Nominations for the 94th Oscars®

The Academy Awards® nominations were announced this morning, including a number of nods for films that screened at HIFF29. We’ve outlined some of the highlights below; click each film’s title to find out how you can catch up with any you may have missed. HIFF standout THE POWER OF THE DOG leads the pack with […]

Q&A: JULIA

Directors Betsy West + Julie Cohen + editor Carla Gutierrez participated in a Q&A with HamptonsFilm Executive Director Anne Chaisson following the East Coast Premiere of JULIA at the 29th Annual Hamptons International Film Festival.  Now playing in theaters across the US. JULIA brings to life the legendary cookbook author and television superstar who […]

2022 Screenwriters Lab: Submissions

Update 1/15/2022: Submissions are now closed for the 2022 Screenwriters Lab. Celebrating its 22nd anniversary in 2022, the HamptonsFilm Screenwriters Lab champions the artistic visions of up-and-coming filmmakers from around the world. Save the dates for the 2022 Screenwriters Lab: April 8-10. An intimate gathering taking place each spring on Long Island’s East End, the […]

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: ‘THE LOST LEONARDO’ Slideshow

This past Saturday, July 24, SummerDocs continued its winning streak with the art-world thriller THE LOST LEONARDO, the inside story behind the Salvator Mundi, the most expensive painting ever sold at $450 million, claimed to be a long-lost masterpiece by Leonardo da Vinci. Sony Pictures Classics will release the film in theaters on August 13. […]