HIFF27 has selected the films for the narrative and documentary competitions. The films in the narrative competition are Mati Diop’s ATLANTICS, winner of the Grand Prix at the 2019 Cannes Film Festival, Anke Blonde’s THE BEST OF DORIEN B., Jan Ole Gerster’s LARA, Andrew Patterson’s THE VAST OF NIGHT, and Hlynur Pálmason’s A WHITE, WHITE DAY. Documentary competition […]
HIFF27: ‘JUST MERCY’ and ‘FORD V FERRARI’
August 22, 2019 by
Today HIFF announced the first key films in the HIFF 2019 lineup: the Opening Night Film on Thursday, October 10 will be JUST MERCY, directed by Destin Daniel Cretton, and the Saturday Centerpiece is James Mangold’s FORD V FERRARI. “Each of these films tell a unique, thrilling story, and we are excited to share them […]
HIFF27: Four World Premieres Announced
August 22, 2019 by
The first films in the HIFF 2019 lineup were announced today, including four world premieres: Treva Wurmfeld’s CONSCIENCE POINT, a ground level documentation of the Shinnecock Nation and their ongoing fight for recognition of their ancestral rights in Southampton (Views from Long Island) Anthony Baxter’s FLINT, a riveting documentary about the water crisis in Flint, […]
‘Sea of Shadows’: Air, Land + Sea Screening at Gurney’s
July 25, 2019 by
Join HIFF Artistic Director David Nugent and special guests for this Air, Land + Sea outdoor screening of SEA OF SHADOWS—a riveting new documentary about the plight of marine animals in the Sea of Cortez. The film will be preceded by a sunset cocktail reception overlooking the ocean on the deck at Gurney’s Montauk. Friday, August […]
SummerDocs Slideshow: ‘COLD CASE HAMMARSKJÖLD’
July 22, 2019 by
On Saturday, July 20, HIFF continued our 11th summer of SummerDocs, presented in partnership with Guild Hall, with the wildly entertaining international thriller COLD CASE HAMMARSKJÖLD, directed by Mads Brügger. After the screening, HIFF Co-Chair Alec Baldwin and Artistic Director David Nugent engaged in a deep-dive Q&A with Brügger on stage at Guild Hall. One […]
