New Dick Cavett Award Unveiled

With just ten days until HIFF25, the Festival today revealed a brand new annual award: The Dick Cavett Artistic Champion Award, which will honor a person who has supported the arts throughout his or her career and has made a significant impact and contribution within the industry. The inaugural award will be given to Emmy® Award-winning television […]

Slideshow: ‘ICARUS’ at SummerDocs

Saturday night our popular SummerDocs series wrapped up the summer with a bang, featuring the riveting and timely ICARUS at Guild Hall of East Hampton.  Before the screening, board members Mary Jane and Charles Brock, Pat Swinney and Lloyd Kaufman generously hosted a lovely garden reception with some special guests. After the movie, director Bryan Fogel and producer […]

SummerDocs: ‘Icarus’ at Guild Hall, August 26, 7pm

SummerDocs host (and HIFF Co-Chair) Alec Baldwin is back for the ninth year to present new and groundbreaking documentary filmmaking and thought-provoking stories to the East End. On August 26, SummerDocs will round out the 2017 series with ICARUS, which uncovers the scope and unimaginable breadth of the Russian illegal doping scandal. Join us on Saturday, August […]

SummerDocs: ‘Whitney. Can I Be Me’ on August 17 in Southampton

SummerDocs host (and HIFF Co-Chair) Alec Baldwin is back for the ninth year to present new and groundbreaking documentary filmmaking and thought-provoking stories to the East End. On August 17, SummerDocs heads to Southampton for the first time with WHITNEY. CAN I BE ME, an intimate and revealing portrait of the iconic superstar. Join us […]

Slideshow: ‘TAKE EVERY WAVE’ at SummerDocs

Friday night was spectacular on the deck at Gurney’s Montauk, as surfers, documentary fans and Montauk locals mingled for Rory Kennedy‘s latest documentary, TAKE EVERY WAVE: THE LIFE OF LAIRD HAMILTON! Following the screening—under a magical moonlit sky—Hamilton and Kennedy joined SummerDocs host Alec Baldwin and HIFF Artistic Director David Nugent for a lively conversation about skin care […]