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 […]