Mathison Screenplay Reading: ‘The Mirex’

On Wednesday, February 4, at the Producers Club Theater in midtown Manhattan, HamptonsFilm presented a reading of selected scenes from our 2025 Melissa Mathison Award recipient Pepi Ginsberg’s original screenplay The Mirex.  Emily Fleischer and her team crafted a wonderful cast of actors (see below), who mingled with our guests at a reception following the […]

SummerDocs Wraps with MIDDLETOWN

Our 17th annual season of SummerDocs wrapped up with a wonderful screening of MIDDLETOWN, Jesse Moss and Amanda McBaine’s winning documentary about about a group of high school students in early 1990s Upstate New York who, with their unconventional teacher, uncovered and exposed a local conspiracy involving toxic waste and organized crime through a student […]

ELF in Herrick Park on July 30

Join us for Christmas in July this Wednesday (7/30) in Herrick Park: our FREE screening of ELF is going to be a stocking-ful of fun for the whole family! 🎁 Come early for trivia and gifts! 🎅 While the screening starts at sunset, arrive early for a stockingful of holiday-themed activities, including Christmas cookie-decorating provided […]

JAWS: Free Screening on Main Beach on July 23

It’s Shark Week, and you know what that means… we’re gonna need a bigger boat!  It’s the 50th anniversary of JAWS (and the birth of the summer blockbuster), and our FREE screening of JAWS on Wednesday, July 23, at Main Beach broke HIFF attendance records! Check out all the photos on our Instagram account. HamptonsFilm […]

SummerDocs: ‘MY MOM JAYNE’

Directed by Mariska Hargitay Thursday, July 17, 7:00PM Guild Hall in East Hampton Mariska Hargitay was three years old when her mother, Jayne Mansfield, tragically died in a car accident at the age of 34. The film follows Mariska as she seeks to know, understand, and embrace her mother for the first time. Through intimate […]