film Festival presents: Hamptons Arts Network THAW Fest Event Master Class on William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet Saturday, March 24 | 4-5pm Guild Hall of East Hampton Tickets $25 | $23 Members of Guild Hall or HIFF   Shakespeare scholar James Shapiro will compare select scenes from Baz Lurhmann’s 1996 ROMEO + JULIET to Franco Zefferelli’s […]