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
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 […]
SummerDocs: ‘SUMMER OF SOUL’ Slideshow
June 30, 2021 by
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
October 16, 2019 by
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), […]
SummerDocs Slideshow: CIRCUS OF BOOKS
August 26, 2019 by
On Saturday, August 24, HIFF wound down our 11th summer of SummerDocs, presented in partnership with Guild Hall, with the intimate and eccentric family portrait CIRCUS OF BOOKS, directed by Rachel Mason. After the screening, HIFF Co-Chair Alec Baldwin and Artistic Director David Nugent engaged in a deep-dive Q&A with Rachel Mason and film subject […]
