Saturday was a full day of premieres, awards, special guests, and so much more. Filmmakers and guests gathered in the morning for our annual Signature Programs Brunch, sponsored by the Suffolk County Film Commission, and then it was one impactful screening after another. After an emotional and intimate Q&A with Selma Blair following the East […]
Slideshow: Friday at HIFF29
October 9, 2021 by
We hit the ground running on Friday with our first full day of screenings at both Guild Hall and Sag Harbor Cinema. Audiences enjoyed JULIA, Betsy West and Julie Cohen’s biopic of Julia Child, and Executive Producer Alec Baldwin moderated the Q&A after BILL MAULDIN: “IF IT’S BIG, HIT IT,” with filmmakers Don Argott and […]
Centerpiece, World Cinema + Animal Rights Films Announced for HIFF29
September 1, 2021 by
With HIFF29 just five weeks away, we’re delighted to announce that the US Premiere of Eva Husson’s MOTHERING SUNDAY will screen as the festival’s Sunday Centerpiece film on Sunday, October 10, sponsored by KORE Private Wealth. In the Spotlight Section, the festival will screen Mike Mills’s C’MON C’MON, Wes Anderson’s THE FRENCH DISPATCH, and the […]
SummerDocs: ‘Lily Topples the World’ Slideshow
August 23, 2021 by
As the Hamptons scrambled in advance of the coming storm on Saturday, August 21, our SummerDocs series rolled on with LILY TOPPLES THE WORLD, a coming-of-age story cloaked within a unique portrait of an artist. The film’s subject, domino artist and YouTube sensation Lily Hevesh, joined us, as did award-winning director Jeremy Workman. Discovery+ will […]
HIFF29 Opening Night Film: ‘THE FIRST WAVE’
August 12, 2021 by
THE FIRST WAVE World Premiere dir. Matthew Heineman (USA), 2021 With exclusive access to one of New York’s hardest-hit hospital systems, Oscar®-nominated and Emmy® Award-winning director Matthew Heineman’s THE FIRST WAVE spotlights the everyday heroes at the epicenter of COVID-19 as they come together to fight one of the greatest threats the world has ever […]
