The New York Premiere of Academy Award®-winning director Alex Gibney’s IN RESTLESS DREAMS: THE MUSIC OF PAUL SIMON will screen as the HIFF31 festival Centerpiece presentation on Friday, October 6, sponsored by UBS. Centerpiece Film IN RESTLESS DREAMS: THE MUSIC OF PAUL SIMON New York Premiere Friday, October 6, 2023 Dir: Alex Gibney USA | […]
Todd Haynes to Receive Directing Award
August 23, 2023 by
Academy Award®-nominated filmmaker Todd Haynes will attend HIFF31 to screen his latest narrative feature MAY DECEMBER, and will receive the festival’s Achievement in Directing Award. Haynes will also take part in our A Conversation With… series, sponsored by The Macallan. Todd Haynes is an Academy Award-nominated screenwriter, director, and producer whose work has spanned more […]
HIFF31 Opening Night Film: ‘NYAD’
August 9, 2023 by
We are thrilled to announce that the HIFF31 Opening Night Film on Thursday, October 5, will be the East Coast Premiere of NYAD, based on the remarkable true story of American marathon swimmer Diana Nyad. Starring four-time Academy Award® nominee Annette Bening and two-time Academy Award winner Jodie Foster, NYAD marks the narrative feature directorial […]
HIFF Celebrates the Oscars
February 1, 2023 by
Updated March 13, 2023 Well, EVERYTHING EVERYTHING ALL AT ONCE certainly cleaned up at the 95th Annual Academy Awards®, winning Best Picture, Best Directors and Best Original Screenplay (Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert), Best Actress (Michelle Yeoh), Best Supporting Actor (Ke Huy Quan), Best Supporting Actress (Jamie Lee Curtis), and Best Editing! We are thrilled […]
HIFF30: Competition Winners Announced
October 15, 2022 by
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 […]
