HIFF 2016: Program

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FILMS A-ZOpening/Closing/CenterpiecesHIFF Narrative CompetitionHIFF Documentary CompetitionA Conversation With...SpotlightFilms of Conflict & ResolutionCompassion, Justice & Animal RightsAir, Land & SeaVariety 10 Actors to WatchFocus on Norwegian CinemaViews From Long IslandWinick Talks at Rowdy HallWorld Cinema NarrativeWorld Cinema DocumentarySpecial ScreeningsShort FilmsThursday ScheduleFriday ScheduleSaturday ScheduleSunday ScheduleMonday ScheduleFull Program Guide (PDF)

20TH CENTURY WOMEN
237 YEARS
ABOUT A MOTHER
THE ADDAMS FAMILY
ALIKE
ALL THE BEAUTY
AMERICAN ANARCHIST
AMERICAN PASTORAL
THE BATHTUB
BATRACHIAN’S BALLAD
BECAUSE THE WORLD NEVER STOPS
BEFORE THE FLOOD
BERLIN METANOIA
BETTING ON ZERO
BLACK SWELL
BLEED FOR THIS
BLIND VAYSHA
THE BLOOP
BLUE JAY
BOUNCE
BUNKER77
BURN YOUR MAPS
CATCH IT
CHEKHOV
CHRISTINE
CLINICA DE MIGRANTES: LIFE, LIBERTY, AND THE PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS
THE DAUGHTER
DAVI’S WAY
DISTURBING THE PEACE
DIVINES
DOCUMENTARY COMPETITION AWARD WINNER
DON’T CALL ME SON
DONALD CRIED
THE DUKE: BASED ON THE MEMOIR “I’M THE DUKE” BY J.P. DUKE
THE EAGLE HUNTRESS
THE END
FANNY PACK
FATA MORGANA
FILIP
FIRE AT SEA
FISH
THE FRAME
FRANCA: CHAOS AND CREATION
FRANTZ
FRAUD
THE GENEVA CONVENTION
GLORY
GOD KNOWS WHERE I AM
GOLDSTONE
GUBAGUDE KO
HALAL LOVE (AND SEX)
THE HANDMAIDEN
HOME
I AM NOT YOUR NEGRO
I, DANIEL BLAKE
ICEBOX
IMPORT
IN THE HILLS
INNER WORKINGS
INTO THE INFERNO
IRREGULARS
IT’S ALRIGHT
THE ITCHING
THE IVORY GAME
JEREMIAH TOWER: THE LAST MAGNIFICENT
JOE’S VIOLIN
JOIN THE CLUB
JULIETA
THE KILLING SEASON
LA LA LAND
LA LAGUNA
THE LAST STEPS
LATE SUMMER
LEGS: A BIG ISSUE IN A SMALL TOWN
LION
THE LONG NIGHT OF FRANCISCO SANCTIS
LOST IN PARIS
LOVE
LOVESONG
LOVING
MAGNUS
MANCHESTER BY THE SEA
MARATHON: THE PATRIOTS DAY BOMBING
MEANINGLESS CONVERSATIONS IN BEAUTIFUL ENVIRONMENTS
MOONLIGHT
MR. MADILA
MY ALEPPO
OH MY FATHER
OLYMPIC FAVELA
THE ORCHESTRA
ORIGINAL BLISS
[OUT OF F]RAME
PATERSON
PROPHET OF PLAS-TEEK
THE RED TURTLE
THE SALESMAN
SANTOALLA
SCORE: A FILM MUSIC DOCUMENTARY
THE SHORT STORY OF A FOX AND A MOUSE
THE SILENCE
SONIC SEA
SONITA
SOUR GRAPES
SOUTHWEST OF SALEM: THE STORY OF THE SAN ANTONIO FOUR
STRANGE WEATHER
SUBMARINE
SUPERGIRL
THE TEACHER
TEN METER TOWER
THINGS USED TO BE HIDDEN
THOSE WHO JUMP
THE TICKET
TIMECODE
TONI ERDMANN
TOWER
TOYS
TRACES
UNA
UNDER THE SHADOW
UNLOCKING THE CAGE
VISIT 57
WAKEFIELD
WHAT HAPPENED TO HER
WHATEVER THE WEATHER
THE WHITE HELMETS
WIG SHOP
WOMAN IN DEEP

