We’ve been putting the final touches on the HIFF 2018 lineup, and we are thrilled to announce it’s now ready for its closeup, Mr. DeMille! The latest announcement includes several high-profile additions in our Centerpiece slots: the Friday Centerpiece film is Yorgos Lanthimos’ THE FAVOURITE, starring Academy Award®-winning actresses Emma Stone and Rachel Weisz and Golden Globe®-winning actress […]
Spotlight Films Revealed!
September 14, 2018 by
Highlighting some of the fall’s most anticipated titles, from war dramas to timely novel adaptations about race, the HIFF 2018 Spotlight films have been revealed! Passes and packages are on sale now, and offer the earliest selection for these popular titles! The slate includes the U.S. Premiere of BEN IS BACK, directed by Peter Hedges […]
Breakthrough Artists Announced for HIFF 2018
September 14, 2018 by
HIFF will continues its tradition of recognizing emerging talent by announcing this year’s Breakthrough Artists. The festival will honor actors Kayli Carter (PRIVATE LIFE), Cory Michael Smith (1985, FIRST MAN), and Amandla Stenberg (THE HATE U GIVE), who will all be in attendance at the festival. Since 2002, for the last seventeen years, HIFF has […]
HIFF 2018 Closing Night: ‘BOY ERASED’
September 14, 2018 by
On Monday, October 8, the 26th Hamptons International Film Festival will close with writer/director Joel Edgerton’s BOY ERASED at Guild Hall in East Hampton. BOY ERASED examines a young boy’s experience when his parents send him to a healing refuge to cure his “homosexual” disease, starring Academy Award ® -nominated actor Lucas Hedges (MANCHESTER BY THE SEA), Academy Award® -winning actors Nicole […]
‘Bathtubs Over Broadway’ Wins SummerDocs Audience Award
September 7, 2018 by
Congratulations to Dava Whisenant’s delightful BATHTUBS OVER BROADWAY, winner of the 2018 SummerDocs Audience Award, sponsored by Candescent Films! Catch an encore screening at HIFF 2018, and see how one man’s search for elusive industrial recordings uncovered the bizarre world of Broadway-style musicals about some of the country’s biggest corporations. BATHTUBS OVER BROADWAY Director: Dava Whisenant […]
