A number of HIFF29 global selections have been submitted by their respective countries for the Best International Feature Film competition at the 94th Academy Awards, scheduled for March 27, 2022. How many did you see? A HERO (Iran) Directed by Asghar Farhadi HIFF29 East Coast Premiere Celebrated filmmaker Asghar Farhadi (A SEPARATION, THE SALESMAN) returns […]
Q&A: INTRODUCING, SELMA BLAIR
October 22, 2021 by
Actress Selma Blair and director Rachel Fleit participated in an incredibly moving Q&A following the East Coast Premiere of INTRODUCING, SELMA BLAIR at HIFF29. >> The film is now streaming on discovery+. Watch now, and then check out this intimate conversation. Startlingly honest and candid, INTRODUCING, SELMA BLAIR offers the viewer an unprecedented glimpse into […]
Slideshow: Monday at HIFF29
October 12, 2021 by
On Monday, we celebrated our HIFF29 Award winners! At the Annual HIFF Awards Brunch at Serafina, we recapped the many films that took home awards during the first four days of the Festival, culminating in the announcement of our Jury Awards for Narrative and Documentary Features and Shorts. (Check out all the winners here.) Thanks again […]
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 […]
