Selected Screenplay Reading: ‘Theory of Colors’

On Tuesday, February 6, in lower Manhattan, HamptonsFilm presented a screenplay reading of selected scenes from our 2023 Melissa Mathison recipient Shehrezad Maher’s Theory of Colors. Thank you to the fantastic cast (see below), to Stephanie Klapper for casting them, and to all who joined us! We look forward to our 24th Annual Screenwriters Lab, […]

22nd Annual Screenwriters Lab: Together Again!

For the first time since 2019, our Screenwriters Lab was held in person April 8-10, much to the delight of our talented fellows Farida Zahran, Jimmy Goldblum, Jamil McGinnis and Pat Heywood, our invaluable mentors Mollye Asher, Alice Wu, and Peter Hedges, and all the guests who celebrated with us this weekend. Events kicked off […]

SummerDocs: ‘Lily Topples the World’ Slideshow

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 […]

SummerDocs: ‘SUMMER OF SOUL’ Slideshow

We’re still basking in the glow of our SummerDocs kickoff on Saturday, June 26, featuring what is sure to be the hit of the summer, Questlove‘s exuberant SUMMER OF SOUL, a magical concert film and so much more… Thanks to all who joined us for our first post-pandemic event inside at Guild Hall, and to […]

HIFF27: Sunday Slideshow

Sunday was another chock-full day of films and events at HIFF27! From the NYWIFT Brunch celebrating women in film to the Guild Hall screenings of THE TWO POPES and MARRIAGE STORY, with World Premieres (CONSCIENCE POINT, WATERPROOF) and award-winning films in Films of Conflict & Resolution (FOR SAMA) and Compassion, Justice & Animal Rights (WATSON), […]