Opening Night, Closing Night & Centerpiece Films

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loving-650 Opening Night: East Hampton
(October 6)
LOVING
US Premiere | USA
Director: Jeff Nichols
strange-weather-650 Opening Night: Southampton
(October 7)
STRANGE WEATHER
US Premiere | USA
Director:Katherine Dieckmann
manchester-by-the-sea-650 Centerpiece: Saturday
(October 8)
MANCHESTER BY THE SEA
USA
Director: Kenneth Lonergan
20th-century-women-650 Centerpiece: Sunday
(October 9)
20th CENTURY WOMEN
USA
Director: Mike Mills
american-pastoral-650 Closing Night: Monday
(October 10)
AMERICAN PASTORAL
US Premiere | USA
Director: Ewan McGregor

HIFF Narrative Competition

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Narrative Features
daughter-650 THE DAUGHTER
East Coast Premiere | Australia
Director: Simon Stone
divines-650 DIVINES
US Premiere | France/Qatar
Director: Houda Benyamina
glory-650 GLORY
“Slava”
US Premiere | Bulgaria/Greece
Directors: Kristina Grozeva, Petar Valchanov
late-summer-650 LATE SUMMER
“Sensommer”

North American Premiere | Norway/France
Director: Henrik Martin Dahlsbakken
long-night-of-francisco-sanctis-650 THE LONG NIGHT OF FRANCISCO SANCTIS
“La Larga Noche de Francisco Sanctis”

US Premiere | Argentina
Directors: Andrea Testa, Francisco Márquez
awards-image-650 NARRATIVE COMPETITION AWARD WINNER
See the winner of this competition:
Monday, October 10
Narrative Short Films
Import-650 IMPORT
US Premiere | Netherlands
Director: Ena Sendijarevic
 in-the-hills-650 IN THE HILLS
US Premiere | UK
Director: Hamid Ahmadi
Itching-650 THE ITCHING
New York Premiere | USA
Director: Dianne Bellino
Silence-650 THE SILENCE
“Il Silenzio”
US Premiere | Italy/France
Directors: Ali Asgari, Farnoosh Samadi
submarine-650 SUBMARINE
US Premiere | Lebanon/USA
Director: Mounia Akl

HIFF Documentary Competition

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Documentary Features
american-anarchist-650 AMERICAN ANARCHIST
North American Premiere | USA
Director: Charlie Siskel
eagle-huntress-650-new THE EAGLE HUNTRESS
New York Premiere | USA
Director: Otto Bell
fraud-650 FRAUD
USA | 2016
Director: Dean Fleischer-Camp
those-who-jump-650 THOSE WHO JUMP
“Les Sauteurs”

New York Premiere | Denmark
Directors: Estephan Wagner, Moritz Siebert, Abou Bakar Sidibé
tower-650 TOWER
New York Premiere | USA
Director: Keith Maitland
awards-image-650 DOCUMENTARY COMPETITION AWARD WINNER
See the winner of this competition:
Monday, October 10
Documentary Short Films
batrachians-ballad-650 BATRACHIAN’S BALLAD
“Balada de um Batráquio”
New York Premiere | Portugal
Director: Leonor Teles
Clinica-de-Migrantes-650 CLINICA DE MIGRANTES:
LIFE, LIBERTY, AND THE PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS
New York Premiere | USA
Director: Maxim Pozdorovkin
Irregulars-650 IRREGULARS
New York Premiere | Italy
Director: Fabio Palmieri
Last-Steps-650 THE LAST STEPS
World Premiere | USA
Director: Todd Douglas Miller
Whatever-the-Weather-650 WHATEVER THE WEATHER
“Bei Wind Und Wetter”
US Premiere | Switzerland
Director: Remo Scherrer

A Conversation With…

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aaron-eckhart-400x500 A Conversation With Aaron Eckhart
Friday, October 7
1:00 pm
Guild Hall
holly-hunter-400x500 A Conversation With Holly Hunter
Saturday, October 8
1:00 pm
East Hampton Middle School
edward-norton-400x500 A Conversation With Edward Norton
Sunday, October 9
1:00 pm
East Hampton Middle School

