“The kind of film that should push those who have achieved master status to pass it on to another generation, and encourage those in need of guidance to find the men or women they want to be and ask them how they got there.” — RogerEbert.com In July of 2014, first-time director Alan Hicks made […]
Friday Flashback: ‘TAKE EVERY WAVE: THE LIFE OF LAIRD HAMILTON’
May 8, 2020 by
“Hamilton’s story is so filled with dramatic incident and personal and psychological complexity, not to mention spectacular visuals of waves upward of 100 feet tall, that it compels attention whether surfing means anything to you or not.” — Los Angeles Times Our 2017 SummerDocs series included Rory Kennedy‘s documentary TAKE EVERY WAVE: THE LIFE OF […]
Friday Flashback: ‘The Short Game’
April 23, 2020 by
Our 2013 SummerDocs series included the charming documentary THE SHORT GAME, which follows the lives of a handful of the best 7-year old golfers in the world as they train for and compete in the 2012 U.S. Kids Golf World Championship. This perfect film for the whole family is now streaming on Netflix. Following our […]
Friday Flashback: ‘LISTEN TO ME MARLON’
April 2, 2020 by
Our 2015 SummerDocs series included LISTEN TO ME MARLON, an intimate and captivating personal portrait of Marlon Brando, directed by our guest Stevan Riley. You can watch the film on Showtime streaming platforms. Following our screening at Guild Hall, our SummerDocs partner, HamptonsFilm Co-Chair Alec Baldwin and Artistic Director David Nugent welcomed Riley for a post-screening […]
SummerDocs Slideshow: CIRCUS OF BOOKS
August 26, 2019 by
On Saturday, August 24, HIFF wound down our 11th summer of SummerDocs, presented in partnership with Guild Hall, with the intimate and eccentric family portrait CIRCUS OF BOOKS, directed by Rachel Mason. After the screening, HIFF Co-Chair Alec Baldwin and Artistic Director David Nugent engaged in a deep-dive Q&A with Rachel Mason and film subject […]
