This past Saturday, the Hamptons International Film Festival kicked off the 7th annual SummerDocs screening series at Guild Hall, presented by TNT’s Public Morals. Following the screening of the smartly entertaining Best of Enemies, directors Morgan Neville (Oscar® winner for 20 Feet From Stardom) and Robert Gordon joined Dick Cavett (who appears in the film) and moderator Kurt Andersen on stage for a lively […]
2015 SummerDocs Series: Alec Baldwin Hosts Festival Favorites
June 23, 2015 by
Today HIFF announced Alec Baldwin will return to host filmmakers and special guests in conversation at the 7th Annual SummerDocs series, presented by TNT’s Public Morals. Tickets to the series, which brings the best in documentary filmmaking to the East End all summer long, are on sale now! “We have a provocative and engaging slate for our seventh year that […]
Vidal and Buckley Square Off in 2015 SummerDocs Debut, ‘Best of Enemies’
June 22, 2015 by
We’re gearing up for another first-rate edition of our popular SummerDocs series, presented by TNT’s Public Morals. This year’s features kick off with Best of Enemies on Saturday, July 11. Told with insight, prescience, panache and humor, the award-winning Best of Enemies chronicles the groundbreaking series of televised debates between Gore Vidal and William F. Buckley, Jr., during the 1968 presidential conventions. The two […]
Auteur Dinner Series: Filmmakers, Musicians, HIFF Supporters
May 29, 2015 by
In a private home on the Upper East Side, supporters of the Hamptons International Film Festival gathered this week to inaugurate our Auteur Dinner Series. The salon-style evening—which raised funds for HIFF’s upcoming summer initiatives—introduced patrons to filmmakers and musicians with past, present and future connections to the Festival and to the Hamptons. In addition to elegant hors d’oeuvres and […]
Slideshow: 14th Annual HIFF Screenwriters’ Lab
April 23, 2015 by
Blessed with abundant sunshine, the participants of the 14th Annual HIFF Screenwriters’ Lab enjoyed the comfort of c/o The Maidstone inside and out, tirelessly dissecting plots, characters and storylines we anticipate will be great films one day. Following each day of productive mentoring sessions were dinner parties generously hosted by members of the Festival’s Board […]