Spotlight Films

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bleed-for-this-650 BLEED FOR THIS
East Coast Premiere | USA
Director: Ben Younger
burn-your-maps-650 BURN YOUR MAPS
US Premiere | USA
Director: Jordan Roberts
christine-650 CHRISTINE
East Coast Premiere | USA
Director: Antonio Campos
julieta-650 JULIETA
Spain
Director: Pedro Almodóvar
la-la-land-650 LA LA LAND
East Coast Premiere | USA
Director: Damien Chazelle
lion-650 LION
US Premiere | Australia
Director: Garth Davis
moonlight-650 MOONLIGHT
USA
Director: Barry Jenkins
ticket-650 THE TICKET
USA
Director: Ido Fluk
una-650 UNA
East Coast Premiere | UK
Director: Benedict Andrews
wakefield-650 WAKEFIELD
East Coast Premiere | USA
Director: Robin Swicord

Films of Conflict & Resolution

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Disturbing the Peace 650 DISTURBING THE PEACE
East Coast Premiere | USA
Directors: Stephen Apkon, Andrew Young
Winner: 2016 Brizzolara Family Foundation Award
for a Film of Conflict and Resolution
Fire-at-Sea-650 FIRE AT SEA
“Fuocoammare”
Italy/France
Director: Gianfranco Rosi
i-am-not-your-negro-650 I AM NOT YOUR NEGRO
USA/France/Belgium/Switzerland
Director: Raoul Peck
Sonita 650 SONITA
Germany/Switzerland/Iran
Director: Rokhsareh Ghaem Maghami
c-and-r-shorts Conflict & Resolution Shorts Program
HOME UK/Kosovo | Director: Daniel Mulloy
MY ALEPPO USA | Director: Melissa Langer
THE WHITE HELMETS
USA/UK | Director: Orlando von Einsiedel

Compassion, Justice & Animal Rights

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unlocking-the-cage UNLOCKING THE CAGE
USA
Directors: Chris Hegedus, D.A. Pennebaker
Winner: 2016 Zelda Penzel
“Giving Voice to the Voiceless” 
Award
ivory-game-650 THE IVORY GAME
New York Premiere | Austria/USA
Directors: Kief Davidson, Richard Ladkani

Air, Land & Sea

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before-the-flood-650 BEFORE THE FLOOD
Documentary Feature | US Premiere | USA
Director: Fisher Stevens
Sonic Sea 650 SONIC SEA
USA | Documentary Feature
Directors: Michelle Dougherty, Daniel Hinerfeld
bloop-650 THE BLOOP
USA | Documentary Short
Director: Cara Cusumano
Screens before SONIC SEA (see above)
prophet-of-plas-teek-650 PROPHET OF PLAS-TEEK
USA | Narrative Short
Director: Joshua Cohen
Screens before SONIC SEA (see above)

Focus on Norwegian Cinema

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all-the-beauty-650 ALL THE BEAUTY
North American Premiere
Director: Aasne Vaa Greibrokk
late-summer-650 LATE SUMMER
North American Premiere
Director: Henrik Martin Dahlsbakken
magnus-650 MAGNUS
Director: Benjamin Ree
its-alright-650 IT’S ALRIGHT
North American Premiere
Director: Nina Knag

Views From Long Island

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killing-season-650 THE KILLING SEASON
Docuseries from A&E Network
Directors: Joshua Zeman, Rachel Mills
god-knows-where-i-am-650 GOD KNOWS WHERE I AM
New York Premiere | USA
Directors: Todd Wider, Jedd Wider
legs-big-issue-small-town-650 LEGS: A BIG ISSUE IN A SMALL TOWN
USA
Directors: Beatrice Alda, Jennifer Brooke
black-swell-650 BLACK SWELL
New York Premiere | USA | Narrative Short
Director: Jake Honig
prophet-of-plas-teek-650 PROPHET OF PLAS-TEEK
USA | Narrative Short
Director: Joshua Cohen

Winick Talks at Rowdy Hall

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Anne Chaisson, David Nugent, Ina Pira. HIFF/IFP Luncheon at Cannes 2016, celebrating women in film and honoring Melissa Mathison. MEET THE PROGRAMMERS
Friday, October 7
10:00 am
Rowdy Hall (no tickets required)
winick-talks-meet-the-filmmakers-650 MEET THE FILMMAKERS: DOCUMENTARY COMPETITION
Saturday, October 8
10:00 am
Rowdy Hall (no tickets required)
winick-woman-behind-camera-650 WOMEN IN FILM: LOTS OF TALK. ANY ACTION?
Sunday, October 9
10:00 am
Rowdy Hall (no tickets required)

