#HIFF25 Opening Night Slideshow

By all accounts, the World Premiere of ITZHAK provided one of the best Opening Night’s in HIFF’s 25-year history, as evidenced by the three (!) standing ovations following the film and the performance by Itzhak Perlman and former students from the Perlman Music Program. Before the screening, guests toasted the Silver Anniversary at Mulford Farm […]

#HIFF25 is Here! Opening Night + Screenings All Day

Today is the day! We’re thrilled to kick off the Silver Anniversary Hamptons International Film Festival with ITZHAK, Alison Chernick‘s portrait of man whose remarkable will to survive is never removed from his tremendous generosity and humor. Read more. Opening Night is presented by Delta Air Lines and Altour International. If you don’t have a ticket for Opening Night, there are […]

Q&A: Carla Simón’s ‘Summer 1993’ is a Touching Cinematic Memoir

Following the death of her parents in Barcelona, six-year-old Frida (the haunting Laia Artigas) is sent to her uncle’s (David Verdaguer) picturesque countryside home, in Carla Simon’s autobiographical feature debut SUMMER 1993. Frida battles with a sense of loneliness and displacement while also yearning to fit into the picture with her new family. Punctuated by […]

Q&A: Jason Kohn’s ‘Love Means Zero’ is Shakespearean Tennis Tale

With his notorious no-nonsense approach to coaching, Nick Bollettieri is regarded as a controversial figure in the world of tennis—but also, crucially, as a mentor with the know-how to push players to greatness in LOVE MEANS ZERO. Director Jason Kohn balances the pointed questions to his subject, who remains intransigent throughout, with interviews with many […]

Q&A: Atsuko Hirayanagi’s ‘Oh Lucy!’ Finds Newfound Confidence

In this offbeat tale, OH LUCY! follows Setsuko Kawashima (Shinobu Terajima)—a lonely, chain-smoking introvert who is wasting away at her office job in Tokyo. Setsuko’s world is turned upside down when she meets a charismatic English teacher, John (Josh Hartnett), who draws her out of her shell with the help of a blond wig and the […]