It’s Shark Week, and you know what that means… we’re gonna need a bigger boat! It’s the 50th anniversary of JAWS (and the birth of the summer blockbuster), and our FREE screening of JAWS on Wednesday, July 23, at Main Beach broke HIFF attendance records! Check out all the photos on our Instagram account. HamptonsFilm […]
Mariska Hargitay Shines with MY MOM JAYNE
July 19, 2025 by
Our 17th annual season of SummerDocs kicked off with a wonderful screening of Mariska Hargitay‘s personal and intimate film MY MOM JAYNE on Thursday night. The evening began with an idyllic garden party at The Baker House 1650, where Board members and patrons mingled with our new executive director Richard Gladstein before the screening at […]
SummerDocs: ‘MY MOM JAYNE’
May 21, 2025 by
Directed by Mariska Hargitay Thursday, July 17, 7:00PM Guild Hall in East Hampton Mariska Hargitay was three years old when her mother, Jayne Mansfield, tragically died in a car accident at the age of 34. The film follows Mariska as she seeks to know, understand, and embrace her mother for the first time. Through intimate […]
SummerDocs: ‘MIDDLETOWN’
May 21, 2025 by
Directed by Amanda McBaine + Jesse Moss Friday, August, 29, 7:00PM Guild Hall in East Hampton “A story of teenage tenacity but also one of adults grappling with the grit and hopes of their younger selves…” — Variety 1991. Upstate New York. A group of teenage misfits, inspired by a renegade English teacher, embark on a […]
25th Annual Screenwriters Lab: A Celebration
April 7, 2025 by
Our 25th Annual Screenwriters Lab took place over the weekend, where we were thrilled to welcome our outstanding fellows Aliza Brugger, Pepi Ginsberg and Keaton Ventura, our talented mentors Dan Janvey, Justin Kuritzkes and Rachel Shukert, and all the guests who celebrated these new voices with us. Mentors and fellows arrived at the Maidstone Hotel […]
