Alec Baldwin Hosts Screening of Hitchcock Masterpiece “Vertigo” at Guild Hall

On February 22, join Alec Baldwin as he hosts Hamptons International Film Festival’s special screening of Vertigo, Alfred Hitchcock’s masterpiece of paranoia and obsession, presented in cooperation with Guild Hall. Once you’ve seen all the award contenders, winter can be Dullsville for new movies—but we’ve got a classic cure. Two years ago, Vertigo—which stars Hitchcock […]

HIFF 2013: A Tribute to Working Title (Video)

Did you know that a single British film production company is responsible for Four Weddings and a Funeral, Atonement, Bridget Jones’s Diary, Elizabeth, Billy Elliot, Les Miserables, Notting Hill, Hot Fuzz, The World’s End, Bean, Frost/Nixon, Nanny McPhee, and About a Boy, just to name a few? It is little wonder that the force behind these jaw-dropping creations is the British production company Working Title Films? Working Title’s movies have […]

2014 HIFF Screenwriters’ Lab

Update: February 1, 2014 Submissions for the Hamptons International Film Festival 2014 Screenwriters’ Lab have now closed. We thank the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation for their continued and generous support. The Hamptons International Film Festival’s Screenwriters’ Lab, which takes place annually in April, is an intimate gathering in East Hampton, New York. The Lab develops emerging […]

Conversations with Helena Bonham Carter and Bruce Dern at HIFF 2013

Two stars have been confirmed for “A Conversation With…” events at the 2013 Hamptons International Film Festival. Bonham Carter is attending the Festival on behalf of the BBC America biopic Burton and Taylor, directed by Richard Laxton, which will premiere in the Focus on UK Film section. A Conversation With… Helena Bonham Carter will take place on Saturday, October […]

HIFF and The Sloan Foundation Announce 2013 Feature Film Prize Winner

Director Steven Bernstein to receive the $25,000 Alfred P. Sloan Feature Film Prize for his feature film Decoding Annie Parker. The Hamptons International Film Festival and The Sloan Foundation are thrilled to announce that the recipient of the $25,000 Alfred P. Sloan Feature Film Prize is director Steven Bernstein. His feature film Decoding Annie Parker […]