Friday Flashback: ‘TAKE EVERY WAVE: THE LIFE OF LAIRD HAMILTON’

“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 […]

David Nugent Looks Back at 10 Years of SummerDocs!

As we count down to #HIFF’s 10th #SummerDocs season, Artistic Director David Nugent is sharing memories from the past decade of documentaries! In early 2009, HIFF’s astute Advisory Board suggested that HIFF become a place for the then-burgeoning popularity of documentaries, and start to showcase several each summer. From this meeting was born SummerDocs, in […]

SummerDocs: ‘Take Every Wave,’ August 4, Gurney’s, 8:30pm

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 across the East End. On Friday, August 4, join us for TAKE EVERY WAVE: THE LIFE OF LAIRD HAMILTON at Gurney’s Montauk. Oscar®-nominated director Rory Kennedy (LAST DAYS IN VIETNAM) returns to SummerDocs with her thrilling and candid portrait […]

SummerDocs 2017 Expands Across the East End

SummerDocs host (and HIFF Co-Chair) Alec Baldwin returns for the ninth year to present new and groundbreaking documentary filmmaking and thought-provoking stories to the East End. This summer’s series expands beyond Guild Hall to include Southampton and Gurney’s Montauk. Following each screening, Alec Baldwin and David Nugent will lead conversations with filmmakers and subjects. Check out the […]