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 […]
2025 Screenwriters Lab Mentors + Participants
March 24, 2025 by
For the 25th year, the annual HIFF Screenwriters Lab (April 4-6, 2025), will pair rising screenwriters with established screenwriters, directors, and creative-producers for a weekend of one-on-one mentoring sessions. An intimate gathering taking place each spring in East Hampton, the Lab fosters emerging talent with these film industry veterans advising the participating fellows on their […]
Winter Classic: ‘ALL THE PRESIDENT’S MEN’
February 11, 2025 by
Saturday, March 1 | 7:00pm | Guild Hall HamptonsFilm and Guild Hall’s Winter Classic series returns with HamptonsFilm Co-Chair Alec Baldwin and Artistic Director David Nugent presenting Alan J. Pakula’s 1976 landmark film ALL THE PRESIDENT’S MEN. Released four years after the Watergate scandal that began Richard Nixon’s downfall, the film won four Academy Awards® […]
Mathison Screenplay Reading: ‘Diary of a Muslim Cynic’
February 6, 2025 by
On Monday, February 10, at the Producers Club Theater in midtown Manhattan, HamptonsFilm presented a reading of selected scenes from our 2024 Melissa Mathison Award recipient Sarah Mokh’s original screenplay Diary of a Muslim Cynic. Stephanie Klapper and her team pulled together a wonderful cast of actors for the reading (see below), who mingled with […]
HIFF Celebrates the 97th Academy Awards®
January 23, 2025 by
Update: March 3, 2025 Now that we’ve all caught our collective breath after Sunday night’s festivities, we want to send out huge congratulations to all the winners! A few highlights: Out of the record 51 nominations for films and talent that joined us at HIFF32, 11 Oscars were granted, which is more than double last […]
