HIFF30: Competition Winners Announced

The HIFF30 Competition Jury has announced their choices for the narrative and documentary competition winners in both the feature and short categories. This year HIFF screened 69 feature films and 51 short films from 34 countries, with nine (9) World premieres, three (3) North American premieres, and twelve (12) U.S. premieres. Five films competed in […]

Opening Night + More

We are thrilled to announce our Opening Night Film LIVING on October 7, our Centerpiece Film THE SON, our Breakthrough Artist Stephanie Hsu, and A Conversation With… Martin McDonagh, whose film THE BANSHEES OF INISHERIN will also screen in the Spotlight section. Browse the entire HIFF30 Film Guide. Opening Night Film: LIVING Director: Oliver Hermanus […]

HIFF30 Poster Artist: Stanley Whitney

Stanley Whitney is an award-winning artist, living and working in New York and Eastern Long Island. We created the 2022 Hamptons Film Festival poster in honor of the 30th anniversary based on his signature pieces of ever-shifting grids of multi-hued blocks. The poster is a cropped section of Whitney’s 2014 painting Rare Bird. A professor […]

SummerDocs Slideshow: ‘NOTHING LASTS FOREVER’

Our 14th annual season of SummerDocs wrapped up with an idyllic garden party on Friday afternoon before our screening of NOTHING LASTS FOREVER, a fascinating deep dive into the diamond industry. Director Jason Kohn joined David Nugent in a lively Q&A following the film. We can’t wait for the world to see the film on […]

Mariska Hargitay: HIFF30 Dick Cavett Artistic Champion

We are proud to announce that Emmy Award-winning actress Mariska Hargitay will be honored with the 2022 Dick Cavett Artistic Champion Award at the 30th Anniversary HIFF in October. Created in 2017 by HamptonsFilm Chairman Emeritus Alec Baldwin, this award honors those in the creative arts who not only excel in their field, but who […]