World Cinema Narrative

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all-the-beauty-650 ALL THE BEAUTY
“Alt det vakre”
North American Premiere | Norway
Director: Aasne Vaa Greibrokk
blue-jay-650 BLUE JAY
USA | 2016
Director: Alex Lehmann
dont-call-me-son-650 DON’T CALL ME SON
“Mae So Ha Uma”
East Coast Premiere | Brazil
Director: Anna Muylaert
donald-cried-650 DONALD CRIED
USA | 2016
Director: Kris Avedisian
frantz-650 FRANTZ
US Premiere | France/Germany
Director: François Ozon
goldstone-650 GOLDSTONE
US Premiere | Australia
Director: Ivan Sen
halal-love-and-sex-650 HALAL LOVE (AND SEX)
“Bil Halal”
East Coast Premiere | Lebanon/Germany/United Arab Emirates
Director: Assad Fouladkar
handmaiden-650 THE HANDMAIDEN
“Agassi”
East Coast Premiere | South Korea
Director: Park Chan-wook
i-daniel-blake-650 I, DANIEL BLAKE
UK/France/Belgium
Director: Ken Loach
lost-in-paris-650 LOST IN PARIS
“Paris Pieds Nus”
East Coast Premiere | France
Directors: Dominique Abel, Fiona Gordon
lovesong-650 LOVESONG
New York Premiere | USA
Director: So Yong Kim
original-bliss-650 ORIGINAL BLISS
“Gleißendes Glück”
US Premiere | Germany
Director: Sven Taddicken
paterson-650 PATERSON
USA
Director: Jim Jarmusch
red-turtle-650 THE RED TURTLE
“La Tortue Rouge”
US Premiere | Japan/France/Belgium
Director: Michael Dudok de Wit
salesman-650 THE SALESMAN
“Forushande”
East Coast Premiere | Iran/France
Director/Screenwriter: Asghar Farhadi
teacher-650 THE TEACHER
“Učitelka”
North American Premiere | Slovak Republic/Czech Republic
Director: Jan Hřebejk
toni-erdmann-650 TONI ERDMANN
Germany
Director: Maren Ade
under-the-shadow-650 UNDER THE SHADOW
UK/Jordan/Qatar
Director: Babak Anvari

World Cinema Documentary

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bunker77 BUNKER77
US Premiere | USA
Director: Takuji Masuda
davis-way-650 DAVI’S WAY
World Premiere | USA
Director: Tom Donahue
franca-chaos-creation-650 FRANCA: CHAOS AND CREATION
North American Premiere | USA/Italy
Director: Francesco Carrozzini
god-knows-where-i-am-650 GOD KNOWS WHERE I AM
New York Premiere | USA | 2016
Directors: Todd Wider, Jedd Wider
into-the-inferno-650 INTO THE INFERNO
East Coast Premiere | United Kingdom/Austria
Director: Werner Herzog
jeremiah-tower-650 JEREMIAH TOWER: THE LAST MAGNIFICENT
USA
Director: Lydia Tenaglia
legs-big-issue-small-town-650 LEGS: A BIG ISSUE IN A SMALL TOWN
USA
Directors: Beatrice Alda, Jennifer Brooke
magnus-650 MAGNUS
Norway
Director: Benjamin Ree
marathon-patriots-day-bombing-650 MARATHON: THE PATRIOTS DAY BOMBING
World Premiere | USA
Directors: Ricki Stern, Annie Sundberg
santoalla-650 SANTOALLA
North American Premiere | USA/Spain
Directors: Andrew Becker, Daniel Mehrer
score-650 SCORE: A FILM MUSIC DOCUMENTARY
World Premiere | USA
Director: Matt Schrader
sour-grapes-650 SOUR GRAPES
US Premiere | UK/France
Directors: Jerry Rothwell, Reuben Atlas
southwest-of-salem-650 SOUTHWEST OF SALEM: THE STORY OF THE SAN ANTONIO FOUR
USA
Director: Deborah S. Esquenazi
supergirl-650 SUPERGIRL
World Premiere | USA
Director: Jessie Auritt

Special Screenings
Betting On Zero 650 BETTING ON ZERO
Audience Award Winner: SummerDocs
Sponsored by Candescent Films
Director: Ted Braun
addams-family-650 THE ADDAMS FAMILY
In partnership with Southampton Arts Center
Director: Barry Sonnenfeld

Short Film Programs

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nywift-shorts-2016-650
NEW YORK WOMEN IN FILM AND TELEVISION:
WOMEN CALLING THE SHOTS

