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 […]
HIFF29 Opening Night Film: ‘THE FIRST WAVE’
August 12, 2021 by
THE FIRST WAVE World Premiere dir. Matthew Heineman (USA), 2021 With exclusive access to one of New York’s hardest-hit hospital systems, Oscar®-nominated and Emmy® Award-winning director Matthew Heineman’s THE FIRST WAVE spotlights the everyday heroes at the epicenter of COVID-19 as they come together to fight one of the greatest threats the world has ever […]
Four Films Announced in Signature Programs
August 12, 2021 by
Just eight weeks until the 29th Annual Hamptons International Film Festival! Today we are pleased to announce four films that will screen in our long-running Signature Programs. Views From Long Island Kelcey Edwards’ THE ART OF MAKING IT, set against the backdrop of a culture in crisis, follows a diverse cast of young artists at […]
