2023 SummerDocs Series

As you’ve come to expect over the past 15 years, our fan favorite SummerDocs series is back with a selection of critically acclaimed films. These indelible portraits will screen at the Regal UA East Hampton, followed by conversations with filmmakers and guests, including Joan Baez and Laurie Anderson! Tickets are on sale now. Members receive […]

Recap: 2023 Screenwriters Lab

Our 23rd Annual Screenwriters Lab took place over the weekend, where we were thrilled to welcome our talented fellows Jason Fitzroy Jeffers, Keisha Rae Witherspoon, Shehrezad Maher, and Tyler Riggs, our invaluable mentors David Hinojosa, Ekwa Msangi, and Samuel D. Hunter, and all the guests who celebrated with us this weekend. David Nugent, David Hinojosa, […]

2023 Screenwriters Lab Mentors + Participants

The 23rd Annual Screenwriters Lab (April 14-16, 2023), paired rising screenwriters with established screenwriters, directors, and creative-producers for a weekend of one-on-one mentoring sessions. David Hinojosa (BODIES, BODIES, BODIES; PAST LIVES), Ekwa Msangi (FAREWELL AMOR), and Samuel D. Hunter (THE WHALE) mentored emerging screenwriters. The three screenplays selected for 2023: Theory of Colors, by Shehrezad […]

HIFF Celebrates the Oscars

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 […]

2023 Screenwriters Lab: Submissions Open

Celebrating its 23rd anniversary in 2023, the HamptonsFilm Screenwriters Lab champions the artistic visions of up-and-coming filmmakers from around the world. Save the dates for the 2023 Screenwriters Lab: April 14-16. Submissions are now closed. November 17, 2022: Early Bird Deadline December 8, 2022: Regular Deadline December 22, 2022: Late Deadline January 17, 2023: Extended […]