On July 31st, Alec Baldwin will host a special screening of IT MIGHT GET LOUD at Guild Hall in East Hampton, NY. IT MIGHT GET LOUD is an exhilarating backstage pass into the world of electric guitar players Jimmy Page (Led Zeppelin), The Edge (U2), and Jack White (The White Stripes, The Raconteurs). Ever wonder how a painter from London, a 17-year old schoolboy from Dublin, and a furniture upholsterer from Detroit got to be rock legends? It Might Get Loud answers all those questions and more. Directed and produced by Davis Guggenheim, who made Al Gore into an environmental rock star with his film An Inconvenient Truth.

Many thanks to Guild Hall, the Peter Jay Sharp Foundation, and Hamptons Magazine for their support.

Please check our Web site at the end of June for more information on how to buy tickets.

For the second year in a row, Guild Hall in collaboration with Hamptons International Film Festival presents the Summer Student Film Workshop. The workshop will take place at Guild Hall’s Boots Lamb Education Center from July 13 - 17. Filmmakers (ages 8 - 13) are invited to join Anne Chaisson (film producer) and Seth Redlus (television producer) along with other special guests, to create stories through the medium of digital video. The focus of the workshop is visual self-expression. Students will learn the entire process—from development and writing, to acting, blocking, production, cinematography, and editing. Experienced filmmakers will share their knowledge and craft each day. The workshop will culminate in a screening of students’ work at Guild Hall.

This 5-day workshop takes place from 12 - 3pm daily and costs $200/student. To register, please email Public Programs Associate Melissa Erb at merb@guildhall.org or call 631 324-0806.

On Friday, May 22 at 8pm, Alec Baldwin will host a special screening of THE COVE at the newly renovated Guild Hall in East Hampton, NY. Winner of the Audience Award at this year’s Sundance Film Festival, THE COVE is an astounding piece of investigative journalism with the heart of an action thriller. Using state-of-the-art technology, the film follows a high-tech dive team on a mission to Japan to uncover the truth about international dolphin capture.

Online tickets go on sale on Thursday, May 7. To order, please click here

“I’d be surprised if it doesn’t wind up being nominated in next year’s best documentary feature Oscar race.” —Martin Grove, The Hollywood Reporter

“Documentaries don’t get much more compelling.” —Justin Chang, Variety

Additional summer screenings (to take place July 31 and September 4) will be announced shortly.

Catch 2008 HIFF favorite EMPTY NEST in select theaters this Friday! Directed by Daniel Burman, the film is centered around Leonardo (Oscar Martinez) and Martha (Cecilia Roth), a seemingly happy, prosperous couple. However, problems and concerns begin to emerge when their three children set off on their own. Faced with an empty nest, Martha dreams about going back to university and surrounding herself with people, while Leonardo takes refuge in fantasies that soon begin to feel like realities. When they travel to Israel to visit their youngest daughter, things take a surreal twist.