Q&A: Director Eric Steele on ‘Bob Birdnow’s Remarkable Tale of Human Survival and the Transcendence of Self’

Bob Birdnow is a curious candidate for a motivational speaker. Balding, crippled, and past middle-aged. He does have something no one else has though: a remarkable tale of human survival and the transcendence of self. When asked by his old friend to speak at a conference, he avoids the subject, opting for a more traditional […]

Q&A: Director Matt Goldman on ‘The Last Safari’

When renowned photojournalist Elizabeth L. Gilbert returns to the Rift Valley in Africa to visit the tribes she photographed just a decade earlier, she bears witness to the changes wrought on the region. After her book is published, she hires a crew from Nairobi to assist her in screening a cinema slideshow to tribes-people, like […]

HIFF 2013 Film Program Now Live; Tickets On Sale Now

This is the moment we’ve all been waiting for: the HIFF 2013 Film Program is now live, browsable and ready for action! Individual tickets are now on sale online. For information about phone sales and physical box offices, please click here.  You’ve been reading the announcements day by day, but here’s the entire line-up in one […]

HIFF 2013 Spotlight, World Cinema and Special Screenings Announced

The complete slate of films has been announced for the 2013 Hamptons International Film Festival. HIFF has announced the rest of the slate of films for the 2013 edition of the festival, including Spotlight, World Cinema, and Special Screenings. “The films in our 21st edition represent our mission of bringing the best cinema from around […]

Short Film Programs Announced for HIFF 2013

51 short films will screen across eight programs (and some will appear before feature films) at the 2013 Hamptons International Film Festival. HIFF 2013 is proud to present eight programs of short films, including the Golden Starfish Award competition shorts (already announced; view them here); short films presented with New York Women in Film and […]