THE END | World Premiere | USA | Heather Joan Smith
JOE’S VIOLIN | USA | Kahane Cooperman
TRACES | World Premiere | USA | Veena Rao, Emily Sheskin
VISIT 57 | New York Premiere | USA | Kate Phelan
WIG SHOP | World Premiere | USA | Kat Coiro
WOMAN IN DEEP | USA | Janicza Bravo

student-short-films-2016-650
STUDENT SHORT FILMS SHOWCASE

THE DUKE: BASED ON THE MEMOIR “I’M THE DUKE” BY J.P. DUKE | USA | Max Barbakow
FANNY PACK | New York Premiere | USA | Uttera Singh
FATA MORGANA | USA/China | Amelie Wen
GUBAGUDE KO | New York Premiere | USA | Philiane Phang
ICEBOX | East Coast Premiere | USA | Daniel Sawka

get-off-my-cloud-650
GET OFF MY CLOUD

237 YEARS “237 De Ani” | East Coast Premiere | France/Romania | Ioana Mischie
THE GENEVA CONVENTION “La Convention de Genève” | East Coast Premiere | France | Benoit Martin
JOIN THE CLUB | New York Premiere | USA | Eva Vives
MR. MADILA | East Coast Premiere | UK | Rory Waudby-Tolley
THE ORCHESTRA | Australia | Mikey Hill
TEN METER TOWER “Hopptornet”SwedenAxel Danielson, Maximilien Van Aertryck

runs-in-the-family-650
RUNS IN THE FAMILY

THE BATHTUB “Die Badewanne” | Germany/Austria | Tim Ellrich
CHEKHOV | USA | Jack Dunphy
FILIP | New York Premiere | Sweden | Nathalie Álvarez Mesén
IT’S ALRIGHT “Vi Kan Ikke Hjelpe Alle” | North American Premiere | Norway | Nina Knag
LA LAGUNA | New York Premiere | Mexico/USA | Aaron Schock
OH MY FATHER | USA | Robert Machoian, Rodrigo Ojeda-Beck

away-we-go-650
AWAY WE GO! SHORTS FOR ALL AGES

ABOUT A MOTHER “Pro Mamu”  | Russia | Dina Velikovskaya
ALIKE | Spain | Daniel Martínez Lara, Rafa Cano Méndez
BOUNCE | UK | Rory Lowe, D.C. Barclay
CATCH IT | France | Paul Bar, Marion Demaret, Nadège Forner, Pierre-Baptiste Marty, Julien Robyn, Jordan Soler
FISH | USA | Andrew Ruiz
INNER WORKINGS | New York Premiere | USA | Leo Matsuda
THE SHORT STORY OF A FOX AND A MOUSE | France | Camille Chaix, Hugo Jean, Juliette Jourdan, Marie Pillier, Kevin Roger

tilt-shift-650
TILT & SHIFT

BERLIN METANOIA | East Coast Premiere | Germany | Erik Schmitt
LOVE | Hungary | Réka Bucsi
[OUT OF FR]AME | East Coast Premiere | Germany | Sophie Linnenbaum
THINGS USED TO BE HIDDEN | New York Premiere | UK | Tara Mercedes Wood
TIMECODE | US Premiere | Spain | Juanjo Giménez
WHAT HAPPENED TO HER | USA | Kristy Guevara-Flanagan

shorts-before-features-2016-650
SHORTS BEFORE FEATURES

BECAUSE THE WORLD NEVER STOPS “STUDIO 5” | US Premiere | Sweden | Axel Danielson, Maximilien Van Aertryck
• Precedes FRAUD
BLACK SWELL | New York Premiere | USA | Jake Honig
• Precedes GOD KNOWS WHERE I AM
BLIND VAYSHA | New York Premiere | Canada | Theodore Ushev
• Precedes THE RED TURTLE
THE FRAME | International Premiere | UK | Lars Koens, Demelza Kooij
• Precedes DONALD CRIED
MEANINGLESS CONVERSATIONS IN BEAUTIFUL ENVIRONMENTS | International Premiere | Sweden | Lisa Östberg
• Precedes BLUE JAY
OLYMPIC FAVELA | New York Premiere | USA/Brazil | Marc Ohrem-Leclef
• Precedes SANTOALLA
TOYS | USA | Amanda Quaid
• Precedes SONITA

Thursday, October 6

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Friday, October 7

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Saturday, October 8

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Sunday, October 9

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Monday, October 10

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